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NatalyS, thnaks a lot for the link

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thnaks a lot for the link

I hope it'll help you. My daughter Olga asks me to give her love to you. By the way it's her favourite site and whenever she has problems dealing with her baby she asks questions and specialists on the site help her in no time at all.

If you click the address you"ll see our wonderful fountains
http://www.tury.ru/image.php?rgallery_id=221115

Thank you, Nataly, for the link. The fountains are really beautiful! How many of them in the city?

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How many of them in the city?

Sorry to say I can't say exactly but there may be more than ten. The majority of them are located in the center. I live here.
Here they are. Some of them. They are in Lenin street and then along the staircase going down from Sobornaya Square to Nizhny Park.







You see there's one more fountain next to the park. It's in Peter the First Square, which is a unique one. There is said to be the same somewhere in France if I am not mistaken. As far as I know there's a fountain like this one in Cyprus, but it's not for general public being rather a commercial project. We reavelled to Protaras to see the fountain sHow whereas in Lipetsk it's free of charge. Come and enjoy.


I'll make a picture and show by all means. It's a great sight.

Nataly, very nice! Thank you for sharing! They are beautiful!

Esmira
Thanks a lot. It's very kind of you.

You are more than welcome! How are you spending your summer days? Don't you just want to jump into one of those fountains to cool down?

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Don't you just want to jump

Why not?! The weather was so hot last week that I dreamed of coming somewhere to Tunis for instance to spend all the day by the sea. Today it's much cooler and I'm considering cruising up the Volga. But it'll be in August. First we are spending 10 days in Moscow at my sister's place. All of us are looking forward to meeting.
I hope you are enjoying your time.

Well, as to me, I am cooling myself down at the town pool. The pool is located at the beautiful green area and we have 3 pools there to satisfy everyone. Most of the crowds are concentrated at the heated pool. It works for me as I enjoy the other one, non-heated, as it is quiet just the way I like it so I actually can enjoy my swimming and recharge. It is getting a little bit crowded too sometimes but I am still enjoying it, regardless. There is no way I can join the heated pool, unless my favorite pool is closed, which happens sometimes. So after work, I jump there and swim for about an hour or so. After that I am ready to go.

I hope you will enjoy your cruise and visit to Moscow. One of my sisters lives there as well.

Nataly, I know it is silly but I still want to share this with you. I just was enjoing my afternoon coffee with the candy. You know what kind of candy? ГУСИНЫЕ ЛАПКИ from Moscow РОТ ФРОНТ!!! Mmm....delicious!!! These are improvised candies I recently bought in a Russian store. They are like chocolote candies, not old version of it. I always liked the other version but I love these as well. Do you know what I am talking about?

Hello, dear ladies! It is so interesting here. Let me join you as well.
NatalyS
Your pilaf looks like my mother's. Spices were not so popular when a child. My mom did not use them. And I still remember the taste of it. I'm going to cook it soon.
I haven't spoken English for several years, since my studies at University, but it's a great pleasure for me. And I'd like to use this opportunity to improve my English, which remains to be well desired. Please, take me in your "English speaking" group. I'll be a good girl!

Oh, I'm sorry! I haven't looked through the last page

Nataly - great fountains - I can't wait to see more. Thank you for posting the pictures.

Marina - welcome to the group! Hope to hear from you often. By the way, I am from Gelendzik. However, I were in Krasnodar quite a few times - mostly on the way.


Esmira - I see you love to swim! Where do you live in USA?
We have a really hot weather here in LA, too. I only can survive under A/C. However, the beach weather is wonderful and we even went to the beach this weekend and had an opportunity to swim in the ocean. Usually, ocean water is really cold.
Also, we enjoy sangria on the hot day. http://forum.say7.info/topic16631.html

to all!

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ГУСИНЫЕ ЛАПКИ from Moscow РОТ ФРОНТ!!!

I know the candies and do like them too. You see there are some other ones of the same kind like Раковые шейки and ореховая смесь. Then in Belorussia where my parents used to live after my dad had been dismissed from the military sevice there were candies Халвичные and Зубренок. The same quality, very tasty.

Марга писал(а):

Please, take me in your "English speaking" group. I'll be a good girl!

Welcome! Your English is very good! What's your profession? Linguistics?

Марга писал(а):

Your pilaf looks like my mother's

I'm happy we have something in common. Enjoy it!

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Nataly - great fountains - I can't wait to see more.

Olga, I'll make some more pictures. Thank you very much

Are you fond of fishing? Welcome! The fountains are good to enjoy fishing.



Another fountain


Amusing, isn't it?


My granddaughter Nataly and my daughter's friend Tatiana are making fun.

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Esmira - I see you love to swim! [censored] do you live in USA?

Hi Olga, yes I love swimming very much so! I live in New Jersey. I know people make fun of this State but I love it. It is relatively quiet and green, just the way I like it. Also, here we enjoy all the 4 season and even though driving conditions can be difficult when it is snowing and I strongly dislike it but still it is OK. Of course, it depends on the town as well. My town is very conveniently located and it is only 15 minutes away from the New York. It has side walks all over it so I drive only when I have to, other than that I walk. It does not matter to me that majority of people do not walk here. I still do my thing and very happy for that opportunity. I walk to the pool, post office, library, supermarket, etc. All of these conveniently located around the town. How lovely! Well, I live in my town for 5 years. We used to live in Brooklyn, very crowded place so we run from there.

As to ocean, I am not big fan of it for some reason. I enjoy lakes mostly but Lake Placid is far away and those are the lakes I really enjoyed about 10 years ago. The water is crystal clear. Such a pleasure to swim there! Unfortunately, our lakes in NJ not as clean so after going there for so many years I have decided to join the town pool and enjoy it very much so. It is nice to swim almost every day. This way I enjoy it and exercise at the same time without even working too hard.

I hope you enjoy your town and what it has to offer as well.

Nataly - your granddaughter is so sweet. What a lovely child. The picture with water drops - my favorite - like a piece of art. By the way, question to you as a professional.
In the sentence above: "What a lovely child" did I suppose to put "the" or "a"?
I don't think I heard" What the lovely child" - weird.



[/b]Esmira[b] - Thank you for sharing your opinion and description of your place.
I can not stay cold weather, that why I enjoy LA a lot. However, I do miss all 4 seasons. We have a glimpse of winter during our skiing weekend off and we drive sometimes to the places where we can enjoy the color leafs fall. And it is true -I drive a car a lot, would rather walk sometimes.
I like to swim in a sea better then in an ocean. Lakes and rivers on the second place,sorry. But you are absolutely right - it is a great exercise.

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What a lovely child" did I suppose to put "the" or "a"?

Rihgt you are! Indefinite article is used in sentences like yours.

Thank you. She is really lovely and smart as well.

Nataly, I would also add: "She is such a cutie pie"! ...one of my favorite sayings.
God bless!

Olga, did economy affected LA as well? What is life like there? How are the people, friendly or suspicious of new comers?

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She is such a cutie pie"! ...

Thank you. I like the saying!

You are welcome, Nataly!

As to real pies, my mouth is watering reading some recipes of pies, especially "blueberry pies" for some reason caught my eyes. Those tricky girls will force me to crack my oven on these hot days, aren't they?

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Those tricky girls will force me to crack my oven on these hot days,

Be careful

Thanks, I will try. Have a lovely weekend!

Nataly - thank you for your response. It is great to know for sure!

Esmira - Unfortunately, economy effects LA a lot. Unemployment rate is pretty high here. I guess that why people become more aggressive then usual, there are more shootings on the street. The last case, some idiots shot outside during daytime in residence area and shot a 4 year old boy instead of themselves.
Some restaurants are going out of the business. It is very sad.

However, people in general very friendly and welcome all new comers.
People love their cars and practically live in them. And, yes, traffic is horrible sometimes. I like it here because it is closed to everything, in the same day, you can go skiing in the mountains and then you can go swimming in the oceans. It is possible and some dudes do so.