 Jonathan Campion - Vinovat Sudarynya | All Comments |
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| 9th November 2009 liliram | i'm still here, Jon - From: How to unsubscribe from my blog (if you don't want to receive email notifications). Sorry, I'm not annoyed. But I'm wondering what you are up to ;-) You bored? [:)] |
| 7th November 2009 liliram | Your melancholy side......... - From: Winter Routines. Enjoyed the emotions "playing" in this blog. You do write beautifully Jon, and express your sentiments very subtly yet powerfully. |
| 3rd November 2009 EdVallance | - From: Winter Routines. Beautifully written blog as usual. Have just written one about the Moscow metro myself but am collecting photos before I publish it. Somehow its ending is almost identical to the above blog - people's scowls breaking into smiles at the sight of unjaded children! |
| 27th October 2009 EdVallance | - From: The Lie-in, the Witch and the Bathtub. Some interesting places to catch 40 winks! I've also been to the Hotel Fatima in Kazan by the way, in fact my profile picture was taken in a room there on New Year's Eve 2007/8 having just wrapped up and preparing to head out into the minus 20 degrees cold! |
| 26th October 2009 Debtravel | - From: The Lie-in, the Witch and the Bathtub. I'd never have thought a list could say so much about someone's experiences but this really does, almost as much as in what's not written as what is. I think it's quite a work of art :) |
| 26th October 2009 AnnaAdventuring | - From: The Lie-in, the Witch and the Bathtub. Great title! That's a lot of interesting places to have rested your weary head! |
| 26th October 2009 Cat | - From: The Lie-in, the Witch and the Bathtub. I know you sometimes feel like life isnt very interesting but seriously... one day you will read that list and realise just what an amazing experience you've had :) |
| 5th September 2009 the soul cultivator | - From: Photo set: The Dragon Slayer and the Pop Star. Love them! X |
| 20th August 2009 Elena Lozenko | going back to homeland - From: You're going to Ukraine? Why? going back to homeland, after 25 years. Help |
| 20th August 2009 Elena Lozenko | going back to homeland - From: You're going to Ukraine? Why? going back to homeland, after 25 years. Help |
| 11th August 2009 aaron kessler | are you interested in a writing job? - From: Balls to Bureaucracy. Hello, I am Aaron, I also live in Kyiv. I've been here for more than 3 years now, and I have a small consultancy of writers. We create copywriting for large companies. If you are interested in some freelance work, just send me a line! Regards Aaron |
| 20th July 2009 The Travel Camel | A perfect puffin picture! - From: Highland Games. Light, composition, feasting on a meal - this has it all! |
| 16th July 2009 Cat | - From: Highland Games. Nice to see an entry about the UK :) Hope you're ok. I'm at home Monday and Tuesday next week if you fancy a catch up. xx |
| 16th July 2009 AnnaAdventuring | - From: Highland Games. Beautiful photo of the puffin! I am so jealous! I trekked round all of Iceland looking for Puffins only to find they were all leaving their breeding grounds and heading out to sea without a backward glance. Glad you had better luck getting photos than I did! |
| 16th July 2009 liliram | Precious time spent........... - From: Highland Games. Time with family, is treasured time. You're wise to take off with your mom and grandmom for a week. Mull is familiar territory to you, yet I bet it looked the same, yet not exactly the same each time you visit. The place may remain the same, but WE may have changed. Oh, how I repeat myself! |
| 10th July 2009 Anna | very accurately - From: The Way To Pushcha Voditsa. Thanks a lot! it was very interesting to read about. |
| 24th June 2009 tannismc | - From: The Storm Before The Calm. Great entry (as usual) |
| 23rd June 2009 Mary Day Long | great entry - From: The Storm Before The Calm. You have a wonderful eye for detail, and the writing skills to convey it. A writer like you can take something like the morning commute and make it sing. Thanks--I felt like I was there. |
| 23rd June 2009 Cat | - From: The Storm Before The Calm. The areas around your office look absolutely gorgeous! What an amazing commute! My new one involves stepping out of my front door and crossing the road :) |
| 17th June 2009 EdVallance | - From: The Way To Pushcha Voditsa. s dnyom razhdyeniya i spasibo balshoe za eto otlichnuiy blog! |
| 13th June 2009 mharleyuk | - From: The Way To Pushcha Voditsa. I associate trams with cities and built up areas, and I found the idea of one pushing through trees and parkland a little strange - your description and pictures reminded me of a scene in Miyazaki's film "Spirited Away" involving a train pushing through water on a flooded track. |
| 13th June 2009 liliram | You don't miss anything! - From: The Way To Pushcha Voditsa. Jonathan, you are one very observant fellow! Your blog is so filled with details , I felt like I was actually walking, strolling with you. Great blog. And yes, it was a nice way to spend one's birthday. Sounds very relaxing. |
| 13th June 2009 Cat | - From: The Way To Pushcha Voditsa. Ah sounds like a perfect birthday :) Hope youre ok. xx |
| 9th June 2009 Mercurycatcher | Million Dollar View - From: Balls to Bureaucracy. I really enjoy reading your blogs, always entertaining,what can I say about that view from your new office window....priceless! |
| 8th June 2009 Vinovat Sudarynya | Thanks Pierre! - From: Balls to Bureaucracy. Thanks for your birthday wishes! Today Ana and I are taking a tram out of town for a picnic in the forest, with a very sweet cake. Some time soon we'll have a party. It makes me 24 - I'm officially in my mid-twenties! |
| 8th June 2009 Vinovat Sudarynya | Thanks Lili! - From: Balls to Bureaucracy. Thanks for your message! I'm worried about this blog, the writing is as tired as I am and because I've been working so much there isn't much news. I'll try to be a bit more productive soon! |
| 8th June 2009 Vinovat Sudarynya | Kadety - From: Balls to Bureaucracy. Egor, thanks for your message... one of my reasons for watching Kadety is that I used to live in Tver and I like the shots of the town in between scenes. The serial isn't bad as Russian shows go, I enjoy it, and Ana (Nastya) is quite fond of Makarov! |
| 8th June 2009 PA Leslie | Happy Birthday! - From: Balls to Bureaucracy. Hope you are going to party like crazy...how old does this make you? Happy Birthday! |
| 8th June 2009 liliram | You are really back! - From: Balls to Bureaucracy. So happy to be reading your blog again. Thanks for the "tour" of your cozy flat, and a glimpse of your typical day there. Washed armpits? That drew a laugh. Keep writing! (I'm behind with my travel blogs myself......) |
| 8th June 2009 3>@ | - From: Balls to Bureaucracy. What? You can't be serious about watching Kadety! |
| 4th June 2009 Cat | - From: Kyiv gallery: patterns. Can u get any more talented? Your photography is as awesome as your writing these days! |
| 21st May 2009 liliram | You're back! - From: Love and the Lavra - part two. I know, you never left. But am happy to be reading your blog again. And hey, that was a lovely photo of the wedding. Having it in black and white adds drama to it. Nice one. |
| 25th April 2009 Mell | - From: "Waiter, could you take the pish out of my pizza?" You sure have a talent with words, Jonathan. Nice blog. :) |
| 24th April 2009 Wayne | Something is fishy? - From: Borderland. "reeking of mackerel" is my favorite line. Excellent adventure. Thanks for sharing story and pics. |
| 18th April 2009 EdVallance | - From: Borderland. Great blog - extremely well written and funny. Every time I read one of your pieces it fills me with longing to be back in the former USSR, which incidentally I will be on August 2nd. Please keep writing them more regularly! |
| 18th April 2009 the soul cultivator | Back to basics... - From: Borderland. Simplicity, what more do any of us really need. Loved this blog Jonathan, so reminded me of my Czech Republic era back in 93-95. |
| 24th February 2009 EdVallance | Otlichny blog! - From: The Breath of a Thousand Strangers. Etot prochitav ya hachu srazu vernutsya v buivshiy sovietsky soyuz! znakomaya smes chelovekaninavistnichestva i nezhnosti vnuchannaya zhizney v etikh stranakh! |
| 21st February 2009 Mercurycatcher | - From: Podmanicky Piccies: Budapest gallery. Beautiful pictures Jon,Budapest looks stunning! |
| 11th February 2009 liliram | Strange Superstition and Cute Underpants Logo! - From: The Breath of a Thousand Strangers. You certainly have a love-hate relationship with Ukraine's Kyiv. I'm almost excited to know what lies ahead. I checked out the metro card logo and you are right about the underpants! Lol. Found the superstition really strange, but if Milen confirms it to be true, who am I to argue? Keep writing, Jon.... |
| 11th February 2009 Vinovat Sudarynya | Thanks, Milen! - From: The Breath of a Thousand Strangers. Knowing Ukrainians, I bet it's usually the mirrors that they forget to bring! Do Bulgarians have the one about not taking rubbish bags out at night or sitting at the corner of tables? I think about writing a book all the time - it's flattering that a few people have mentioned it to me. It wouldn't be about Ukraine though, I would spend 2 weeks in each of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan and write 16 or so stories of 2000 words. I don't think it will happen though, certainly no time soon, I'd have to find both a publisher and enough time and money to go. To let you in on a secret I've just started a new job in Kyiv so I'll be here for a while, only writing in my spare time. It's high time we finally met, are you in Kharkiv at the moment? J. |
| 10th February 2009 Milen Penchev | Good read again! - From: The Breath of a Thousand Strangers. Hey Jonathan, thank you for the new blog, it's entertaining as usual! You need to write a book! Meanwhile, good luck on finding a job! Change the area were you live, from your description, the place sounds disturbingly depressing. That Ukrainian superstition is true, my girlfriend does the same. I can't remember if we have it in Bulgaria as well, but going back to the house when you forget something is definetely a bad omen. |
| 9th February 2009 liliram | Reading in good order............. - From: The irony of not enjoying your bath. Have decided I should start reading your blogs from the oldest if only to better appreciate your adventures and sentiments. Perspectives change with a little order in my reading. I find your blogs funny and at the same time sentimental. Very interesting combination. |
| 5th February 2009 liliram | OMG.........what a scare! - From: Diary of a Madwoman. I have been going through your blogs and found this one. What can I say? Thank God you survived that. What a scare. Hope the trauma of that experience has worn off completely by this time. |
| 5th February 2009 liliram | I'm hooked! - From: Much Ado About Russian. Hey, what they all said are true. You've got talent! Keep writing. I enjoy reading your blogs.........a few more to go. |
| 3rd February 2009 The Travel Camel | Going Home - From: King's Cross and the Queen's Neighbour. This is a beautifully descriptive blog (i.e. the London Eye compared to a five pence piece, and "melted into luxurious leather armchairs"). When are you away from a place for a while, you always see it with different eyes - some of your previously held perceptions change, but some remain the same. |
| 1st February 2009 Cat | - From: King's Cross and the Queen's Neighbour. I think this might be your best entry ever hun. Really brightened up my day after getting in from work anyway :) Catch up soon I hope and hope all is going ok out there and you still have a couch to sleep on. xx |
| 1st February 2009 Dawei | Burned bagels? - From: King's Cross and the Queen's Neighbour. I'm sure they're supposed to be merely toasted! Joking aside, It's good to hear from you again Jon. How long are you back in town for? Also, I like the writing style in this entry. D. |
| 1st February 2009 AnnaAdventuring | - From: King's Cross and the Queen's Neighbour. Haha - I LOVE your descriptions of the English quirks! What a wonderfully strange bunch we Brits are! You should add to that list 'ridiculous number of times 'thank you' is said in an ordinary exchange between customer and cashier in an English shop'. So far I've counted it as around 8. I've even found myself saying thank you as I hand over my money... thank you for what? Stretching out your hand?! |
| 21st January 2009 Mercurycatcher | Great Stories. - From: Much Ado About Russian. Such interesting stories Jon, your blogs have had me captivated for ages as I read through them...only a few to go now! The way you describe the people and places you encounter is fantastic, I could almost be there. Eastern Europe sounds incredible.Keep up the good work matey,I will be following your future tales with growing interest...oh and by the way, Happy New Year. Best wishes Mike. Aberdeen, Scotland. |
| 16th November 2008 Keith and Pete | I look forward to more writing and photos... - From: The little blog with the little dog. I have learned much from your style, and have been able to "travel" to places I might not be able to go to. The way you compose your pictures, leaves me feeling I have been there too. I can't wait for you to be discovered and the movie produced "Diary of a Pignapper) |
