Journeys with Gigi
Journeys with Gigi
Gigi Green
My name is Gigi Green and this is my new travel podcast about Russia, my travels through it, its history, some traditions and important holidays, sports, nature, education, everyday life, culture, Russian films, tv, internet and basically whatever the heck strikes my fancy about Russia. At least for the moment :)
Episode #17 Russian winter holidays
Do you wanna know how to make your winter holidays last longer? How to start celebrating in December and be merry and bright till the middle of January? Do you wanna celebrate Christmas again?  Have an epic New Year and then another smaller one? I have all the answers! :D
Jan 13, 2019
33 min
Episode #16 What is Russia made of
What are oblast, krai and okrug? And why do we have republics inside Russia? (Spoiler: because they are just different names for parts of the country!)
Nov 29, 2018
17 min
Episode #15 Gigi in Georgia
The country not the state. It borders Russia, I've been there and it's amazing! So I can give you some info in its history, what it's like and what to see there
Nov 5, 2018
38 min
Episode #14 Schools in Russia
When the school year starts? When it ends? What do children study? Why do I hate this whole system? Why oh why?
Sep 17, 2018
36 min
Episode #13 Russian fairy-tales
Kolobok, Morozko, Vasilisa the Beautiful and my best attempt to stage whisper :)
Aug 26, 2018
29 min
Episode #12 Vipassana (silent meditation retreat) in Russia
I've been to a silent meditation retreat just this month and I've a ton of things to say about it. Warning! My personal experience only! Don't pretend to know everything about it :)
Aug 21, 2018
37 min
Episode #11. The incomplete and utter history of Moscow. Part 2
Continuation of the story that began in episode#8, this time it's the Mongol yoke and how to become a great duchy in several (not) easy steps :)
Aug 5, 2018
30 min
Episode #10 Top 5 Moscow parks - №2-1
Best Moscow parks as ranked by me: Kolomenskoye and Tsaritsino (Numbers 5-3 are in the episode #9)
Jul 29, 2018
35 min
Episode #9 Top 5 Moscow parks - №5-3
Best Moscow parks as ranked by me: Gorky Park, The main botanical gardens of Russian Academy of sciences and Aptekarsky ogorod
Jul 22, 2018
30 min
Episode #8 The incomplete and utter history of Moscow. Part 1. Historical context
Crush course on early Russian history! :) From the Slavs and their tribes to the Mongol invasion - all to understand the later role of Moscow and how it came to be what it is
Jul 9, 2018
26 min
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