09/25/2010—09/26/2010

Yevpatoria is a resort town. You’re supposed to go there to relax by the sea. You can go for a long time, or you can go for a weekend. So this time the group suggested going for the weekend. As always, someone turned …

13-day trip along the route Kharkiv-Kyiv-Katowice-Beauvais-Paris-Grenoble-Paris-Beauvais-Katowice-Krakow-Warsaw-Katowice-Auschwitz-Katowice-Bielsko-Biała-Szczyrk-Bielsko-Biała-Katowice-Kyiv-Kharkiv has successfully wrapped up. The memorable places have been seen, the postcards have been sent, the Olympic ski slopes have been tested out.

Photo, video, and letter reports will be created and published later.

In the last few days before departure I managed to …

09/16/2010–09/20/2010

I don’t get to Saint Petersburg often. The last time was in the summer of 2008, for a concert by the vocal-instrumental ensemble Metallica. This time I went to the conference “East-West. Design and Diagnostics — 2010” to give a talk on the synthesis …

On the way from my place to the center there are advance railway ticket offices. Very convenient: no need to go to Pivdennyi to stand in line; you can just stop by, get the tickets, and leave. Five minutes’ work. So I usually volunteer to buy a stack of tickets …

Saint Petersburg is beautiful.

I’d gladly tell you about what a wonderful time I had in Piter and Moscow. But right now I’m leaving for Yevpatoria. So you’ll have to wait until next week.

How glad I am! How glad I am! That I’m going to Leningrad!

September 17–19 I’ll be at the East-West Design & Test conference in St. Petersburg. This time I’m participating only as a speaker.

On September 20 I’ll spend the whole day taking a bus …