Greetings from sunny Efremov!

[dan_bo]

Never been to Russia and I'd jump at the chance. I suppose the closest I've been is Hamina in Finland near the border - lots of elk and more elk involved. And lashings of expensive mediocre lager..

ah yes I forgot about Helsinki. Excellent city-just dont mention the beer. The venison was pretty good though.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Never been to Russia and I'd jump at the chance.

Be happy to organise a whip-round the forum for a one way ticket to Siberia ..... Should only take a few minutes .....

 

[Beebo]

Be happy to organise a whip-round the forum for a one way ticket to Siberia ..... Should only take a few minutes .....

Here you go, £362. I'm sure we can get 362 members to donate a quid each.

 

[robjh]

I'm jealous. Glamorous it may not be, but interesting yes. Are you sourcing materials for chicken nuggets?

nb I quite liked Russian fast food - have you tried pirozhki (пирожки) and pelmeny (пельмени) -different varieties of 'stuff' in pastry? They'll keep you full and warm for a few kopeks when the chill wind blows across the steppes.

 

[stephec]

I'm jealous. Glamorous it may not be, but interesting yes. .

I've done a fair bit of overseas work as a service engineer and it's definitely not glamorous, and not always very interesting.

People think you're off on holiday, but I've been to places and not seen a thing. In a week in China I worked eighty hours over seven days and saw a section of the wall on a Saturday morning for an hour before spending ten hours in a biscuit factory, and that was my only sight seeing apart from bar street.

Then there's the trips in local taxis........

Luckily our company has a guy who was employed specifically for the foreign trips, and he's welcome to them.

 

[swee'pea99]

[QUOTE 2885739, member: 1314"]Can't be that different from Coventry. I was there yesterday.

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Coventry looks a lot more like Russia than Russia.

 

[robjh]

[QUOTE 2885739, member: 1314"]Can't be that different from Coventry. I was there yesterday.

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yes but at least I said Russia looked interesting

 

[Fab Foodie]

I'm jealous. Glamorous it may not be, but interesting yes. Are you sourcing materials for chicken nuggets?

nb I quite liked Russian fast food - have you tried pirozhki (пирожки) and pelmeny (пельмени) -different varieties of 'stuff' in pastry? They'll keep you full and warm for a few kopeks when the chill wind blows across the steppes.

We're hoping to make all kinds of products, but there are issues at the plant due to the cold.

So far I've had doughnuts filled with cabbage though ....
Saw the Pelmeny in the Supermarket though, but not tried it yet.
But agree, the food is different but still good. And yes, travel to these strange places is certainly interesting!

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

not a helmet in site .... except on-site that is ....

That's no way to talk about your colleagues.

 

[Fab Foodie]

[QUOTE 2885936, member: 1314"]Uh!?[/quote]
Surprisingly tasty!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Lada lust at the Hypermarket!

 

[Fnaar]

If you get any spare time, make a Putin-snowman, and give it a handbag.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Be happy to organise a whip-round the forum for a one way ticket to Siberia ..... Should only take a few minutes .....

Effoffski.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Now to add insult to injury ... the local steam-plant has gone kaputski and the hotel has no heating! It's bloody -25C outside and my only true friends in the world are an oil filled electric radiator and a woolly hat!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Now to add insult to injury ... the local steam-plant has gone kaputski and the hotel has no heating! It's bloody -25C outside and my only true friends in the world are an oil filled electric radiator and a woolly hat!