February 19, 2006
Moon & Sun in the North pole...
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June 14, 2005
Our recent trip to Israel
Also, in this trip we were in Israel to see my relatives and show Maria the country. We saw a little bit of it and Maria was really fascinated and mesmerized by its beauty, and I think it helped Maria to see how people live there to really appreciate what we have here.
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Our recent trip to Paris
Couple of things are worth mentioning, I had two conversations with the "natives" and they were totally different.
Conversation 1:
Setting: Paris Train, Maria just met me at the Airport and we are going to the hotel with my huge back full of presents for my Israeli relatives and my backpack. Maria already having spent 3 days in Paris is looking very French. I can't put my finger on it, but it's something romantic as hell. We are talking in Russian, I am telling her about the flight, she is telling me about the city and what she thinks of it so far. She is feeling totally at home and loving it. She has learned the Paris subway system in 5 minutes and now carries herself as a true Parisian...
Next to us two guys, one dressed "normal" and another, younger dressed like a rapper movie star are talking amongst themselves in some sort of Slavic language that I don't understand, but I know they are my old neighbours because the younger one is cussing up a storm. Also, they are drinking beers and have some extra in a 6-pack.
Then all of a sudden, the older one turns to us and asks if we are Russians. So, I say, "Yes, we are from Kiev, Ukraine". -Oh, well, thats a totally different thing and the guys are now talking to us in their language, in which i can't understand a word, they give me beer, open it, we say cheers, talk some more to each other without understanding a single word, and exit at the next stop with Maria, my bags and a beer in my hand. That was fun.
Conversation 2:
Setting: The Louvre, right after we saw the Mona Lisa (or Jakonda). We decided to show our American know-it-all and asked one of the Louvre guards where the Last Supper by Da Vinchi is hanging (The Last Supper is a Fresco and is part of a wall in some other place and by no means can be found in the Louvre). The Guards reaction was a little unexcpected and overwhelming:
Guard: "You have read the Da Vinchi Code"!!!!!!
We: "Yes"
G: "Its a very very bad book, a lot of people read it and beleive whats written in it (in the book, the last supper is a painting and is hanging in the Louvre)"
G: "You should not have read that bad bad book, in which they talk of things that should not be talked of...
We: "Well, its fiction and we just thought that not everything thats written in the fiction books should be taken as a pure coin"
G: "Still, this is a very very bad book"...
[Great, thought we, a religious fanatic that is about to go bezerker in the Louvre on us and show us some of that French kung fu fighting]
We: "If you beleive everything thats written in the fiction books, maybe you should not read them, sir!"
And calmly walked away.
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