Friday, December 29, 2006
the new year
ladies and gentleman,
there's gonna be a vecherinka at my place on 31st! with this prikolnoje russian-style flyer i'm inviting everybody to come and ottjanutsa with us! there will be some german "bowle" and russian vodka, other drinks you have to bring yourselves. what else? oh, hanno had the idea of preparing russian dishes - if everybody brings something there will be enough for all of us!
at 00.00 we'll watch the fireworks in front of hermitage and then...let's see!
bring your friends and see you then,
ed
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Merry Christmas
Friday, December 22, 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
As you already know, I `m leaving tomorrow and frankly speaking, I am a bit nervous because of my flight! But what I wanted to say is that this semester was a big experience for me and even if some days were quite hard, I am very happy about my decision to study in Piter! Of course it would have not been the same without of you! So, I want to thank you for all the nice and funny and interesting hours we spent together. Wish you all the best! - Franziska (waiting for you in Salzburg)
Monday, December 18, 2006
Sönke is InDaHouse!
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Christmas is near, everybody!
Friday, December 08, 2006
Sido in Norwegen
Thursday, December 07, 2006
german film festival
hey guys,
flori gave me a hint that there will be a german film festival at the rodina cinema! it starts tomorrow and will end the 17th of december. entrance is 50 rubels with studencheskaya.
there will be quite good german films and as ilya told me, most of them will be showed twice: once in german and once with subtitles or russian translations. some directors will be there as well as for example sönke wortmann!!! i think i will watch almost every movie because most of them should be really good! rodina is really getting better and better =)
try this link for further information: http://www.petersburg.aktuell.ru/petersburg/kultur/deutsche_termine_im_dezember_kinofestival_u_a_55.html
you cineast edik
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Newskij by night
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Check out the Feeding (Futter?)
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
up by beer
up by beer
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
down by law
hey guys, for those of you who are interested in good movies: tomorrow the "родина" will show jim jarmusch's "down by law", a film i really want to see because the other movies i know by jarmusch are just great! movie will start at 17.00 at will probably cost just 50 this time...see you in this beautiful location...
Monday, November 27, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Episode IV: A New Hope...
Thursday, November 23, 2006
sad news followed by even sadder ones...
i will never understand what's going on in this country.
oh, and by the way, a novuM for this site: politics.
have you heard what's happening to the media in this country? gazprommedia is going to buy the newspaper "komsomolskaya pravda", a yellow-press gazeta and simultaneously the biggest russian newspaper. this means, gazprommedia will be involved in 90% (!!!) of all newspapers in russia. in exactly one year there will be parliamentary elections followed by the presidential elections in march 2008.
question: does the democratic opposition have even the glimpse of a chance to win in such a fatal situation, where the state controls all important tv-stations and directly or indirectly 90% of newspapers?
do the math.
i'm out. when i read such news, i got sick.
ps: a statement from the spbtimes to the novus-closing you can find HERE
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Underground
it died as well as my PC, internet and music lately did ... damn luck i have :D!
-catch me if you can.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
dver`zakryt!
those people, who know where and how i live, propably remember that there is one door from the stairwalk of this house into a small floor followed by another door which leads into our flat. when i stood up today, which was about 1 o'clock (shame on me!), one of the czech girls wanted to go outside, and because the other girl already was somewhere in the city and had taken the key with her, i had to lock the stairwalk-door behind the girl. this happened maybe 15 minutes after i stood up and so i still wore only my boxers and slippers, while locking the door. in this certain moment it became a little bit windy, maybe someone else opened the door in the house, so that the door to my flat closed and excluded me halfnaked. wow. what an amazing feeling, standing like that, nothing but wait. of course i searched all the floor for some keys, but: nada. i asked some neighbours, but they even do not know each other, like in former soviet times. after 30 minutes i was wondering if i would ever enter this goddamn flat again but suddenly ljösha showed up with his keys, and for me, hungry, cold, not-showered-edik he looked more than an angel like a human being.
so what do we learn from this story? don't leave your keys IN your flat, NEVER!
;-)
Saturday, November 18, 2006
ghost metro station!
yesterday riki, carina & me were shopping at the "grand canyon" shopping mall.
i found nice new shoes and riki a nice new coat, so were are ready for winter in town!
the mall is located at northern end of the blue metro line, so we had much time to fantasise about hidden and secret metro stations, why there is no crossing of "our" green line with the yellow one at ermitage, why at ermitage there is no station at all, and which is the deepest metrostation of the city...
right now i wanted to find out at least the last point, but wikipedia russia soon shocked me with the information, that indeed there is a hidden crossing of the lines at ermitage!
Monday, November 13, 2006
My DiEt
Last Week on 8th Street...
P.S. Ksenia and Karina! : your ShakyPics did not make it onto my Blog for you are just too happy and your skin is yet too tense--- :)
today on nevskij
Sunday, November 12, 2006
heyho!
Friday, November 10, 2006
Back to school
Yeah,
After two great weeks abroad I’m really happy to be back in spb again. Even if
Oh, and for those of you, who don’t know Swedish gorgeous electroriotgrrrls “the sounds” – try to get some songs from them, they’re amazing and the most russiansounding European band I’ve ever heard! So kitschy, but damn catchy! Listen and s.h.a.k.e.y.o.u.r.a.s.s!
Friday, November 03, 2006
moscow calling
edik
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
TeRE
yah. dorogiye moi ... so strange - no people on the streets, barely cars - stopping before zebra, fresh air, no lines no crosses ... where am i?
give me back my dirty marshrutkas, my portion of CO2, my holey road in front of obshezhitije and let me enjoy this line and dont make me pay that fast in a grocery store.
neeh - i yet do like this chaos in St-Petersburg...
oki-doki. granny is calling to try her just made apple pie :P
tsau,
-k.
ANNYUNG!
안녕?
the word above↑ means 'hi' in korean, pronounciated as 'Annyung'
yeah, i planned to buy some boots today, cuz i got my socks wet yesterday(stepped on deep crazy mud with some snow)but the weather do not help me all day long..
same as Franziska, and some other guys, exactly 8 weeks have passed since i arrived here. now i came to say that i 'got used' to live in Petersburg..except strange weather
thanks to hanno, for invitation to the blog
AND thanks to Riki, Franziska again, for inviting me to great dinner:)
Finally, hope ksenia and edik to enjoy holidays at home
poka, jun
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
CYa LaTer, AlLiGaTor
Sunday, October 29, 2006
won hour
then we went to dacha, to meet you, my little xenia, but we didn't find you, kak zhal'! I met a guy from austria, from innsbruck, mmmhh, lecker......
well, i wish everybody a nice hangovery sunday! À bientôt! riki
Friday, October 27, 2006
AfterEight
the first time
Thursday, October 26, 2006
YYUPIYEEEee
Lasagne a la ULRIK :). Was really DeliciouS! UlrichechKA!
I left room 17, because they didnt have enough of wine and beers and went for more to"Petjorochka"! AlCOS! :) and im Not :D - so i left.
but actually - i need to get prepared for tomorrow - to be adequate for my friends,whom, I heard, have already started partying. hopefully they dont get non-dis-un-adequate too early and dont miss their bus!
full and happy,
-xen.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Когда будет-тогда будет!
When are we gonna have them back? The brilliant answer strengthening my hope was: "whenever will be - will be".
Also did want to warn about bloody morning as few people know about this reform and will create a furious line tomorrow!
sincerely,
-ksenia.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
home is where your heart is...
Hey mates,
Tonight I’m gonna leave you for awhile…so enjoy the time without my silly jokes and pesto!
On the one hand I’m really glad to go home for a week; to see all my friends over there; to see my girlfriend when we’re a couple exactly for one year (that will be tomorrow…yeaih!), to play my guitar and hang around in our 40m² kitchen! Great things to do in the nice city of
So, if you need something from germoney, let me know and I’ll try to bring it!
See you soon and write down what you’ve done the whole time without me,
edik
Monday, October 23, 2006
privet-hallo-hola-aloha
im Xenia - yah the one really STUDYING here :P. well - actually im just good enough in pretending like im studying.
im from Estonia and among my dear German friends - a proud minority representative here :P.
SPASIBA, HANNO, for a warm welcome!
yahh! buahh - at this state, my friends - at this state, when I have typed in more than 19 pages in cyrillica and most probably will delete half of it tomorrow - i want to make a statement: there are no Human Rights as such!!!
But now a bit more about pleasant - today i experienced my FIRST and till present - the Best Pesto I have ever had :)! Would like to point out Edik's professionalism in boiling pasta, Hanno's perfect way of cutting tomatoes and Jun my ever dishwashingmate!
waiting for austrians to join and looking forward to hear their moscow stories,
wishing all of you a nice (read: dry) day tomorrow
ciao-tschüss-pakaa
-xen.
good night!
posts appear within minutes :) xenia would love to contribute her a post of her own as well. But she's a lot to do (she really studies here:) ) and fears to write too much...
but late at night she before she gets to bed, she will read this warm
WELCOME!
here :)
Sunday, October 22, 2006
molodec, hanno!
i'm eduard, but don't like that name that much so mostof the people here just call me ed or edik. i'm from bremen, germany and studying there sociology und eastern europe cultural studies. i'm living in petersburg for 2 months now and really enjoy the time here, which i mostly spend with hanno, xenia und jun. for further informations you can use the link to my own blog.
thanks for listening,
ed
so, what to write?
ed invited us for dinner tonight, an did an excellent pasta&pesto for us :)
thanks for that!
by the way, maybe we should introduce ourselves, so that "foreign" people know who is writing?
anyway: I'm Hanno, "study" in Petersburg for one Semester, normally I study economics in Kiel, Germany.
zdorovo! -Hanno