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

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I do not know why there is so much news about America on Russian news channels. At my hotel in Yaroslavl, I was watching RT, the only English language channel and every story was something about the U.S. American news does not mention Russia hardly at all, only when tensions in Eastern Ukraine heat up, or there are peace discussions, like recently in Minsk. To speak about everyday, ordinary Russian life - never on American news.

[Андрей Шаламов (from livejournal.com)]

RT is russian chanel whitch translated in America, not in Russia, in Russia RT you can watch if you order it as cable TV or something similar. in my houme i have no RT translation, for example. this mostly for people who interested or speak in english. all RT content created in America mostly by american journalists.

[nikto-i-nikte.livejournal.com]

RT is not local russian tv channel. According to editor's politic it is the world news channel with alternative opinion.

Мы страна второго мира :)

[andrey-kaminsky.livejournal.com]

There is nothing surprising in the fact that New Yorkers don't see the Moscow town, Tennessee in the news, but, on the contrary, a resident of Moscow town sees stories about New York every day. I find it natural.

[vasionok.livejournal.com]

BBC always has some anti-Russian titles on its front page. And for CNN, here is a title from its front page, U.S. edition, there right now:

Isn't it cute? The contents of the article is even more revolting. Even RT doesn't fall so low.