Как я бухала в Ярославле

[peacetraveler22]

The long road trip in Russia is now over. I just returned to Moscow this afternoon from Yaroslavl, where I finally met a Russian boyfriend, who spoke almost no English! :)) He came to our table, sat down, started petting my hair, blowing me kisses and trying to have a lot of conversation over coconut beer. Each trip, it's necessary to explore the local bars for one night, and one night only. It started at a basic pub, and then onward to a Soviet style kitchen, with a unique feature!

1. An old school telephone at the table. My hosts told me to dial a number and place an order to the kitchen. Ring, ring...no answer. Maybe they were just playing games with me. :) It was hard to tell after so many vodka shots.



2. Basically, Yaroslavl can be summed up in one photo. I'm usually getting drunk once a year, and it somehow always happens in Russia. It isn't necessary to touch alcohol again for a very long time. Thanks to Olga, Ilya, lovigin and macos for the local hospitality! And special thanks to Timur for showing me some sights in Yaroslavl.





Now I sit in Moscow for only a few hours, and will board the night train to Kazan this evening. This time, I'll travel third class, and maybe meet some interesting bunk mates. When I took the long train ride from Moscow to Adler last year for the Olympics, I was in a first class cabin, with someone I knew. Now, a solo adventure on Russian Railways. If I have readers in Kazan who have a car, and free time, please write in comments or send me a message. I really want to get out of city center and especially meet an authentic Tatar family who is willing to speak with me and be photographed. Of course, I need someone who can speak English and translate because my Russian is very, very bad!

In will be in Kazan all day Thursday and Friday. What is there to see and do, besides churches??

Comments

[roman-dochkin.livejournal.com]

Very brave traveler.

[elgreco.livejournal.com]

Все таки лучше не бухать, а делать вот так:



Где-то читал, что у мужчин хронический алкоголизм появляется через 10 лет употребления 1 бутылки пива 1 раз в месяц, а у женщин всего через 2 года. Связано с разницей в гормонах.

[avanik.livejournal.com]

Well, you is health)
In Russia would not otherwise get.
In Kazan there UDIKOV Alex

[elgreco.livejournal.com]

Вот интересно было бы не только "программу студентами по обмену", а еще и программу обмена президентами.

Обаму на годик в Кремль, "нашего всё" на его место, Порошенко в Германию, а Меркель — наводить порядок на Украине.

Хотя зря она замуж за Каддафи в своё время не вышла, я так надеялся ;-)

[gella-key.livejournal.com]

What an excellent title for a post about Russia :-). Wish you'd rather travel to Saint Petersburgh from Moscow, then you'd pass my town and I'd be happy to show you a lot of authentic russian lifestyle :-) called глубинка. Well, maybe some other time. Have a safe and interesting trip to Kazan.

[perycalypsis.livejournal.com]

Some solo hitchhikers travel with a travel buddy mascot, for example, one girl with toy donkey named Vladimir. Do you ?

[Юрий Безфамильный (from livejournal.com)]

It seems to me that the last photo has staged.

[vitsky.livejournal.com]

"Third class" - is it "плацкарт"? Надеюсь, на боковушках? ;)

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Staged? :)) Everything I write here is real. Somehow readers always find a way to develop a conspiracy theory about me.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I've already traveled from Moscow to St. Petersburg via car during my first trip to Russia, and been to both cities numerous times. Each journey, I'm trying to visit different cities and areas. About traditional Russian life, I saw plenty, because I stayed in a village in the Kostroma region for one day and night. It was the most heartwarming and interesting day of the trip. :) I will write that story later. Now I have time for only short posts.

Попробую угадать

[andrey-kaminsky.livejournal.com]

In the first photo there is Kolyan Naumov, the star of "Real guys" show.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I don't know why everyone considers me so brave? It's normal to interact and drink with locals when you travel abroad. I have never been one to just sit in a hotel or resort. I guess I'm a hardcore American. :) We are adventurous people also.

[mytb.livejournal.com]

http://e-kazan.ru/upload/redactor/images/47fd0c9933ddf800be7f9de37e6d8890.jpg - it's a beautiful view from a rooftop.

[creaze.livejournal.com]

(шлёпает себя по лбу) ЧЕТЫРЕ сотки! В Сибири!

[alex-laskin.livejournal.com]

Меркель мутная. Я за Далю.

Re: Попробую угадать

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Kolyan is more handsome. :) I don't know this show, or any Russian television. On Aeroflot, I watched some sitcom about a former mobster who is now a P.E. (physical education/sports) teacher at a school. I was most surprised that you can say "shit" and other very dirty words in Russian TV shows. In the U.S, I think it's pretty much limited to "ass" and "damn." Extreme bad words like "fuck" or "shit" never appear on broadcast TV shows, only cable.

[kremlin-curant.livejournal.com]

Nice trip. Coming to Russia to visit lot of American bars and got drunk as a Russian drunkard. Reminded me the old soviet anecdote.

The students are 1-st day back in their school after summer vacation.
The teacher asked them to write composition "How I spent the time in my vacation"
Girls started to write down, but boys stayed idling.
- What happened, children, why do you boycott my task? - wondering teacher.
- Sorry, teacher, we don't remember nothing what happened in the summer.
????
- Because we drank vodka all vacation long.

[e-g-o-r-i-u-s.livejournal.com]

So, you simply couldn't walk long enough to reach the bed and fell asleep just one step before?)) Funny you :)

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I drank only one night the entire trip. :) Even in the U.S., I am rarely drinking alcohol and definitely not getting drunk. I'm not a social person, usually I'm sitting at home reading, watching the news, or working on the blog in the evenings.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Yes, that is right. I basically fell down, and took a short nap. :) Then pulled myself to the bad a half hour later.

[j1980.livejournal.com]

отличное название поста )

[roman-dochkin.livejournal.com]

I wrote your brave because you will travel to Kazan in third class train. And I guess you will do it alone...

[Юрий Безфамильный (from livejournal.com)]

You're so neatly lying in bed. It somehow looks unreal. No conspiracy. I could be wrong. Forgive me if something hurt.

[noizz-orb.livejournal.com]

I guess "third class" is what we call "общий вагон", i.e a ticket without a seat.

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

No, nothing hurt. I did not take offense. I'm a tough woman! This is necessary when you're an American writer on LJ communicating with only Russian speakers. :))