Dusseldorf, Germany.

In December 2004, I went to visit my grandmother, aunt and cousins in Germany, I haven't seen them in almost sixteen years! My cousins were six when I left Russia in 1989. The reunion proved joyous. I also met other interesting people and got to see a foreign country for the first time since my arrival to America. It was a very enlightening experience.
The return to the US was also educational: the so-called "security" at Detroit airport made me think about turning back and going back to Germany. We are so far beyond a mere police state here that I am, for the first time, greatly embarrassed for my country. It was especially glaring by contrast with Europe.

Date: 2005

Size: 63 items

next last

Date: 2004 Views: 7050	A rodent. Date: 2004 Views: 4082
Aunt Elena at work at a late hour. Date: 2004 Views: 4928	Aya. Date: 2004 Views: 4988
baby_reaching_out_9171web Date: 2013 Views: 911	cathedral_web Date: 2013 Views: 919
church_cemetery_0776web Date: 2013 Views: 898	Cousin Zhenja. Date: 2004 Views: 4324
crucifiction_web Date: 2013 Views: 925	Drei Genossen, Die Cousinen. Date: 2005 Views: 5037
Euro wallpaper. Date: 2004 Views: 9434	Flowers for Grandma. Date: 2004 Views: 4167
Galina, Volodja's sister. Date: 2004 Views: 5258	Grandma and one of her neighbors. Date: 2004 Views: 4860
Grandma Aya aka Khaya or Anna, depending on the time and the place. Date: 2004 Views: 4397	Grandma smiles. Date: 2004 Views: 4228
hands_medals_0912web Date: 2013 Views: 869	Her eye. Date: 2004 Views: 4246
Karla, a German student studying in Norway. Date: 2004 Views: 5282	kostya_0727web Date: 2013 Views: 944
love_cake_0269web Date: 2013 Views: 930	maja_cries_0553web Date: 2013 Views: 3719
maja_reaches_0530web Date: 2013 Views: 3519	Marushka. Date: 2005 Views: 5185
maya_smiles_0461web Date: 2013 Views: 3353	Mila, grand-daughter of Grandma's neighbors, Slava's niece. Date: 2004 Views: 4964
Mila. Date: 2004 Views: 4332	My cousins, Sasha and Zhenja. Date: 2004 Views: 5281
Next time I visit, I should be able to say more than just "Entschuldigen sie bitte!" Date: 2005 Views: 5065	Niklas, Sasha's charming boyfriend. Date: 2005 Views: 4899
Now and then. Date: 2004 Views: 4633	old_clock_0762web Date: 2013 Views: 894
Oleg and Sasha. Date: 2004 Views: 4207	Oleg, photo by Inna. She, in turn, modeled for me. Date: 2004 Views: 4151
oleg_zhenya_9231web With Zhenya on the Rein ferry Date: 2013 Views: 3633	oleg_zhenya_germany_9262web with Zhenya Date: 2013 Views: 3358
photosession_9266web Date: 2013 Views: 944	rajiv_niklas_guitar_0003web Date: 2013 Views: 912
rajiv_zhenya_9400web Date: 2013 Views: 937	Reunited with me, the ape takes it easy in Tennessee. Date: 2005 Views: 4593
Sasha at a gathering of her classmates. Date: 2004 Views: 4104	Sasha on the phone with her boyfriend. Date: 2004 Views: 4061
Sasha with one of Grandma's many photo albums. Date: 2004 Views: 4002	Sasha. Date: 2004 Views: 4116
sculptures_0899web Date: 2013 Views: 891	She is very popular with her friends. Date: 2004 Views: 3959
sisters-statue_9283web Date: 2013 Views: 880	sisters_9256web Date: 2013 Views: 915
Slava, one of the sons of Grandma's neighbors. Date: 2004 Views: 4215	stainedglass_0754web Date: 2013 Views: 917
Teaching Sasha to smile. Date: 2004 Views: 4053	The ever-popular Zhenja. Date: 2005 Views: 5512
The weather wasn't very good for taking pictures of the city. Date: 2004 Views: 5688	Uncle Volodja, a chess masster and an all-around great guy. Date: 2004 Views: 5403
Waiting for a delayed plane at the Amsterdam airport. Date: 2004 Views: 4474	yulia_karina_0126web Date: 2013 Views: 918
Zhenja -- isn't she cute! Date: 2004 Views: 5305	Zhenja amused by down plucked from my jacket. Date: 2004 Views: 4795
Zhenja on the infamous staiway of her new home. Date: 2004 Views: 4349	Zhenja. Date: 2004 Views: 4164

next last