As the song goes we are back in Yayva again for another month. We actually came over a couple of days ago before we were scheduled to make sure we were on site for the start of a shut down and the associated work that comes with it. It's what we are really here for, to give the benefit of our experience with these activities as we have done this a few times before, and this is pretty much the first time for our Russian colleagues.
This is Al B having successfully blathered his way through Immigration Control at Perm airport
Been a full weekend, been at work for all of it since we landed last Thursday in fact.
One change is that our driver now has a new car to transport us in - out with the Toyota Camry and in with a Land Cruiser no less. However, the weekend is his days off, so we had the pleasure of the works bus at our beck & call for transport. To be fair, it was organised just for us so that's good of them as the alternative is the 2 mile or so walk in the snow.
Talking of snow, weatherwise it's a bit warmer, -15 to 0!!!. This means it's does snow and we've had about 4 inch or so fallen since Thursday.
Were back in the Usadba guesthouse, Al B is back in his old room, but Al G is now in the penthouse a floor above which has a 50" tv and a shower that works with the bonus of hot water!!!! (trust me, it's not quite as palatial as it sounds but its fine).
We have a Russian colleague from Eon staying in the guesthouse, and he is saying that the locality is renown for alot of wolves in the vicinity, the population being sustained by interbreeding with the local dogs to some extent. Bang goes our plans for treks in the woods when the weather improves, and I'll not be wearing anything with red in it that has a hood.
"Oh what big teeth you have", as someone once said.
This is Al B having successfully blathered his way through Immigration Control at Perm airport
Been a full weekend, been at work for all of it since we landed last Thursday in fact.
One change is that our driver now has a new car to transport us in - out with the Toyota Camry and in with a Land Cruiser no less. However, the weekend is his days off, so we had the pleasure of the works bus at our beck & call for transport. To be fair, it was organised just for us so that's good of them as the alternative is the 2 mile or so walk in the snow.
Talking of snow, weatherwise it's a bit warmer, -15 to 0!!!. This means it's does snow and we've had about 4 inch or so fallen since Thursday.
Were back in the Usadba guesthouse, Al B is back in his old room, but Al G is now in the penthouse a floor above which has a 50" tv and a shower that works with the bonus of hot water!!!! (trust me, it's not quite as palatial as it sounds but its fine).
We have a Russian colleague from Eon staying in the guesthouse, and he is saying that the locality is renown for alot of wolves in the vicinity, the population being sustained by interbreeding with the local dogs to some extent. Bang goes our plans for treks in the woods when the weather improves, and I'll not be wearing anything with red in it that has a hood.
"Oh what big teeth you have", as someone once said.
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