Thursday, September 09, 2004

Sex And The City

Omsk

Both here and in Yekaterinburg there are very few conventional pubs, instead locals drink in little marquee things that are set up in various parks and open spaces around the city. It would be just like those great beer gardens in Munich, if it wasn't so bloody cold and wet. I went into one last night to read a bit more of my pretentious book and found everyone in there was playing backgammon. There was some great Russian indie on the stereo though so it was a pleasant enough hour or so.

Got back to the hotel to find Sex And The City, dubbed very badly into Russian, on the local TV channel. All the way through the bottom part of the screen was full of adverts for credit agencies and Lada dealerships in the Omsk area, which proves that with only a little local variation everyone's culture is becoming more or less the same, even in Siberia.

The sun's out and Omsk looks almost appealing. There are quite a few parks and trees around in what's called "Siberia's greenest city" although the phrase 'polishing a turd' springs to mind. Anyway, it's enough to overcome my slight disappointment at Scotland's draw last night and put me in a decent mood to head further east.

1 Comments:

At 12 September 2004 at 01:29, Anonymous Anonymous said...

greetings mr. jones- although i haven't gotten a chance to read all of your enteries the few i have read are quite what i expected! your journey thus far sounds amazing and i'm envious! christina and i were in slovenia, croatia, veinna, and venice in late august and i suppose we may have been unkowingly rather close- anyway- enjoy yourself mate- i'll keep checking back- was just listening to the stills and thought of downing cans of carling in an effort to win a flag and remembered that mr. longworth gave me the link to this site- i wish you all the best and will see you somewhere soon!! cheers- american jon

 

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