Jan 16 2009, 12:13 PMSaint Petersburg, Russia

Hi all, I will miss CafeMax on Nevsky Prospekt when we leave tomorrow. It has become a little refuge where I can access Australian websites and my emails (not that James has written often or voluminously). I have also been able to pick up an occasional Australian headline as I log...

Jan 13 2009, 11:43 AMSaint Petersburg, Russia1 comment

Greetings comrades, One of the things I tell all my students when they come to Russia is that they should check everything (all documents, arrangements etc) and on the whole that is a very good rule, but it backfired for me quite spectacularly on Sunday and gave me some grief. Let me...

Jan 8 2009, 02:26 PMSaint Petersburg, Russia1 comment

HI again, There is so much happening here that I don't know where to start, so I'll do a very English thing and write about the weather. Today it is a very acceptable minus 10 and although I know that I said that I would not go outside if the temperature fell to this...