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Hi all,

I'm a Canadian fiddle player, 36 years old, teaching in St. Petersburg. I'd love to find a fiddle jam. Any fiddle players around? (I also play banjo, but don't have a banjo in stpg - yet .)

I am a western Canadian considering moving to Moscow, in anywhere between one and three years, with my life partner.

Any advice that you can offer to me regarding careers/jobs, education/schooling, cultural differences, etc, will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

Hi there everybody,
I've decided to teach English in the Ukraine in September 2008 and would like ANY TIPS/TRICKS/ADVICE you can offer? This is the information that I have so far. Please verify if the information given to me was truthful and accurate? :

1) Don't expect to make very much money teaching English in the Ukraine, expect to simply survive (pay for rent/food/transportation)
True or False?

2) Do not teach in smaller towns, pick ...

I'd like to propose any kind of assistance - from learning Russian or Ukrainian to accompanying while your visiting Ukrainian capital Kyiv, here you can ask any questions you want as for our Ukrainian life, make arrangements with me if you need guiding around the city. I am fluent English speaker, friendly and quite pretty young girl, smart and always willing to communicate with new people.

Hey guys ! I'd love to work in Russia or Ukraine for some time. Could anyone suggest a place that may be in need of an energetic guy in mid 20's with a master's of science degree ? I've been searching a few job sites lately but nothing interesting comes up in that part of the world.
Any advice is profoundly appreciated.

Hi there, although I am not a Canuk, my brother is and I am having a problem. I want to advertise in a Ukrainian newspaper for matrimonial adverts I have written via email to several in both English and (Bablefish Translated Russian) This was over 2 weeks ago and as yet I have received no response. It may be that they work differently over there, but even if they are slow they should still respond. ...

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I'll be attending a Russian language training school in St. Petersburg for two months starting at the end of August 08. I'd love to be in contact with any other Canadian's who might be around during this time. Of course, my main reason to go is to speak Russian 99% of the time, but there are days when a 40 yr old brain just doesn't work the way it used to.and I'll probably be ...

Hello. My name is jim and I live in edmonton Alberta. I need some info. I'm have the opportunity to transfer to Kiev with my company. It's only short term 1 year, so I'm really considering it. I've never been to kiev or Ukraine. I understand things have changed there over the last few years so I have a few question. 1) what area's would you recommend to live? I'm 37 single male. I like ...

Hi there,

any expats in Odessa that like to hit the clubs, drop me a line!