


I am standing with one foot in Europe and one in Asia. 😀
I’ve actually been in Asia the last couple days, but crossed climbing through the mountains in a line of mostly semi trucks, and there wasn’t a cool monument like there is here. I must admit I get a kick out of walking back and forth across the line. 😀

Souvenirs in Moscow don’t have camels on them. I’m in Asia now!





I’ve been listening to ДДТ a lot this past year. Delighted to be listening to them in Уфа.

Ufa’s principal mosque

As always Lenin faces east, towards the rising sun, the new day of Communism. He is beckoning, „behold, friends!“ I quite like this one.
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| So, drone attacks kind of like the weather. A Moscow friend told me they have become „a part of daily life“. |
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| It is unfortunate, but when I checked into my hotel I neglected to inquire about the location of a windowless room with load‑bearing walls. The hotel staff however, seem to be untroubled, and are laying out what looks like a nice breakfast spread rather than taking shelter in a windowless room, so I feel relieved. |