Posted in Britain, Culture Shock, Food, Russia on August 31, 2006 | 5 Comments »
Over the years you’ve discovered that the things you miss when they are not easily available are always a bit of a shock.
For example, it turns out that when you are separated from Blighty, what you pine for is autumn - dark damp days smelling of rotting leaves with drizzle hazing the air when all around you is tinged [...]
Posted in Architecture, Britain, Russia on August 18, 2006 | 2 Comments »
You wouldn’t want to give the impression that you dismiss all modern architecture out of hand. There are even a few buildings in London under the age of 100 that you vaguely approve of.
One of these happens to be the MI5 building squatting on the banks of the Thames, just down the river from the [...]
Posted in Architecture, Britain, Culture Shock, Russia on August 16, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The British Embassy is the ugliest building in Moscow.
This is a large claim of course, but aside from social housing - and nobody does residential tower blocks well - it happens to be true.
This is not to say that Moscow is an exceptionally pretty city. There are essentially three styles, leaving aside the Orthodox churches, which [...]
Posted in Pregnancy on August 13, 2006 | 22 Comments »
Many women seem to know precisely where they stand on the subject of having children and you’ve always rather envied that. On the face of things people would probably think you are in the ‘no’ camp as you can’t recall having a maternal reaction to babies ever. Vague approval from afar, yes, but definitely no [...]
Posted in Food, Pregnancy on August 1, 2006 | 6 Comments »
One of the odder things about being pregnant is the way The Pea seems to have hijacked your digestive system.
You were prepared for cravings - well, let’s be honest, in fact you were quite looking forward to glaring at people through a mouthful of cream bun and gesturing emphatically at your uterus.
What you have actually got, however, [...]
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