Saturday, January 29, 2005

Steppe Three

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I love Cyrillic. Walking around Bishkek is like being a kid living in one of those code books. If P=R then what does this say? That type o...
Thursday, January 13, 2005

A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single steppe

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I have received criticism from certain quarters over my poor steppe-related pun from that last post here, so in response I have elected to m...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2005

One Steppe Beyond

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So, I find myself in Bishkek. Bishkek, for those of you unfamiliar with obscure central Asian capitals, is in Kyrgyzstan . (Or Kyrgyzstn...
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Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Permission to sit

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I forgot to mention, I have finally been granted Permission To Sit in Romania. In fact I am now the owner of a very fancy looking dark gre...
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Monday, January 03, 2005

Szilveszter

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As well as being a hapless cartoon cat, and a Hi-NRG disco star, Sylvester is also the Hungarian festival of New Year. I think, though am n...
Saturday, December 18, 2004

Last news post of 2004. Probably.

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The parting shots of a corrupt old bastard. Or, Iliescu leaves office. So Ion Iliescu is coming to the end of his time as president of Roma...
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Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Random nothingness

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It’s about time I wrote something, so I’m just going to start typing and see what comes out. I’ll be away from this blog for a good while s...
Friday, December 10, 2004

Moldavia

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On Tuesday we went to Iasi. Iasi (pronounced - more or less- Yash) is the biggest city in Moldavia, which if you remembered your hexagonal g...
Monday, December 06, 2004

Hungary and the referendum

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It didn't pass. Only 37% of Hungarians bothered to vote on it which means that it didn't have a quorum. Of those who did vote yes b...
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Friday, December 03, 2004

A mixed bag of stuff

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Bureaucracy day 2 First up, an update on yesterday's farcical tale of bureaucratic hilarity. Having completed all the relevant paperwork...