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milesaway
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20 July 2014 at 10:30am | IP Logged

That sounds like quite the adventure!

Dating a hot Russian does indeed help your Russian. (I speak from experience) If you ever
end up in St. Petersburg, let me know. :D

Slovenia is on my wish list. It does look like a beautiful country.
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Solfrid Cristin
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20 July 2014 at 1:18pm | IP Logged

@milesaway: I will! And dating a hot Russian is definitely not off the table, it's just that I am not quite ready
yet, plus it cannot under any circumstances be anyone related to my work. :-)
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20 July 2014 at 1:37pm | IP Logged

Solfrid Cristin wrote:

Little did I know that before the trip was over, I would be in excruciating pain, cast my eyes on a really hot guy, promise a high ranking Russian official that I'd deliver a speech in Russian in Moscow in front of 200 people (possibly including members of the government), and for all practical purposes propose to go skinny
dipping in the night with a guy I absolutely hate. After having told him so. All this while utterly and completely
sober.

When I read this paragraph, I thought to myself, "This sounds like the blurb for an interesting novel". And then I read on and realized that I was reading it! :)

Brilliant post, and I'm glad it all worked out well in the end!
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Solfrid Cristin
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20 July 2014 at 2:36pm | IP Logged

Jeffers wrote:

Solfrid Cristin wrote:

Little did I know that before the trip was over, I would be in
excruciating pain, cast my eyes on a really hot guy, promise a high ranking Russian official that I'd deliver a
speech in Russian in Moscow in front of 200 people (possibly including members of the government), and for
all practical purposes propose to go skinny
dipping in the night with a guy I absolutely hate. After having told him so. All this while utterly and completely
sober.

When I read this paragraph, I thought to myself, "This sounds like the blurb for an interesting novel". And then
I read on and realized that I was reading it! :)

Brilliant post, and I'm glad it all worked out well in the end!

Thank you! I did have a great time in the end, but the beginning was horrendous :-)

My mum always said that I was one of the few people she knew, who could go out to buy milk, and come
back with enough material to write a short story :-)

Edited by Solfrid Cristin on 20 July 2014 at 2:39pm
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Brun Ugle
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20 July 2014 at 10:49pm | IP Logged

You really do know how to tell a story.
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Solfrid Cristin
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20 July 2014 at 11:46pm | IP Logged

Brun Ugle wrote:

You really do know how to tell a story.

Thank you :-)
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21 July 2014 at 8:10am | IP Logged

Solfrid Cristin wrote:

Jeffers wrote:

Solfrid Cristin wrote:

Little did I know that before the trip was over, I would be in excruciating pain, cast my eyes on a really hot guy, promise a high ranking Russian official that I'd deliver a speech in Russian in Moscow in front of 200 people (possibly including members of the government), and for all practical purposes propose to go skinny dipping in the night with a guy I absolutely hate. After having told him so. All this while utterly and completely sober.

Thank you! I did have a great time in the end, but the beginning was horrendous :-)

My mum always said that I was one of the few people she knew, who could go out to buy milk, and come back with enough material to write a short story :-)

I had the same thoughts as Jeffers and even though I don't know you that well, from all the things I read in your posts, I think I would have seconded your Mum. :)

You really have a gift for storytelling. Seriously, ever thought about writing something? (I mean if your ever again have some spare moments ...)
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Solfrid Cristin
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22 July 2014 at 4:57am | IP Logged

Mani wrote:

Solfrid Cristin wrote:

Jeffers wrote:

Solfrid Cristin wrote:

Little did I know that
before the trip was over, I would be in excruciating pain, cast my eyes on a really hot guy, promise a high
ranking Russian official that I'd deliver a speech in Russian in Moscow in front of 200 people (possibly
including members of the government), and for all practical purposes propose to go skinny dipping in the
night with a guy I absolutely hate. After having told him so. All this while utterly and completely sober.

When I read this paragraph, I thought to myself, "This sounds like the blurb for an interesting novel". And then
I read on and realized that I was reading it! :)

Brilliant post, and I'm glad it all worked out well in the end!

I had the same thoughts as Jeffers and even though I don't know you that well, from all the things I read in
your posts, I think I would have seconded your Mum. :)

You really have a gift for storytelling. Seriously, ever thought about writing something? (I mean if your ever
again have some spare moments ...)

Thank you! That's me, natural born storyteller. I have thought of it lots of times, but as you so accurately point
out, there is the issue of available time, or rather the lack of available time :-)

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