Now that I’ve slept for about four days straight (I cannot confirm or deny that I have pulled a George Costanza and napped for a period of time while at work under my desk) and am no longer falling asleep around 3:00 pm and waking up at 4:00 am, I’m in a much better condition to write my final post about Russia. I’ll start this post by telling you all [...]
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So where did we leave off? Hmmm…Hermitage perhaps? As mentioned previously, we got to see many different exhibits and the art museum is HUGE! Apparently, if you visit each piece in the museum for less than a minute it would take you over five years to visit everything. Thus, I’ll leave you with one piece of art from the Hermitage: It’s a little blurry because we couldn’t use flash inside [...]
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I’m currently sitting in the terminal waiting for our flight so what better time than now to blog post! I’m going to try to catch up as much as possible but we had a big day yesterday (aka…LOTS of photos & fun) so I’m not sure I’m going to make it. And also, my sincere apologies. I checked my guide book and my notes which are usually my savior for [...]
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Today was officially our first and only business day in St. Petersburg. Unofficially, it was Angie Eats American Day. I’ll get back to that later, but first, a bit of news from our first business presentation of the day. Our first stop was to the Leningrad Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry where we were given a great presentation about how the chamber operates and doing business in Russia. What [...]
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So this evening…I found an orange in my purse and now I’m seriously missing my “moms”. It will all make sense in a minute. I miss my real mom, I haven’t seen her since Christmas. I miss my work mom, who always feeds me snacks. And now I miss my Russian mom, who was the one who gave me the orange to put in my purse this morning before I [...]
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So…I’m going to try to keep this blog post short since I need to be at the airport in about five hours and up and about in about four. I’ve actually cut the photos down from the usual 41 photo/post average to about 16 so that’s a start. Back to today, which was a business day in Syktyvkar. We started the day at the Business Inkubator and then moved to [...]
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I will never complain about Maine roads again…I will never complain about Maine roads again…I will never complain about Maine roads again! So today was the day that we saddled up the bus and had an excursion to Yb, an old community about an hour outside Syktyvkar. And as I mentioned before…I will NEVER complain about Maine roads again! I’m finding in Russia that there are potholes that will eat [...]
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FYI….I’m FINALLY caught up! Today I am actually writing about today. Yay! Today was the day I like to Komi Republic for dummies. We got a crash course on the culture and business of the region and it was day overwhelmingly full of knowledge. It’s also a day full of pictures. My camera battery ran out before the day was over…sad! It all started with a trip to the Komi [...]
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FYI…I’m still behind by one day with blog posts and I doubt tonight will be the night that I catch up. So yesterday afternoon was our arrival in Syktyvkar, which is North East of Moscow and a 26 hour train ride away. The second I stepped off the bus it was love at first sight with my host family, which consisted of my host mother Elena and her daughter Marry. [...]
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Day 6 was a pretty light day. It started with avisit to the Tretyakov Gallery, the oldest and largest collection of Russian art, followed by lunch at a local cafe, followed by our goodbyes to Moscow as we were off by train (a 26 hour train ride to be exact) to Syktyvkar. Our first stop was the Gallery. On our way we walked past this: Which turned out to be [...]
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Welcome to Angie's Roost (and Colby's Hen House) where you'll find daily posts about our misadventures in DIY home improvement. We bought a 100+ year old home that desperately needed some love and blogged about our entire adventure.
Use wood glue and a stencil to block the stain. Beautiful.
Seaside accessories play up the coastal vibe of this cottage bath
Relaxed rattan-style furniture adds to the beachy vibe of this cheery living room
