Lynn has a fascinating travelogue about her summer vacation in Siberia. It’s got some dandy pictures, too. Like every other Russian travel story I’ve read, nothing goes exactly as expected. I always end up asking the question, what in the world must it be like to live there?
Your special bonus reading comprehension question is: What did Lynn almost lose in a pothole outside Irkutsk?
Rambles Blog at Star Chamber 
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I’m going to take the liberty of passing on Lynn’s last recommendation, unless we’re proposing a subtle change to Douglas Adams’s “always know where your towel is” dictum.
–JMike
“If you can [do all sorts of outlandish things], win through, and know where your sports bra is, you are truly a force to be reckoned with.” –D. Adams, mutatis mutandis