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A Year of Snow: February 2012
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A Year of Snow. As of September 2011, I shall be living and studying in Irkutsk, a small city in the Russian Federation. Watch this space to keep up to date on news from the eastern fringe of Siberia. Monday, 27 February 2012. End of maslenitsa week. Emily with a camel (not Ikbar). Nick and Guillaume - on stilts. Today, back in Irkutsk, the only thing of any interest which has occurred has been me buying a new telephone, with a Russian keypad, which will finally allow me to text people in Russian! After ...
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A Year of Snow: September 2011
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A Year of Snow. As of September 2011, I shall be living and studying in Irkutsk, a small city in the Russian Federation. Watch this space to keep up to date on news from the eastern fringe of Siberia. Wednesday, 28 September 2011. And told the man that we are students (this card seems to get you anywhere) - the price was eventually lowered to 1.600 roubles. My knitting skills showing! Location: Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Tuesday, 27 September 2011. The second one of Maria's delicious meals. She's o...
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A Year of Snow: June 2012
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A Year of Snow. As of September 2011, I shall be living and studying in Irkutsk, a small city in the Russian Federation. Watch this space to keep up to date on news from the eastern fringe of Siberia. Sunday, 17 June 2012. The churches of Irkutsk. Location: Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Final full day in Irkutsk. Location: Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Saturday, 16 June 2012. Tulun, Olkhon, and my brothers' visit. After arriving back from Tulun, Irkutsk was way more chilled - we celebrated JungHeum...
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A Year of Snow: October 2011
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A Year of Snow. As of September 2011, I shall be living and studying in Irkutsk, a small city in the Russian Federation. Watch this space to keep up to date on news from the eastern fringe of Siberia. Monday, 31 October 2011. View out of my room 31.10.2011. The title of this post speaks for itself really! Awoke this morning to find snow pouring down outside, which urged me to go and bring the washing in! Lara in the snow. It kept snowing for the whole day, even when we left lessons (Rima gave us a load o...
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A Year of Snow: Tulun, Olkhon, and my brothers' visit
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A Year of Snow. As of September 2011, I shall be living and studying in Irkutsk, a small city in the Russian Federation. Watch this space to keep up to date on news from the eastern fringe of Siberia. Saturday, 16 June 2012. Tulun, Olkhon, and my brothers' visit. During the time Rafael was gone, I managed to get hold of Susanna, who had a huge bag of sand which Edel Maria had collected for me from the gobi desert. Hopefully this will manage to make it over the frontier! The sun also had the misfortune to...
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A Year of Snow: August 2011
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A Year of Snow. As of September 2011, I shall be living and studying in Irkutsk, a small city in the Russian Federation. Watch this space to keep up to date on news from the eastern fringe of Siberia. Saturday, 27 August 2011. Less than a week to go! Now that the exam I had to re-sit is over, I'm finally relaxing and becoming ever so slightly nervous about the journey! Once at Northcott House, I paid for my insurance, a further £. Having gone to granddads' the other day, I now have a few roubles stored i...
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A Year of Snow: May 2012
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A Year of Snow. As of September 2011, I shall be living and studying in Irkutsk, a small city in the Russian Federation. Watch this space to keep up to date on news from the eastern fringe of Siberia. Thursday, 24 May 2012. So, once again I've let the blog slide, and this time but just over two weeks, so I'll set about straightening that up at once! The journey from hell. It looked to be such a nice day. Somewhere near Ulan Ude. My parents, walking through the gardens of a house-museum. Other than this, ...
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A Year of Snow: Final full day in Irkutsk
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A Year of Snow. As of September 2011, I shall be living and studying in Irkutsk, a small city in the Russian Federation. Watch this space to keep up to date on news from the eastern fringe of Siberia. Sunday, 17 June 2012. Final full day in Irkutsk. Either way, just a short post for now, as I still have a lo to prepare, and no post tomorrow, probably, as I'll be heading off on my journey. Photos will, of course, follow a little bit later, as I have limited time! Location: Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
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A Year of Snow: The elusive Black Market and some Mongolian singing
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A Year of Snow. As of September 2011, I shall be living and studying in Irkutsk, a small city in the Russian Federation. Watch this space to keep up to date on news from the eastern fringe of Siberia. Wednesday, 9 May 2012. The elusive Black Market and some Mongolian singing. The English gentlemen headed off this morning, although I didn't notice their departure, being, as I was, fast asleep! Now, bed, as tomorrow my bus leaves at 7am, and I'm not expecting to be in Irkutsk for quite a while after that!
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