tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post5641506432591463384..comments2023-10-10T02:26:04.141-07:00Comments on A Broad Abroad (a blog a blog): Even Crazier Chinese Road ConstructionJQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17398355557660230873noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-80158913919730079592014-11-25T11:57:25.983-08:002014-11-25T11:57:25.983-08:00Russia is always an interesting place. I have neve...Russia is always an interesting place. I have never been to Moscow, just to St. Petersburg and old Finnish territories at the far north west of Russia as we have some family there.<br />Honestly, I think China is doing better for me than Russia. In China there are those crazy people but in Russia it is on another level entirely, it is beyong describing it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-82827856229123941132014-11-25T04:40:58.066-08:002014-11-25T04:40:58.066-08:00Hahaha! Oh Russia! I went to Moscow when I was 15 ...Hahaha! Oh Russia! I went to Moscow when I was 15 and it was definitely a "fall behind place" as my husband would have called it. But that was when the ruble fell out and the US dollar could buy so much of everything. So it was an awesome trip. My dad and I ate our weight in caviar. Oh and my brother and I got shushed in the Lenin exhibit for laughing. Which just made us laugh even harder but we couldn't let the guards see us laughing so we had to suppress this laughter. Meanwhile, our dad was pretending not to know us in case we got kicked out for our behavior. JQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398355557660230873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-25767808762312083212014-11-25T04:38:19.287-08:002014-11-25T04:38:19.287-08:00They aren't leaving them there...they're d...They aren't leaving them there...they're digging up some invisible item as far as I can tell and then closing it all back up. Then, they'll do it again in a few more months. It's maddening. Every day, my eldest asks me why the stupid people broke the sidewalk and the street again.JQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398355557660230873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-16817063027320076742014-11-24T11:23:22.339-08:002014-11-24T11:23:22.339-08:00Gotta love Chinese contruction work however they p...Gotta love Chinese contruction work however they pale compared to the Russian work :)<br />Loved it in St Petersburg when they just filled trash into a street construction hole and then closed it up ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2287572224300306186.post-71824945358215397152014-11-24T05:52:06.347-08:002014-11-24T05:52:06.347-08:00So... they basically just opened ip holes in the r...So... they basically just opened ip holes in the road and kind of left it there??<br />I'm glad you have photos, because just hearing this story I would probably be like !haha, yeah right, you must be exaggerating!"<br />Evidently, you're not. :( Rihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786949325580130494noreply@blogger.com