Dont tar them all with the same brush. They dont have it easy over there i am sure. Did you try and contact svetlana through her son, if she meant something to you then you should try, if not go over there and visit her again, i think she would be impressed by that.
so did martin luther king and look where it got him.
seriously marki, things like this still do happen with the right person, then you can invite him n for a coffee or cocoa and he can show you his butterfly collection or stamps.
my mind boggling, ell today we have you going on a lash again at the weekend, possibly entertaining the local sheep, winding up the locals at the local watering hole, plenty to boggle about
oh i do have two brain cells, if thats what you could call a mind, mind you they never work together.
RE: is there no one into camping and hiking
me walk, yer avin a laff aint yer, if there was drive in supermarkets and chip shops, cor i would be in my element.