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Zheleznodorozhny, Russia - 13th April 2008
By: kristl
Today Kristl and her friend rid bikes, we went with them! Andcan you guess what we've seen???
FLOWERS!!!! The first flowers here!!!! The're called coltsfoot
all the TVs were so happy!!
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Posted Apr 19, 2008, 8:51 pm
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Moscow, Russia - 20th April 2008
By: kristl
Today I'm leaving Moscow. That's a bit sad cause I'll mis everybody here.. But I'm sure I have many adventures waiting for me - so I must hurry
Good bye, Moscow!!
Good bye, Helen! We'll miss you very much!!
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Posted Apr 19, 2008, 9:04 pm
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Novosibirsk, Russia - 27th April 2008
By: Oksana
Hello everybody!
Yesterday I arrived in Novosibirsk to Oksana- my new host.
Here I met 3 other TVs- Morado, Mousy Mouse and Budd.
We soon became good friends! What a pitty that Morado and Mousy Mouse have to leave us soon- today they are going to Moscow to Kristl.
As soon as I arrived I started examining Oksana's flat. I could see many interesting things.
Here I'm with the teddy bears from Oksana's collection:
And this bear is made from a news-paper!
I'm with my new friend- little teddy bear Tommy:
With Oksana's cat:
Oksana has a domovoi in her flat. Domovoi is a house spirit in Slavic folklore.
Here I'm with a picture where you can see an old post card with a small girl and her bear. I like it very much!
I found this decoration on the wall in Oksana's living room. Oksana did it herself when she was attending decorating classes.
There are many indoor plants in Oksana's flat. She has them in every room.
Oksana have Guinea pigs at home and I had a chance to feed them! They are so-o cute!
Russians have their Easter today, so I wish you Happy Easter!
Yesterday we helped Oksana to cook cheese soup and to dye eggs for Easter.
There is a tradition in Russia to dye eggs with onion husks:
Our Easter meal:
One more tradition in Russia is to cook Paskha-special Easter meal made from curd. Oksana explained us that Paskha
means "Easter" in Russian. We didn't cook it, but Oksana showed us it's picture, so now we know how it looks like.
The traditional shape of paskha is a pyramid, symbolizing Christ's tomb. It is traditionally made in a wooden mould assembly called pasotchnitza that can be taken apart for cleaning, but more modern materials, such as plastics, are used nowadays. On the sides of the paskha are engraved (using the mould) traditional religious symbols, such as the "Chi Ro" motif (Labarum), letters "GW" (X and B in Russian letters, standing for Chistos Voskrese which is the Slavonic equavalent of the Paschal greeting "Christ is Risen!"), the Cross, eggs, and a lance, all symbolizing Christ's Passion and Resurrection.
Another traditional Easter food is kulich.
It is a kind of Easter bread, traditional in the Orthodox Christian faith — Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine, etc.
Traditionally during the Easter service, the kulich, which has been put into a basket and decorated with colourful flowers, is blessed by the priest. Leftover kulich that isn't blessed is eaten with Paskha for dessert. Blessed kulich is eaten before breakfast each day.
It is baked in tall, cylindrical tins (like coffee or fruit juice tins), and when cooled is decorated with white icing (which is slightly drizzled down the sides), colourful flowers, and XB "Christ is Risen") is decorated on the side. Kulich is only eaten during the 40 days after Paskha (Easter) until Pentecost.
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Posted Apr 27, 2008, 5:54 pm
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