September 25, 201114 yr I hadn't a clue who he was until I was introduced to him and his wife! Correction: The Thailand ambassador and his wife were introduced to you.
September 27, 201114 yr The Thailand ambassador and his wife were introduced to you. Strictly speaking, you are correct as another party introduced them to s few of of us, specifically because we were from Thailand. Besides, I was in a better seat - so I guess I had priority!
October 9, 201114 yr Some of the east Europeans in Pattaya seem to expect everyone else to get out of their way. I presume these are Russians. However, when visiting Russia itself for a few days, I did not notice any lack of social skills whatsoever. Off topic, i also noticed the young(~20 years) Russians are very cute, compared with their equivalents in Western Europe.
October 10, 201114 yr So for example it might say "Kremlin Square" but this useful information is lost when you sign on to view the photos. There are no "Kremlin Square" in Moscow. It is named "Red Square". "Red" hasn't any connection with communists: square has this name more than 500 years already, and word "red" is direct translation from Russian "krasny" which has 2 meanings: "beautiful" and "red" (color) in old Russian language. Proof
October 10, 201114 yr There are no "Kremlin Square" in Moscow. I confess I dashed off that comment off the top of my head. Thank you for putting me right.
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