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Brerlappins little hat wrote:Thats mad, i had no idea Ukraine & Russia were so similar, that little green house in the pic is pretty much exactly what all the houses in rural Ukraine look like. And there were dragonflies the length of my finger hovering around us there too

A lot of the eastern bloc is similar! We've got a shared experience lol

Mini E wrote:
Brerlappins little hat wrote:Thats mad, i had no idea Ukraine & Russia were so similar, that little green house in the pic is pretty much exactly what all the houses in rural Ukraine look like. And there were dragonflies the length of my finger hovering around us there too

A lot of the eastern bloc is similar! We've got a shared experience lol

We should form a club.

Rightey wrote:
Mini E wrote:
Brerlappins little hat wrote:Thats mad, i had no idea Ukraine & Russia were so similar, that little green house in the pic is pretty much exactly what all the houses in rural Ukraine look like. And there were dragonflies the length of my finger hovering around us there too

A lot of the eastern bloc is similar! We've got a shared experience lol

We should form a club.

Where have you been mate?

I was in Ukraine for a month last year and a month this summer. I had that picture of the square toilet.

Oh nice! It's an interesting part of the world

It sure is, lots of hot girls, and ugly guys, also tons of WWII stuff, but I didn't bother getting any as it would just get taken away at the border.

Rightey wrote:It sure is, lots of hot girls, and ugly guys, also tons of WWII stuff, but I didn't bother getting any as it would just get taken away at the border.

Yeah. I haven't got any WW2 stuff from out there. The level of attractive women is ludicrous. It really is

Mini E wrote:
Rightey wrote:It sure is, lots of hot girls, and ugly guys, also tons of WWII stuff, but I didn't bother getting any as it would just get taken away at the border.

Yeah. I haven't got any WW2 stuff from out there. The level of attractive women is ludicrous. It really is

Yeah it's all over the place...

That was taken by my dad, must have been quite surreal (They were filming a movie or something).

There were storm troopers walking outside the place he was staying.

Yeah.
They have a very interesting culture there. Seeing the changing of the guard in Moscow near the kremlin is really something.. and they've got the fire that never goes out (can't remember the technical name)

I remember the first time I went the day I got there I could here them firing off artillery shells to celebrate as it was the anniversary of the date they drove the Germans out of Ukraine.

The Russians in St Petersburg fire off a shot at 12pm every single day from the palace ( I think it's from the palace) to signify midday. None of this big ben bollocks :p

That video is bang on, Neil! Took me a while to get round to watching it, very, very cool stuff though. Nice use of Avril 14th, too

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Xeno wrote:Did you ever watch THIS about the accident?

Absolutely knackered and was going to have an early night tonight but I just couldn't tear myself away from that film.
Looking at the potential scale of the disaster retrospectively is terrifying.

Just discovered this thread. Amazing, powerful, moving stuff. Good work, BLH.

Eastern bloc club high five

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Mini E wrote:Eastern bloc club high five

o/

I've been to Kandahar Airport, which was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1979. Can I join?

MCN wrote:
Mini E wrote:Eastern bloc club high five

o/

I've been to Kandahar Airport, which was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1979. Can I join?

I think that qualifies, yes

Mini E wrote:
MCN wrote:
Mini E wrote:Eastern bloc club high five

o/

I've been to Kandahar Airport, which was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1979. Can I join?

I think that qualifies, yes

\o/

We now have four of us

BLH
Rightey
Mini E
MCN

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