In recent days, California Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger made good on a promise to visit Russia. The video shows him braving the Moscow metro, a feat which earned him major bonus points with locals.
What a charming conversationalist. The governor tells about being inspired as a child by a Russian weightlifter, noting the athlete's name in perfect Russian.
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I too was an "Amerikanka" in Russia, where I traveled to do research for my book, THE LAST MATRYOSHKA. I was told to carry a plastic bag, so as not to be identified as a tourist - and it worked to the extent that many Russians stopped me on the street in Moscow to ask directions!
I found my 20-word Russian vocabulary stretched farther than I would have thought possible!
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Hi George - I can' seem to find your email address so am replying here - I'd love to be a guest on the Cheap0air travel blog! Thanks for the invite!
Joyce
Having only visited Russia once (Moscow), I still really loved it and wondered what it was like living there. Now I know.
I am an expat living in Dubai, but maybe sometime in the future I;ll be able to sample life in Russia as well. You never know. I certainly wouldn't say no, even if peanut butter supplies run low occasionally...
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