Archive for July, 2003

July 13th 2003 in Moscow

Sunday, July 13th, 2003

Just another rainy day in Moscow city.

Some of you might recognize the place (Ostozhenka).

(Photos provided by Vitaly Vidavsky, Liena Kano, Yakov Pavlov, Igor Nikolaev, Alexander Vasiliev and others)

(Direct link to photo album)

Some guys have all the luck!

Thursday, July 10th, 2003

While we were shovelling sticky May snow off our Calgary driveways, some KAO alumni were fanning themselves with palm leaves.  Nicole and Denis Gratton and Gord Casperd nailed another “contract of the century” with Vermilion - this time in Trinidad (at this time, Nicole and Denis are back in Canada, and Gord is still doing his time on the islands). 

Click on this link to check out their happy faces and exotic surroundings.

Happy Anniversary!

Friday, July 4th, 2003

It’s been ten years since Masha and Dave Wormington tied the knot in Usinsk! Once again, they celebrated their special occasion by hosting a mini-reunion of friends last Saturday.

Just like their ten year old marriage, the party was a perfect showcase of cross-cultural success, with back yard barbeque, photo collages, musical greetings from across the ocean, costumes, games, songs, synchronized translation (thanks Yana!), dancing on the patio, and a talking bottle of Russian vodka.

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