sundays and expos

it is sunday again. it has been a habit for years to go for sunday brunch on moscow sundays. i dont know why, it started years ago, i think when i was living with jeremy, and then it just became a sort of habit. it is the only day in the week when several of us can get together, as work schedules vary, making it practically impossible to meet during the week.
this morning i went to an interesting photo expo at manezh, and i recomend all of you in moscow to go see it (but hurry, it ends this next week). the photographer vladimir mishukov went around to different families houses and just took photos of them where ever they wanted. the result is an amazing view of russian families and their surroundings. a variety of different social classes were present, but on the whole the majority were not particulary well off (although there was one family that looked like something out of the bonfire of the vanieties). many of the flats featured the standard tapachki and carpet on the wall, and it often appeared that families were living in cramped quarters, which i suppose reflects reality. the family in the picture i attacted is that of a postman, who has 11 children. the note said that until the 6th was born they lived in a 13 square metre room. i know that is common here, but i dont know anyone myself living in such a state...
anyway, the expo was great, and now time for lunch!