For many countries around the world, and here in Australia too, Mother's Day is coming up in May. And that makes it a very opportune time for me to hold a special giveaway here on Not A Ballerina. Yes, time for loyal readers to win a prize!Mother and daughter in Red SquareYou may recall that I've …
Russia
Moscow beauty spots (because I love Moscow)
With large-scale protests against the recent (probably fraudulent) elections in Russia, Moscow is all over the news at the moment, again. Moscow hits the headlines quite often - as you'd expect from a pretty important capital city - but so often in a negative way and people often tell me they're …
Russian-style trains, planes and automobiles
I really wanted to write this post to show you a couple of photos of great Russian cars that I saw on my travels, but as I sat down to type, the title just forced its way in. I haven't managed quite as many modes of transport in Russia as my friends Helen and Andy (just check their post on an …