Cold Feet.
February 18th 2008 Ana's mother came to visit at the weekend. We weren't sure what to show her in a town where we are running out of ways to pass the time ourselves, but Nadezhda Vasilievna wasn't expecting a grand tour; she has chased me from her living room sofa in Popasnaya often enough to know that I'm not at my most energetic at weekends.
She arrived after a gruelling sixteen hour train journey from Luganska
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![Self portrait: with the [i]ushanka[/i].](http://photos.travelblog.net/46647/243050/f/1938106-self-portrait-with-the-i-ushanka-i-1.jpg "Self portrait: with the [i]ushanka[/i].")
