Tag Archives: vacation in Russia
Don’t Go to the Beach (Without Reading This First)! Posted by yelena on Jul 18, 2011
What is «лето» [summer] without spending some time «на пляже» [at a beach]? Have you done it yet? If not, then what are you waiting for; the summer (in the Northern Hemisphere) is almost over. As the saying goes, «ноги в руки и вперёд!» [get to it!] Because next thing you know, it will be…
«Отдыхают все!» [Everybody’s on Holiday!] Posted by josefina on Jan 9, 2010
At least «в России» [in Russia] and at least «до 10 (десятого) января» [until the 10th of January] it is true that «все отдыхают» [everybody’s on holiday]. Even though there was much talk in 2009 about finally abolishing those ten days that every Russian gets off in the beginning of every year «из-за экономического кризиса»…