Arsenalnaya (Арсенальная) is a station on Kiev's metro Red Line (Красная ветка). I had been told a few times that it was the deepest metro station in Europe. Today, while I was getting off at Arsenalnaya, I decided to ask a bunch of young students about the depth of the station. They were not sure, they started [...]

Hi guys, When you arrive in Russia, or any Russian speaking country, anyone around you can be your teacher. A seller, the man in the lift, the waiter, the grandmother at the bus stop etc. If you don’t know how to say something in Russian, simply ask. Ask anyone, anything, anywhere, anytime.   If you [...]

Hi guys, There is a prejudice about Бабушки - grandmas out there. Все стараются держаться от них подальше. - Everyone does their best to avoid them. Everyone believes they are опасные - dangerous. I know they can be ruthless when it comes to getting on the last маршрутка - bus. No weightlifter can beat them. Бабушка может [...]

Всем привет! Ребята, I'm in Kiev, Ukraine at the moment and I thought to make a video about how to get a local SIM card in a mobile phone shop. When you arrive to Russia, Ukraine, or any other Russian speaking country, you get a local number so you don't pay a fortune in roaming. The mobile phone tariffs both [...]