so the soviet union is alive and well here in london....actually i have come to the conclusion that english is superflous and i can probably get through the whole year without using it at all. i went to look at flats yesterday, kokoi-to lev iz lvova (buto bi krutoi sovietski muzhik) mnye pokozal niskolko....vsye plohi....
then in the evening i met up with igor. it turns out that he is studying here this year, doing some sort of conversion course to get qualified as an english lawyer. it waas bizarre to see him in london. the last time i saw him was in budapest about 2 years ago, when he was there on a conference....
so anyway, he gave me a little tour of central london. we walked all over the place: trafalger square, covent garden, leicester square. i still havent managed to orient myself in that city...but igor assures me the centre isnt that big. odd that i need a russian to show me around what is supposed to be (at least on paper) my own imperial capital!
after the tour, we stopped for dinner at some italian place that was located off regent street in a sort of covered passage that reminded us both of passazh in petersburg. the meal was ok (actually it was probably the best i have had in this country, not that that says much)
we caught up over food and wine. he is dating my old roomate, they are even thinking of getting married....life back in moscow is as crazy as ever, and no one knows how long vova the great will stay in office, perhaps he is looking to lukashenka for inspiration?
it was good to spend time with igor again. he says ira will come from ukraine to join him in october, and that daniel (now living in beograd) will pass by too....it seems we are recreating our mezhdunarodni yugoslav environment, just in a different country! should be interesting!
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