You know you are a BESTie


... when at work you write "BEST regards" at the end of professional email. 
... when you haven't buy a T-shirt for 3 years, 'cos you have too many of them from BEST events already. 
... when in work meetings you want to use "finger rules", what noone in the office gets until you explain and then they are all using it. 
... when you go to a city you've never been to, but already have friends there. 
... when you can name more international drinks than your all friends together. 
... when you are buying tickets without knowing if you will go there and if you will have a place to stay. 
... when you have more friends abroad than at home. 
... when you drink Stroh by setting waffles on fire. 
... when you are making schedule on who is staying at your place and when. 
... when you wake up and first thing you do is to read BEST emails. 
... when you come back from a party and even if you're exhausted, you answer LBG and junk emails before going to bed. 
... when you count trips by not how many days, but how many nights you are away. 
... when you don't spend more than 10 minutes to pack your stuff. 
... when you always carry a toothbrush and a passport/ID... just in case. 
... when you know what "ariki tara kuma" is. 
... when you can toast with almost every person you meet in their mother tongue.. to their surprise. 
... when you call Europe home and from Lisbon to Ekaterinburg is just a slightly longer trip. 
... when your facebook profile is a danger to your future life ;). 
... when you type in new numbers on your mobile with international prefix, even from your own country, because that's just how you write down phone numbers. 
... when you know prices and timetable of all the international buses, trains and particular plains by heart. 
... when staying in your country seems like a torture! 
... when you're talking on gtalk with someone who is 2m away. 
... when you fall in love with someone who lives 3000km away. 
... when you're about to make a project at the university and start with: let's share work! I'll make doodle! 
... when you do and sing stupid stuff in city streets. 
... when you have a favourite drink from other country you wish you could import. 
... when you don't have fun at parties, because they are not BEST parties. 
... when you read mails from ppl you never met, but you know them all! 

Thank you junk@best.eu.org for gathering all those points! 

And my lovely home town is preparing for EXPO 2020!

I like all the cities represented but Ekaterinburg deserves to become the ONE;)

I got it from  russian Esquire, but so far it is quite cool...

What average foreign has to know about russia:

First some quotes from phrasebook:

Zda-ro-va mu-zhih-ki!	Hey, Folks	Здорово, мужики
Chto a-baz-na-cha-it slo-va pup?	What means word "navel"?	Что обозначает слово «пуп»?
Kak pi-shiht-sa Pu-tin?	How to spell Putin?	Как пишется «Путин»?
Va-shih pla-nih u-sta-nav-lye-ni-ya mi-ra-vo-va kan-trol-ya zhal-ka-ya il-yu-zi-ya	Your plans to build up world supremasy is just illuzion!	Ваши планы установления мирового контроля — жалкая иллюзия
Ga-zuyt-ye, pa-zhal-sta!	Rev, please	Газуйте, пожалуйста!
V af-to-bus-ye nyet tu-al-ye-ta!	There is no toilet in the bus	В автобусе нет туалета!
Ya zhih-vu v Mask-vye, ya nye bu-du pla-tit’ tak mno-ga!	I don't live in Moscow, I won't pay much!	Я живу в Москве, я не буду платить так много
Kho-chish’, ya zdye-la-yu tib-ye ma-sash?	DO you want I make a message for you?	Хочешь, я сделаю тебе массаж?
My nas-mat-rye-lis’ tserk-vyey	We saw enough churches!	Мы насмотрелись церквей
Ga-va-rya o su-ma-shed-shikh, ska-zhiht-ye, is ka-koy psikh-bal-nit-sih a-ni vas vih-tash-chi-li?	talking about crazy ppl, which hospital are YOU from?	Говоря о сумасшедших, скажите, из какой психбольницы они вас вытащили?
Oy, ka-ka-ya va-la-ki-ta!	Such a burocrasy	Ой, какая волокита
Ab-yi-vit-ye, pa-zhal-sta, kag-da mih pad-ye-dim k Ma-ga-da-nu	HPLease explain me when are we gonna reach Magadan?	Объявите, пожалуйста, когда мы подъедем к Магадану
Min-ya tash-nit!	I'm gonna vomit!	Меня тошнит!
Raz-ve e-ta zhihzn’?	Is it life?	Разве это жизнь?
Gd’e my?	Where are we?	Где мы?

And after that they explain some words such "p'yaniy" which is drunk and political situation in Russia! 

Guys don't believe that! This words are for sure not a first emergency ones, and as well... our country is just a bit different from yours! 

Great memories! 


It is amazing to spend time with friends, even when you are tired, even when you've worked 12 hours and then just go to the party and laughf the hell out of you!

And it is great to keep the memories with you! I love making videos, just because with music and motion simple photos get new life and gives you more feed to memorize!
So enjoy;) Love my friends old and new ones!

And one more time: Big thanks for Slava Abramov for making this video!

So lets see how this all will work out!

I really have no idea how often I willl write to this blog. To be Honest i really don't care what will you think about my posts.... but I'm nice and hope still interesting person, and need the place where i can share my huge experience! ;D

And it's me:

Hungary! 

My next travel happened already in a half a year! 

Actually even that I bought the tickets through Prague, which afterwords was quite stupid, all the trip was really chip for me! 

Why stupid: cause the distance between Prague and Budapest is extremely small and it would be much easier to go from Prague to Veszprem... but all that I've learn only after i get some locals... 

So here goes some pictures of the trip. 

They removed the USSR sign from the center of their flag, and stay with it on the central square

Lovely pink car! 

The view which i adore

Me and anonymous! 

My sinonomaty! Eleni!

Happiness is inside us!

And my first journey alone just showed it to me! 

Have never expected that I would get that addicted to traveling afterwords. 

It was Belgium the country of beer and chocolate.

They love french fries and always eat sandwiches!

In Flanders region, where I spend most of the time they have even special souse: mamut's one! And it is really tasty!

At least after that trip in  the end of february 2009 I've visited this country already one more time!

And here are some photos:

Ah... canchello! 

Have you swam in a cold sea in February?

Brugge! The BEST chocolate is there

Ghent at night! 

I don't like churches! But that one is great!

Antwerpen! Nice city! 

Saying that becomes my passion for the next three years