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Tasty home made pizza. Well, p…
» by ChrisM June 30th, 2009 at 10:45 pm » Comments (0)
Tasty home made pizza. Well, pre-made base but the rest was down to Ira. Discovered my site #1 for pizza Astana! http://twitpic.com/8uxxk more »Gros Getting Smaller?
» by ChrisM June 29th, 2009 at 9:55 pm » Comments (1)
Has anyone reading this site (who happens to live in Astana) noticed a problem with the Gros chain of supermarkets? For a few months now, when you go into their ...more »Visitors, Straddling New White Lines, Posters and Yurts
» by ChrisM June 29th, 2009 at 5:50 pm » Comments (0)
You can definitely tell that there are foreign visitors about to arrive in Astana (there is the "III (I'm assuming that means 3rd?) Congress of leaders of world and traditional ...more »Tried the new restaurant outsi…
» by ChrisM June 27th, 2009 at 8:27 pm » Comments (0)
Tried the new restaurant outside duman. good service,tasty food,too much salt. apparently it is called veranda. http://twitpic.com/8kfoc more »From J. Lo To Play Dough
» by ChrisM June 24th, 2009 at 5:15 pm » Comments (2)
OK, so his name is obviously Placido Domingo (well Plácido Domingo to be precise, but I don't yet know how WordPress will handle accented characters. Cyrillics are still an issue), ...more »Salt Water, Yurts & Peggle
» by ChrisM June 20th, 2009 at 1:54 am » Comments (0)
Friday night draws to a close, and we still don't know whether we are just at Irina's parents this weekend, as normal, or if we are going on a day ...more »Slow And Steady Wins The Race
» by ChrisM June 19th, 2009 at 11:59 pm » Comments (2)
We used a taxi driver today who had been helpful, courteous and driven well in the past. Although the car he drives is something like an old banger of a ...more »Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is Just
» by ChrisM June 19th, 2009 at 12:29 am » Comments (5)
A train coming down the tracks the wrong way? Wow, it has been a LONG time since any post on this site was under the 'sport' category. Sorry, back to ...more »Air, Teeth, Mud, Concrete and Burgers
» by ChrisM June 18th, 2009 at 8:56 pm » Comments (2)
This evening, so Anna could have some fresh air (and a snooze, as she had been cranky all day - teething?) we walked over to Mega (see previous tweet with ...more »Suggestions For Kazakhstan – Part I
» by ChrisM June 3rd, 2009 at 8:05 pm » Comments (0)
This is the first part of a series of posts on things that have occurred to me since moving back here to Astana... Not all of us chose something like a ...more »All arrived fine. onto north w…
» by ChrisM May 29th, 2009 at 11:54 pm » Comments (0)
All arrived fine. onto north wind to check out miss lily's replacement... john not in photo http://twitpic.com/66zb5 more »Arrived at ‘Oasis’, closely fo…
» by ChrisM May 29th, 2009 at 9:13 pm » Comments (0)
Arrived at 'Oasis', closely followed by Walton.DanC&DanD&John still to arrive.Poss friend of absent Dave as well. http://twitpic.com/66occ more »Made Me Mad
» by ChrisM May 27th, 2009 at 1:49 am » Comments (2)
Walking back from our flat a couple of days ago, I saw a baby being carried by his/her mother in a car. This, sadly, isn't too unusual in Kazakhstan, and ...more »Forgot To Include GPS Link Previously
» by ChrisM May 20th, 2009 at 8:43 am » Comments (0)
Forgot 2incl GPS link previously. Feel free 2click & have a look around our Kazakh neighbourhood. http://is.gd/BCfC http://twitpic.com/5jn96 more »Kara, Muska, Anna, Gwen & More Tummy Time
» by ChrisM May 16th, 2009 at 7:31 pm » Comments (0)
Today we saw Kara and Muska properly for the first time in a little over six months. We had seen them via a webcam session in Skype, but that obviously ...more »The View From Our Hotel Room Window
» by ChrisM May 15th, 2009 at 2:06 am » Comments (0)
The view from our hotel room window. More snow capped mountains to the right :) http://twitpic.com/56xah more »Goodbye Bangers
» by ChrisM May 8th, 2009 at 6:00 pm » Comments (0)
Sausage and mash is tonight's tea. Unfortunately there aren't any real British style 'bangers' available in Astana, so no matter what appliance you consider to be the best fat burners ...more »Ali Ba Ba
» by ChrisM January 21st, 2009 at 8:47 pm » Comments (8)
Here we have Walton, Asel, Dr. Ken, David, Irina and myself, all eating out at the Ali Ba Ba restaurant in Astana, just after out return to Kazakhstan from Britain ...more »Almost There
» by ChrisM December 31st, 2008 at 8:17 pm » Comments (5)
This is just a quick post to wish this site's readers a very Happy New Year. We currently have Marilyn & Peter over (Chris & Tim's parents), as well as John's ...more »Too Hot, Cold Or Dirty?
» by ChrisM December 29th, 2008 at 11:49 pm » Comments (0)
Irina has asked for all British tap manufacturers to take note - STOP selling individual taps - bathroom faucets, kitchen sink taps anywhere where your hands come into contact with ...more »RSS Feed
