Motherland, Russia
London pulled an upset, beating Paris by 4 votes to host the 2012 Olympics. The final vote by the IOC members was 54 - 50 for London.
Yawn....
I was really in favour of Moscow - well, not that my preference matters. But it's Russia! for crying out loud... I was a wide-eyed, phony English lit student with no original opinion on English writers or even in my essays. But all that changed when I started reading the writings of Nabakov, Chekov, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky.
So this post is also a tribute to Moscovites and Russia and her landscape and culture.
And if you have the time, read Pale Fire, Lolita, Crime & Punishment or Notes from the Underground.
Or read this!
Yawn....
I was really in favour of Moscow - well, not that my preference matters. But it's Russia! for crying out loud... I was a wide-eyed, phony English lit student with no original opinion on English writers or even in my essays. But all that changed when I started reading the writings of Nabakov, Chekov, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky.
So this post is also a tribute to Moscovites and Russia and her landscape and culture.
And if you have the time, read Pale Fire, Lolita, Crime & Punishment or Notes from the Underground.
Or read this!
posted by Summersnail @ 9:40 pm
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