eastern europe.
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IdleRich
IdleRich
Though that cheese thing does look a bit like a plate of vomit. We had something like that in Hungary when I went about twenty years ago, it was this restaurant that looked super posh, old guy in top and tails playing the piano. We were thinking are we allowed to go in here - but luckily it still cost about 10p for the entire meal. A couple of the dishes looked like someone had thrown up on the plate but they actually tasted good.
IdleRich
IdleRich
I've had horse sausage, not that keen to repeat it.
Don't mind tripe though.
IdleRich
IdleRich
When I was in Serbia I saw someone drinking breakfast brandy and I said "Ooh what's that?" and Igor said "Fuck! I was hoping you wouldn't find out about that".
IdleRich
IdleRich
In Prague had a steak tartare and it wasn't like in the UK when you get a tiny bit, this was a whole plate of raw mince about the size of my head with a raw egg cracked on top of it and a few cloves of raw garlic scattered about, it was fucking amazing. I think it's banned in UK isn't it with raw egg?
yyaldrin
in je ogen waait de wind
you need someone from lithuania to put up your curtains?
yyaldrin
in je ogen waait de wind
one thing that i still find difficult is that in some cultures they don't smile so you never know if people are angry or neutral or friendly when they tell you something. i always thought it was a dumb prejudice and i also think it's fine when people don't smile all the time but it's the other end of the extreme when they never smile. you see it in berlin already and it still boggles my mind. people have told me that in russia it's even worse, could you confirm this @IdleRich
IdleRich
IdleRich
What everyone tells me is that Russians are very shy and don't interact with strangers at all. Once you overcome that barrier they are very friendly but before that they seem very aloof. I remember in Moscow our friend was giving us a lift everywhere and so we didn't need these underground week passes we'd bought and so we either sold or even gave them away... but it was so hard to do cos people were so suspicious of you when you just walked up and started talking to them. That was just a wrong thing straight off. Then one guy got excited cos I was English and started asking if I liked Black Books so I pretended I did to sell the tickets.
or TLDR - Yes
yyaldrin
in je ogen waait de wind
i wonder how this came about, all these people never smiling. you would say it's a universal human treat and i feel it's too simplistic to just blame it on the communist past or the weather or something like that.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Though that said, whenever people realised that I was English they got really excited and started buying me drinks and stuff. Not in Moscow maybe but in Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg - we were in Yekburg during the world cup and one of the groups was there and they really were excited to have all these Swedes, Germans and Mexicans there cos very few foreigners (well maybe Uzbeks or Khazaks or whatever) ever go there. I remember the Swedes and Mexicans joining together in the airport and singing "Fuck the Germans" it was a touching moment.
Also once went out to this kindan skiing village that was about three hours from Chelyabinsk, this girl had inherited her grandmother's house which was super old, no central heating just a stove that was built into the hollow wall to transmit heat, there was no bathroom just a sauna (this girl Dasha made me take the water bucket back so I walked in our host as she was sauna-ing naked). The toilet was in the garden and it was -10 celsius, you could hear wolves howling.
Anyway, when we woke up the next day all four tires of my friend's car were slashed to pieces (I think a jealous ex had seen this girl walking through town with a few boys and assumed one was a new bf). Everyone in the town kinda gathered round to help him get new tyres which was almost impossible in the middle of nowhere on a Sunday. It took them almost all day so I went to the pub, and cos I was foreign I was like a celebrity. It was an amazing day in this kind of off-licence/pub place - though not so good for Yura admittedly.
Also once went out to this kindan skiing village that was about three hours from Chelyabinsk, this girl had inherited her grandmother's house which was super old, no central heating just a stove that was built into the hollow wall to transmit heat, there was no bathroom just a sauna (this girl Dasha made me take the water bucket back so I walked in our host as she was sauna-ing naked). The toilet was in the garden and it was -10 celsius, you could hear wolves howling.
Anyway, when we woke up the next day all four tires of my friend's car were slashed to pieces (I think a jealous ex had seen this girl walking through town with a few boys and assumed one was a new bf). Everyone in the town kinda gathered round to help him get new tyres which was almost impossible in the middle of nowhere on a Sunday. It took them almost all day so I went to the pub, and cos I was foreign I was like a celebrity. It was an amazing day in this kind of off-licence/pub place - though not so good for Yura admittedly.
Corpsey
bandz ahoy
Any eastern European country will do
shakahislop
Well-known member
i love the way romanians dress. there's something reminiscent of 90s ravers in it. loads of piercings too
IdleRich
IdleRich
I have a good friend from Georgia, I'm always trying to arrange a visit to coincide with him going home. He's got a stupid name though... what is it again, oh yeah, Luka that's it. When he was visiting Portugal he said I drove like a Georgian, apparently not a compliment but I chose to take it as one.
For some reason (genuinely I forget why) we had to give our names to this policeman in East London, Liza told him her surname and by the time he'd finally managed to write it down he was almost in tears. Then he asked Luka his surname and I think at that point he legit thought we were taking the piss.
I love Georgian food, there is a good restaurant in Lisbon in fact, must go there again.
I always think that Tiflis/Tblisi looks kinda like Lisbon
Some really good clubs I've heard but also I've heard no drugs whatsoever so I'd probably get bored.
The reason that white people are called caucasians is cos some anthropologist thought that the most beautiful people in the world come from Georgia and so naturally enough that must be the origin of the superior white race.
For some reason (genuinely I forget why) we had to give our names to this policeman in East London, Liza told him her surname and by the time he'd finally managed to write it down he was almost in tears. Then he asked Luka his surname and I think at that point he legit thought we were taking the piss.
I love Georgian food, there is a good restaurant in Lisbon in fact, must go there again.
I always think that Tiflis/Tblisi looks kinda like Lisbon
Some really good clubs I've heard but also I've heard no drugs whatsoever so I'd probably get bored.
The reason that white people are called caucasians is cos some anthropologist thought that the most beautiful people in the world come from Georgia and so naturally enough that must be the origin of the superior white race.
One of the clubs also has a label that has released some pretty good stuff: