29 November 2016. Here’s Something That Looks Like FUN… La Tomatina

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Don’t come to this shindig unless you want to PARTY HEARTY. This is the annual La Tomatina festival in the Spanish city of Buñol (in Valencia), held on the last Wednesday in August. It started when there was a surfeit of tomatoes at the harvest in the late 40s (some say that disgruntled townspeople threw them at hated local officials)… it went from there. Trust me, it’s tons of fun… wouldn’t you want to squish a tomato on the top of your dearly-beloved’s head… AND GET AWAY WITH IT!?! Have the jug at hand and smile! God didn’t make us to be Misery Mopes with a “frown two feet long”… have a laugh… it doesn’t hurt!

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26 November 2016. Only in Russia… When You HAVE to Get It from Point A to Point B

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Russians NEVER give up. If you need to get it from Point A to Point B, necessity becomes the mother of invention…

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7 December 2015. WTF… It Has to be Russia! Now, These are Snowmen!

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When there’s enough snow to make snowmen, winter is truly and positively here… WTF! It HAS to be Russia… you can’t understand it with your mind, you can only accept it for what it is…

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17 July 2015. WTF! It Has to Be Russia… Russians DO Keep Bears as Pets… The Camera Doesn’t Lie!

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In rural parts, many Russians do keep tame bears as pets. WTF! It HAS to be Russia… you can’t understand it with your mind, you can only accept it for what it is…

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