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Yes, Mom, hello.  I’m glad to hear you. 

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I am fine, I’m in Moscow.

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Why haven’t you called? I don’t know where you are and how you are. It’s very cold in Russia, (lot's of) snow. 

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I didn’t know what to think because being on plane is always very dangerous ... John, do you hear  me?

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Mom, I hear you well. Everything is fine with me, I’m in the hotel already.

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I have a very good room, clean and comfortable. Now I’m in a restaurant, having breakfast. 

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Do you remember that I like red caviar?  It’s very expensive here, in Canada! 

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And I am eating red caviar and pancakes right now here in Russia, it is not expensive at all and very tasty!  

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I’m glad that you are fine and that you’re having a nice breakfast. Tell me whether Moscow is a small or a big city?

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Certainly big, very big!

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So far, I have seen Moscow only from a taxi but I realized that in Moscow, there are wide prospects, 

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long and short streets, and buildings old and new, tall and not so tall.

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It’s not very cold outside. The weather here is as it is back home, in Canada: there is snow everywhere, very beautiful...

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Where is your hotel (located) - far away from the Kremlin or in the city centre?

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I don’t know yet but I think not too far.  

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Well, I have a new acquaintance in Moscow already, even a friend, his name is...

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I’ve already understood!  It’s not a “he”, it’s a “she”, and her name is Maria! 

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Good boy!  I like that you have got a girl friend in Moscow already.

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Is she pretty? Tall ? What color are her eyes - blue or not? 

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Does she have short hair?  Where have you met her: on a plane, in the airport, or in the hotel? And...

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No, Mom, you’ve understood it all wrong! I said that I had a male acquaintance, not a female!

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His name is Lyova, he is staying (living) in the same hotel where I am staying (living).

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He is a Ukrainian, he has a big family, they live in Kiev...

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How come? Why does a Ukrainian live in Kiev? Ukrainians live in Canada.

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You remember, when you were at school, you had friends, I don’t remember their names... 

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Does he understand Russian?  Or you communicate only in English?  

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Maybe, you understand Ukrainian?!

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Mom, please, don't...  I don’t understand Ukrainian, we speak Russian.

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Sorry, I need to pay for breakfast, can’t speak any longer.  

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Tonight or tomorrow evening I’ll call you. Good bye!