Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just joking, Philippe! :-) Interesting about your uncle. And how wonderful for a kid to have both Julian and Gregorian-calendar Christmases. Interesting coincidence: My wife just read (in Russian) a book by Nina Berberova, who wrote extensively about the Russian emigres who lived in Paris after the Revolution. I'll have to see if I can find an English translation. Many stories about the hard life most of them had, plus anecdotes about Stravinsky, Nabokov, Kerensky, etc. --Peter On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:23 AM, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> wrote: > Are we not forgetting the Russian taxi drivers in Paris, Peter? > Well, that was long before Uber of course ;-) > > FYI: one of my uncles had Ukrainian and Orthodox roots. His father and > family had left during the revolution, never to return. > Born in France, he was a stateless person for about 30 years. > France finally granted him a passport, after 2 long unpaid years in the > army after his own son was born ? > > I have fond memories of a second helping of Xmas (gifts) with his > Ukrainian family -13 days after Dec 25 if I remember well :-) > > Amities > Philippe > > > Le 11 d?c. 2015 ? 10:01, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> a > ?crit : > > > French Matrioshka dolls? Mon Dieu! :-) > > --Peter > > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 11:45 PM, Philippe < > photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Two for the price of one today. > >> > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Playground/2015-Avent-13-1340.jpg.html > >> > >> and the next one, which is an effort I made to save my soul, inch' ... > >> > >> > >> Amities > >> Philippe > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >