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Jez
Hello. December is supposed to be as warm as November. Maybe a bit colder,but not severe. Nevertheless you should take some warm clothes in case the weather changes.

Splattie
this is my daughter Daria whith me on picture, we had first snow last sunday, and we went to a park, to enjoy it. but today the weather is beyond all expectations! Let me show you that I found today, when I woke up in the morning.



When snow settled down a little, we decided to go for a walk whith my daughter, and it was a pleasure to see everything covered by snow!!!





everybody say, it's so unusual to see snow here in the start of december

Elita, pictures you show us are very beautiful!! I miss Dundee so much!
In my town now is all white too Winter.

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this is my daughter Daria

Lovely girl!!!

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we had first snow

I am speechless. It's quite chilly in my place, but, at least, we don't have any snow. Just frost on the ground. Seven miles away there is some snow on the tops of Comra Mountains.

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I miss Dundee so much

Tanya, you lived there, too? Love your new pic!

Elita
Elita the photos you’ve taken are fine. There is a poetic note in them. I like them very much. Thank you for sharing them with us!

Elita
Great pictures! They are worth putting on the walls to decorate a living room. By the way we don't have any snow! And it's December 4. It's supposed to snow just on the eve of the NEw Year and the weather is alleged to be a bit more frosty than now - about -6. Curious, isn't it? My husband and I are going to Moscow by car and it is being planned on December 31. The whole day driving and then celebrating.

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Tanya, you lived there, too? Love your new pic!

Thank you, Splattie
Yes, i was there for summer 2005. And i felt in love with Scotland for ever!!! Someday i will visit it again, i am sure.
Actually i was not in Dundee, i was in Arbroath not so far from Dundee. Scotland is a magic cointry. I love it.

Girls, i wrote yesterday that im my town everything white of snow.. So now all the snow melt away But also so cold... Can't walk without cap and gloves.

NatalyS
Looks like we will cross ways, but not meet!

I will be flying out of JFK on the 19th of December, then when we get to Moscow on the 20th, we will take the overnight train to Saratov. And from what I hear from my in-laws, the snow is already on the ground. This is what I am most afraid of. We have prepared warm clothing for myself and my son (my husband is flying out 2 weeks earlier - tomorrow, actually), but I am afraid this clothing is not warm enough by Russian standards. When I was in Moscow 3 years ago, it was -25!!! And all I had was my french coat and boots (I was coming only for a week after my 6 months in France) and let us just say it was not very pleasant...

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My husband and I are going to Moscow by car and it is being planned on December 31. The whole day driving and then celebrating.

Have fun - but not too too much

Hello girls,

It has been so long I have not visited my favourite room
I am glad to see that it is still active and you are sharing the New Year celebration plans.
I missed being here, honestly.
And in a couple of minutes I saw some nice pictures and posts.
Thanks for it girls.
My husband took his days of for december, and we will be heading to Scotanld
He has been telling me about so much, so that I am impatient to see all the things he told me about. Though he says 4 days are not enough. And I am little bit concerned about my morning sickness that is still going on. I hope by the 17th of December it will be more or less gone. And we will be able to fully enjoy our trip to Scotland.
And I hope there will be some snow in there.
As I miss snow in here. It snows here in London. But I have an impression that it melts before it drops to the earth

Wish you best and yeah keep posting some pics.
I will do so later, some pics of the gardens that we took during our sunday walk

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And I am little bit concerned about my morning sickness that is still going on. I hope by the 17th of December it will be more or less gone.

Ayisha, have you tried the ginger yet? I hate to sound like I am insisting, but I really hate to see people suffer when they don't need to. Ginger is the best remedy for morning sickness I have ever tried (I tried all the tricks ).

Either grate some fresh ginger and then pour boiling water over it and steep (can add honey too)

or eat crystallized ginger (like a candy) and it will immediately settle your stomach, especially during car rides, plane flights, and boat trips.

Good luck!

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You wouldn't believe me

Of course i will! I was coming to Scotland for work! For hard work. An now i remember that times as the best time in my life

Oceania писал(а):

the best time in my life

I see!
I've got all my in-laws there, in Glasgo.

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Ayisha, have you tried the ginger yet? I hate to sound like I am insisting, but I really hate to see people suffer when they don't need to. Ginger is the best remedy for morning sickness I have ever tried (I tried all the tricks ). Either grate some fresh ginger and then pour boiling water over it and steep (can add honey too) or eat crystallized ginger (like a candy) and it will immediately settle your stomach, especially during car rides, plane flights, and boat trips. Good luck!

Jez Alina,

Thanks for advising it. The other day when I went shopping I saw Ginger. I was never fun of it. I remembered your advice and passed by
But tomorrow I will go shopping and this time I will get it for sure I guess.
It is worth at least to try if it was hepling you that much.

Thanks again dear

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Take some lemon or mint candies with you on the trip. It helps usually.

Thanks for this advice as well. They are in my shopping list too
As I never was fond of candies, I couldn't even imagine that these could help.


Concerning the snow, as I was missing it I wanted to go to Switzerland.
But my husband insisted to go to Scotland instead to discover the undiscovered, so I am really looking forward to it

By the way I have promised to put some pictures we have taken during our Richmond walk by Thames. The weather was nice. It was actually snowing. But as I mentioned earlier the snow was melting somehow before it comes to the earth, but that gave another mistic look to a day
So eventhough it was cold we continued walking all day long and even passed Kew Gardens. When we looked how much we walked, it was more than 5 miles. And the initial plan was to walk 15 mins, we ended up walking until it got dark.
Ok enough descriptions. Here are the photos

Ayisha Thanks a lot! The pictures are beautiful!!!!!! It's curious that the landscape looks very much the same as in our Central Black Earth Region.
More than that I saw this combination of green grass and bare trees in the Urals last year. I was there i the middle of October.

NatalyS,

If you like the pictures I am delighted
You are so lucky to have been able to see those beautiful landscapes.
Frankly, I was surprised to see it myself.
I would never imagine that London would have some beautiful areas that look like Switzerland or some landscapes from nordic countries when there is not yes snow.

Ayisha
There is no snow in our area either. Maybe that's the reason why the landscapes you've just shown look very much the same as those ones in Central Russia. Sorry to say I've never been to any scandinavian country. But my son worked in Kopenhagen and he says that he likes the climate and nature in the Ural area, where he works and lives now better. No doubt there are beautiful places everywhere. That' s why my husband and I visit a new country every year though there are places we would like to return.

девочки, купила лапшу для лазаньи, а там написано "no pre-cooking ready in just 20 minutes", переведите мне, пожалуйста

Кристина, это значит что лапшу не надо предварительно отваривать и она все равно будет готова за 20 минут. Но маленький совет = такая лапша которую не надо варить, обычно нуждается в большом количестве жидкости в самой лазанье чтобы стать мягкой. Так что соуса (если будешь делать бешамель) ложи много

Удачи

Jez
теперь все понятно, спасибо за быстрый ответ, сейчас буду готовить

wowwowow! ENNNNGLISH!
Hi all!
I'm new to this place yet already in love with it Unfortunately I dont have enough of speaking practice now...so maybe this place will be a kind of substitution The pictures above are really beautiful!
and i'm glad to meet you all!
Thanks!

Jozh!! It is really nice to see a new one here! Tell us about yourself?
Where are you from, what do you do, what is your name? All u want!!

Jozh Hello, darling! Happy to see you here. Don't bother your head about your speaking skills. We are here to meet each other, exchange ideas and news. So you see it doesn't matter whether you are a native English speaker or English is the second or even the third language. It's great if you just enjoy meeting new peole. By the way many of us have already become friends and we mix in person not only in the ESR. So welcome! And drop in as much as possible