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Children & the home in Moscow
Published on 2012-02-16 03:30:26
I have not offered any advice on looking after children and domestic issues in Moscow. This is a bit ironic, since that has been my world since moving to Moscow. I can only offer advice, based on my own opinion and I am only a simple, knuckle dragging hairy man, who only just broke free from his dark damp cave some million years ago but I do have good experience here. My advice is special and from a man's perspective. From my experience, Russians love children and are very caring to...
Poor little rich girls
Published on 2012-02-15 13:30:25
I've been teaching two non identical twin sisters for about a year now. We meet once a week at their flat, in a popular central area of Moscow, populated by wealthy expatriates and by wealthy Russians. We meet for ninety minutes and they pay me well. Their flat is on the top floor of an old restored pre-revolutionary building. The flat is massive and about 290 square meters in size. It has dark hard wood polished floors, high ceilings, a coffee table the size of a my flat and expensive...
Expatriate Christmas gift ideas
Published on 2012-02-12 11:30:44
Ask auntie Olga With Christmas coming soon, auntie Olga has kindly decided to offer some more pearls of wisdom and advice on Christmas gifts ideas for expatriates living in Moscow and for anyone else in living abroad in other countries. Being a mother of ten children, she knows all about buying Christmas presents. Olga is also an expert on beauty tips and can offer the ladies some secret tips for maintaining their looks. When you are an expatriate abroad, away from your extended family of...
Caring for a baby abroad
Published on 2012-02-09 13:49:53
Baby In Moscow Looking after a baby alone at home, is scary and can be very scary for many men who are stay at home dads living abroad. I will give some rough suggestions and mainly mention Moscow, since that is where I am and where you may soon be. Women also find looking after a new baby frightening but usually have a support network of family via Skype and other women within an ex-pat community to turn to for help when they need it. I moved here to Moscow with a young baby and found ...
Warning signs - Safety first, hiring a nanny or manny
Published on 2012-02-09 13:49:37
Safety first When selecting a good nanny or 'manny' (male nanny) it's absolutely vital that your follow these basic checks. Many ex-pats abroad, have a nanny also known as a 'childminder'. The list below may seem obvious but surprisingly many people don't follow all of these basic checks and warnings. Hiring a manny or nanny who is not a loony or bad with kids, is vital for your child safety and for your peace of mind. Here are some of my recommendations, some of them are serious, some.
Not my fight Mr Путин
Published on 2012-02-09 13:49:09
I was recently contacted by a radio show asking me to give my opinion on the Russian protests that have been all over the international news this last week. Although I was flattered, I declined their offer and told them the only opinion I have is sourced from what I have read and seen in the international and local media. I told them that I try to avoid being political on the world wide web. However on reflection, no blog like this, would be totally complete without making some comment on..
Through the keyhole
Published on 2012-02-09 13:48:49
Happy New year, in this my first post in 2012. Teaching in peoples homes, in a foreign country and in a country so alien to your own, is a wonderful sociological voyeuristic experiment that I recommend to any gossip queen or amateur sociologist. You can see how other people live, how other people function and how other people decorate their homes. I always used to like watching a TV program in the late 1990's, in the United Kingdom called "Through the keyhole", it was a bad cheap show, that.
Out of my comfort zone
Published on 2012-02-09 13:48:33
This English dad in Moscow has been making a few coins teaching other peoples kids English. Moscow is an expensive city and we are not rich expatriates, so every ruble helps with living costs here. It gets me out the flat and gives me a purpose and a use in life. These last few weeks, I have been teaching two twins, they are very young and don't speak any English. Teaching young kids a different set of skills to teaching a teenager or an adult. I now think that in order to teach... Slo
Credit cards welcome - Having a baby in Moscow
Published on 2012-02-09 13:48:25
In the spirit of a make believe and a helpful expatriate community that few people inhabit, I thought I would offer a review of the main baby hospital in Moscow, as used by insurance rich expats and by middle class Russian's. If I am honest, this post is really aimed at anyone who has just moved to Moscow or who is thinking of moving to Moscow and currently expecting a child. I know that having a child abroad, can be scary but if I am honest, I felt more relaxed about having a baby...
A wind up toy in a wind up world
Published on 2012-02-09 13:46:08
The story so far I have been working as a male manny (nanny), tutor, surrogate father to a Russian oligarch child (see other links at the bottom of this section). My temporary role, as a wind up toy for child X, came to an end this week. Mrs X, mummy of child X, informed me today that I was to be thrown out with all the old toys, as the father of child X thought I was too expensive and a waste of money (although father is loaded). I am like all of child X's and child X's brothers toys,.