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Sorry to say this offer cannot be recommended for a variety of reasons, from the host's failure to respond to his mode of business conduct to his personal habits. Further, I've had a disproportionate number of unpleasant situations with cheap offers and cheap requests. I'm abandoning the cheap end of the market because, ironically, cheap hosts and cheap travellers are a drain on my personal and financial resource. Will someone tell me why "rich" travellers and "respectable" accommodation providers are often cheaper to work with than the budget crowd? ... - pv
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FREE ACCOMMODATION IN EXCHANGE FOR ENGLISH PRACTICE
A room on the City of Ramenskoye, 45 min. to downtown
Moscow,
15 min. from Zhukovsky, the site of
the MAKS Air Show
Available up to one month, entirely free in exchange for English.
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Roma Gonin Jr., 13. The initiator of this project. A trail riding enthusiast and a frequent guest of my Staritsa dacha. Hates memorizing English words and grammar, thus this project as his attempt to circumvent the difficulties. Contact him at roman.gonin@mail.ru |
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| Roma's mother Nadia. A child psychologist by education/profession. Also works with the disabled youth, and can get you involved into this part of your work if you are looking for a chance to become part of "local life". Like travel, wild style, and runs a summer camp with her ex Roman Gonin Sr. |
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[A candidate for Marina's Russian women up for Grabs from among our acquaintances list. To be added when she learns that foreigners don't normally bite. - Pasha's comment] |
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Roma (Roman) Gonin, a virtual part of the household. Also a psychologist (adolescents) but his core education mathematics and physics. Also works for the Horn of Plenty Agricultural Enterprise in Kaluga, where he is responsible for rural tourism. |
Another member of our household called "Werewolf in Epaulets", a term borrowed from the recent drive to eradicate corruption among the Militia officers. |
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The building. Our apartment is on the 3rd floor in the right (far) side of it. |
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You get my bedroom. In exchange for a couple of hours of English a day. I'll move to the living room couch. | ||||
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We are 3 minutes walk from the train station. Express trains run to the Kazansky station in Moscow every half and hour to an hour. And regular commuter trains run constantly. Total travel time to the center of Moscow about an hour at the cost of no more than $2. | ||||
| About Ramenskoye |
Bronze cartoon characters on the streets of Ramenskoye |
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Random view of Ramenskoye
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| About Zhukovsky |
Ramenskoye is next stop to Zhukovsky, where the MAKS Exhibition and air show is held every other summer. If your main interest is MAKS, consider staying at Zhukovsky or Ramenskoye as opposed to travelling there from Moscow together with many thousands of others addicted to the sight and sound of flying objects.
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Here is a selection of materials on Zhukovsky in English The official description of MAKS A report by an aficionado of air shows and museums The English page of 2007 exhibition, presently in the making The Russian Knights air acrobatics team
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Need to know anything about Ramenskoye or Zhukovsky? By all means write to me, and I'll do my best to get you the information you need. My e-mail is roman.gonin@mail.ru |
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Special thanks to Uncle Pasha for his generous help translating and putting into presentable form these materials. Check out his sites Accommodation in Moscow:
www.cheap-moscow.com |
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