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As are many buildings in Russia that date back to the "Imperial Era", the Drama Theater is a "work of Art" in it's own right and therefore, at least worthy of a "drive by". Unfortunately time was short in Omsk, so I never did get to attend a performance here so I did not see the interior but the exterior has been "refreshed" in the same way that much of Russia is getting a "face lift" or "make over', new paint, resoration of exterior facades et al.
The real JOY OF JOYS, is the night time photo showing that the Russian have seen and understand the total effect of decorating with lights. Once you have seen this building "dressed for the evening" it's daytime apperance will fade to virtually "non discript" Leave a Comment Address: The main "Drag" of Omsk!Directions: downtown, center city.
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The BEST way to see a circus, is through a child's eyes. The awe and wonder is very clear in their vision of amazment. Olga, her daughter Masha and I went out to lunch at a local Italian style resurant and then attended the afternoon circus performance. As in many Russian cities the circus is a permanant "fixture" with it's own building and set routine of acts. One of the MOST amazing acts to me, was something I have never seen before anyehere, Trained cats!! A Russian performer was booked in New York City giving his version of the train cat show. The ticket prices in NYC were nearly $50 to see the show, in Omsk I saw a very similar act and the whole circus was only 300 rubles (approximately $11.
It was a day of MANY firsts for Masha, at 10 years old, this was her first visit to a restaurant. Leave a Comment Address: southern end of Karl Marx StreetDirections: ask / tell any taxi driver! "ya edo v Circ pazalsta"
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At a couple of places in the city around ulitsa Lenina you find modern statues. One is a brass workman looking out of a manhole and the other one is a lovely local lady. If you are short of a lady then you may take a picture sitting with her. Leave a Comment Address: ul. Lenina
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At the dacha, we pulled fresh vegetables and fruit, went mushroom hunting, cooked shashlik (like shish ke bob), and just relaxed. It really was a pleasure, some of my fondest memories are from laying around the dacha. Leave a Comment Directions: Just outside the city...most of the time.
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We were at a friends Dacha that had a Banya in it, so we split up in two groups, the men and the women. While the women went in, all the guys sat around eating watermelon and drinking vodka. After the women got out it was our turn (The picture above is of two of the women coming out, the Banya is in the background). The Banya is a wooden structure with a fired heater to make a group of stones extremely hot. To build steam, water is thrown on the stones.
My experience inside is detailed in the next Tip. Leave a Comment Address: Maybe at a friend's dacha
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Then it was my turn to lay down. I remember thinking how odd it was, but that I felt comfortable, even though I had no clothes on and a guy was hitting me on the back with branches. Maybe it was the vodka… maybe it was the friendliness of the people…but I think it was probably both.
While the branch wacking thing was still going on, one of the guys told me to throw on my shorts to hit the shower. So we went into the changing room, threw on our shorts and ran out of the banya to an outdoor shower. The water was freezing, but oddly refreshing. After this, we ran back into the banya to hang around and talk some more. We ended with a quick cold outdoor shower, and then went back to drinking vodka and eating watermelon (The picture is our first post banya drink). Leave a Comment Directions: maybe at a friend's Dacha
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