Hello all,

You'd think 5 years of frequent visits would be a long enough time to adapt to Russian ways of thinking. However some things continue to baffle and frustrate, due to my own cultural programming, no doubt! And so, the latest article from Russian Culture;

Street Etiquette
Closed faces in public places - how those little every-day dealings are done in Russia

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art25120.asp

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Poka!
Marianne Gibson, Russian Culture Editor
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