Me too. Have been there recently (well, pre-pandemic) and it's a great place. Lviv's Austro-Hungarian charm, Kyiv isn't bad, exploring the battlefield of Poltava, visiting Chernobyl that was one of t… (View Post)

I love autumn but do get SAD despite, as you say, being better at coping with cold weather than many. I am hopefully starting to come out of it now, with the appreciably longer hours of daylight. For… (View Post)

Scotland not doing very well, then? (View Post)

If you think Ukraine is like AH or Yugoslavia then you think the Tatars are better off in Russia against their will and that all Russian-speaking Ukrainians are Russians really and need to be incorpo… (View Post)

Interesting. Are we being racist towards her because she is Russian, or because she is Tatar? And you choose to use a racist term towards white people. Maybe some people just don't get figure skating… (View Post)