The Devushka Diaries

I mentioned on a previous post that this year, I'm saying da svidanya to Russia and hello to England. If you're interested in follow...

The recent, heartbreakingly tragic plane crash that took the lives of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL hockey team has been weighing on my heart....

This is the Google header for today - the 450th birthday of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, which is the most breathtaking piece of ar...

Katie the Canadian girl Katya the Russian girl I've been back in Canada for a little more than a week, and I'm just getting used t...

Quick update from Heathrow Airport. The flight from Moscow to London was very smooth and quick. The best part of it all was that I had a win...

As I'm writing this, I'm sitting in the tiny, hot, stuffy flat on Dimitrovskoe Shosse in Moscow that has been my "home" fo...

A shocking confession: I am beet. Beets - my longtime love - have beat me. After eating them approximately twice a day for the last month, I...