Oh, finally! I’ve got enough time to write about recent events, and there were quite a few!

First of all, there was Puppeteers Day on March, 21st. In my opininon, the fact, that it is so close to St.Patrick’s Day, really means something! At least, not a usual day it was. Atmosphere of joy and fun prevailed thoughout the day, which was by the way my workday! Champaigne and cheers in the evening made it into a fine holiday.

Secondly, I’ve participated in a morning TV show on a local Moscow station ‘Doverie’. Theatre’s Day is coming (March, 27th), so many shows are shot these days about theatre, actors, and all things related. The theme of the show was, of course, ‘Theatre’. Since it is Youth Year in Russia, several representatives of youth-related institutions were invited. Among them Mr. Spesivtsev, director, actor, head of Moscow Youth Theatre; Mr. Rubtsov, head of the famous ‘Bakhrushinsky’ theatre musium; and your humble blogger as a representative of a theatre for the very young.

The whole event took about two hours and it was really fun. Many jokes, smiles, open-minded people, generous hosts, supportive environment. The latter was especially pleasant, since it was my first time being a guest in a show with such great people!

The show will air on March 27th, in the morning on channel ‘Doverie’ (Moscow). It is so bad I wouldn’t be able to watch it for the channel is not available in the area I live in. Still, maybe I’ll find an Internet-based site, which will translate this particular show.

For all of us out there who loves Ireland and/or related to it! This is a great opportunity to unite with people we know and make new friends as well! Happy St.Patrick’s Day!

Looking at the Wikipedia article does little explanation of this traditional holiday. Wearing green does a bit more. Having fun a ‘Grand’ way (taking part in a parade), singing, enjoying people around you – that’s what the holiday is about for me. I wish more people in Russia would participate.

It’s about time to hit the New Year holidays, which all and all are 10 days long! It’s a lot of fun and family gathering, celebration and rejoice as well. This is the time when people get their presents and also give presents to others.

But as we all know presents usualy cost money (naturally, to buy them). And that’s the whole issue for Russians, especially this year (crisis, ya know). Indeed, there is a ratio in russian economy, which every russian citizen wants to keep an eye on. And it’s called Dollar Exchange Rate.

For a long time till these very days the rate was about 1:27, meaning 27 rubles (local currency) for 1 dollar. This was pretty stable over past two or three years. But recently dollar began to rise. Now it costs 29.4 rubles to buy a dollar. And the trend is set for the dollar to continue to rise…

I hope there won’t be an unexpected fall of local currency, and the floating exchange rate is seasonal (many people in Russia keep their savings in dollars, rather than in rubles, and most of them are exchanging dollars to buy presents).

Happy New Year!!!

We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year!!!

God bless us all, let this holiday time be fun and wonderful!