Comments on Where is Prometheus?: from russia with love

If you think Toronto is bad - try Vancouver - I've...

2006-04-17T02:06:00.000-04:00

If you think Toronto is bad - try Vancouver - I've NEVER been to a place more provincial and easily amazed by a foreign accent.

My mother is Italian, so I grew up listening to he...

2006-04-05T10:31:00.000-04:00

My mother is Italian, so I grew up listening to her and my grandmother speak Italian to one another. I learned it, but never retained it.

My mom still speaks it fluently, but she never uses it. When she comes to visit, I encourage her to speak italian to my kids, and she does, but it takes lots of prodding on my part.

Hopefully some of the memories and words will be retained by them.

It's wonderful to have a double identity, it may c...

2006-04-05T02:12:00.000-04:00

It's wonderful to have a double identity, it may come in handy for being a spy. I have a good friend from England who gets questions from, "Do you know the Beatles" to "Are the roads there cobblestone? Though it sound ridiculous, some people are so far removed from culture. And that's what you have, a rich culture and even richer history that your lovely son will be proud to impart to his children.

My city has a very large Russian population. And I...

2006-04-04T16:47:00.000-04:00

My city has a very large Russian population. And I love it. I have to admit that I've always been jealous of kids with double the fun when it came to their ethnic backgrounds, and especially of children who were raised in bi-lingual households. I would LOVE to be able to speak two languages fluently. Especially if one was my "native," or "home" tongue. :)

Where in Russia are you from, if I can ask? I have been to both Moscow and Volgograd.