Sunday, April 25, 2010

Freedom

Of course I must tell to you that my familial affairs are appearing to begin to be in good working order again.  Olga has taken me back into her bosom after having problem with her husband singing the folk songs with his friend in the dead of the morning.  Even of more interesting notation is the reappearing of my beloved mother in all of our lives.  Until this time she has been being incarcerating in the Voronezh Region Home for Incalcitrant Grandmothers.  We are over the moon in my family.  Happy as Larry, I am feeling like the proverbial cat who has been inbibing of the proverbial cream.  Perhaps I also will acquaint myself with having opportunity for the mastication of cake and not just having the cake.  What wonderous news her emancipation is to our ears these days.  The authorities tell to us she is completely normalised, and she has told myself that there will not be anymore priest bashing.  Believe me or don't she is meeting with priest with whom she became entangled for tea these next few days.  My mother is a saint, surely she is most knowledgable now regarding the turning over of many leaves.

Despite the most happiness we are partaking of, still I am feeling within my body emotions for my brother.  His situation still continues.  But he tell to us soon they will be seeing folly of what they be doing to him, and he also will be free to breath air on the outside and toast many time to many things.

Dear potential guest, perhaps you say, this Anton he is speaking so much of this personal situation.  Yes I will say to you I am because I must.  I am not able to constrain myself.  Just as is the way you will be unable to constrain yourself when you are meeting my family for most unimaginable time here in Voronezh.  Without family  who are we I say.  We are in need of family so that we can be born and have in ourselves succulent foods and emotive supporting.  Without my family I would not be Anton Petrovich, instead it is possible I would not be myself one jot or tiddle.  Maybe I would be Mikhail Stepanovich the most beloved school teacher of the village of Ananova wherever this is.  It is possible I will be finding myself reaping potatoes but this is not me.  It is fortunate for you that this is not me, because if this was being so you would not have opportunity - a fine opportunity at that I put to you - of adjoining me as you sojourn here in beautiful Voronezh.  No we are pleased to know that I am myself and I have big plans for my business.  You will be thrilled to be receiving my knowledge and hospitality also.  This I can tell because you have been showing to me your support for my business adventure.

This I say to you my friends (forgive my informality) we have good days ahead.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Beware Babushka

It is a very important part of being number one tour guide that means I take very serioulsly the task of letting my clients be knowing of things important to make holidays in Voronezh most perfect and SAFE.

It is in being concerned for well beings of tourist that  I have decided to inform to you how is best to be handling our grandmothers.  Also I am having the time on my fingers why because Olga will not be allowing myself for the time being to depart from the apartment.  She tell to me "The next time you are being all of the night in street drunk and singing old communist songs in you will never be eating or partaking of any type of companionship here in our home."  So here I am under the table hiding while my lovely wife watches favorite movie Rambo.

I think you will be surprising to hear that our grandmothers who we call here babushkas are not very soft.  I know it is incredible but it is true.  They can look like maybe they are soft to the touch but really they are not.  When you give them a poke or squeeze you can see that they are very solid and not squishy at all.  Anton, Anton you are saying, why are telling to us this news?  Why is it very important?  It is because if you do not understand the mind of the babushka then you may not long survive in this most beautiful city.  Please do try and be of close attentiveness to what I tell to you next.

They are everywhere always they be looking, and looking some more.  They have to them many tricks up their bulging sleeves.  You will be attentive in noticing them always in groups maybe is only group of two maybe is group of five maybe more.  It is seldom been seeing one on its own, except to say in between the travel from one group of babushki to one other group of babushki.  Information does travel with swiftness among these imparticular beings.

It is difficult to say for whom they be working for.  But mark this foreign guest.  They will be watching to you, and if you have the behaviour which is to be found offensive, they will tell to you this very much so.  You can not be escaping the gaze of the babushki.

They will be monitoring your every coming and your every going to places near and far.  If you stay in prestigious hotel they will be knowing this, yet also if you be staying in shack they know also, and if you are in apartment you must pass by them everytime you enter and exit from building.  You may visit market, store, canteen, post office, opera theatre, they see you.   Even if you find you are angered by their cold dark stares you must not be getting into physical positions with them.  They will break you, do not try this as I say before this, they are not squishy.

Please do not let them stop you from embarking on most amazing journey to beautiful city of Voronezh.  I am containing within myself the knowledge to deal with the omnipotent and omniscient babushka.  It is knowledge that has been hard earned but I am generous in passing it onto you.  So when you come to be my guest you will say you are glad you have Anton as tour guide he really is the best I hope only good things for him and the developmentalness of his business.  Such a shame we will not be able to meet his nice brother.

Of course I say thank you for your thoughts so kind, but also I pass on many thanks to tram driver institute for such fine education I have received at there.  Maybe you will like to be visiting it also.