up coming trip

[cliffg]

well guys i am getting ready for my first international trip next Wednesday. if you are inclined to do so please pray for me and my wife to have a safe flight. i do not need prayers for a good time as this will be the trip of my lifetime.

the wife was invited to be a speaker at a library conference that is a week long in Russia. her part of the trip is paid for by the Russian consulate. i only have to pay tag along fees.

on the return trip we will finally get the honeymoon we never had after 16 years and will be spending a week in Prague.

i must say though with the f'ed up political climate in Korea it am a little worried about going abroad.

hopefully i can still access this site in Russia so i can keep up, this has become my main news source for political stuff.

Edited March 16, 2013 by cliffg

[StainTrain]

Don't do anything in the hotel room that you don't want on YouTube. They are still fighting th Cold War. My prayers are with you.

Edited March 16, 2013 by StainTrain

[imschur]

My boss brought me back a shirt from russia that he bought from a street vendor. It's covered with guns. IIRC it's a slam on the USA. I will dig it out and take a picture.

[unforgiven]

Got you covered brother cliff,have fun keep you'r eyes open.Have a safe trip.

[StainTrain]

Hopefully the guns were all NATO arms and not the weapons of those Godless commies.......

I kid....I'm a kidder......in case any of you guys are Cossacks or Russians. If you aren't .....I'm totally serious.

Edited March 16, 2013 by StainTrain

[StainTrain]

You will have a good time.

[BLKSHEEP]

Congratulations to your wife for receiving that invite, that is obviously a great honor!. Is it in Moscow? Maybe someone here has been there and will give you some tips....I'm sure it will be a good time......Oh I remember a couple,be sure to keep a coulpe of pens on you to fill out the customs forms etc... and most importantly CARRY YOUR OWN TOILET PAPER WITH YOU!  No BSing!! 

[StainTrain]

Unless you like 800 grit sandpaper rubbed on your balloon knot..follow blksheep's advice. The kinda of TP you get.....you ain't wanting. And the kind you are wanting......you ain't getting.

[cliffg]

actually not Moscow, that is my only gripe is i do not get any  time in Moscow for sightseeing. we are going to Yekaterinburg, further east at the base of the Urals.

[unforgiven]

Don't forget to checkout the vodka.

Edited March 16, 2013 by unforgiven

[seasprite]

Post some pics of your trip. Have a good time 

[planeflyer21]

Get video of Russian cops beating someone!

 

Jon

[shepp]

Don't forget to checkout the vodka.

 

 

thats what im talking about!!!!!

 

russia is one place i would love to go!! in 08' i went to china 2nd time ever on a plane, first time ever outta the americas i was nervous at frist to. once i got there and took everything in got a feel for everything after a day it was game on! one thing i did when i got back to my room everynight or lunch break i would pull out my lap top and type out my day so i didnt miss anything to share with my friends and family when i got back, it was a great choice because now i can go back and read the thing like i was there yesterday.

 

good luck man!!! you'll have a great time going places that not everyone has gone is always way better seems like everyone goes ero or to mexico, why not go out on a limb alil and go some where not many others go.

[Rsquared]

 

Just to get you in that Russian kind of mood.

 

By the way......this is a great piece of music.

[BLKSHEEP]

Don't forget to checkout the vodka.

Years ago I traveled across Ukraine, drinking vodka seemed to be the national passtime there. That's also the first time I witnessed true poverty, it really made me appreciate being American.