😂 Ty ❤️

I'm glad for his sake that he doesn't. The more American you sound, the more likely Americans will think that you're one of them and not give you a hard time if our countries don't get along. Physical features mean nothing to us because we're so diverse.

I thought he was from Portugal ?

​@@billyhndrsn4542 He is from Portugal, but as someone who speaks Russian I can confirm that the Russian accent and the Portuguese accent sound uncannily similar.

@@european-reacts If you told us you were Russian I'd believe you and I speak Russian

It’s not pragmatic in the states given how big it is

​@@Jim87_36that does make it difficult but I wish we had better/more public long distance train traveling networks setup.

The Twin Cities Metro is 3 million people. St Paul College (a technical and community college) sits at the end of Summit Avenue. Summit was once the "richest street in the world" with HUGE mansions. He showed the community side of St Paul.

Never seen this side of the US before, loved it ❤🇬🇧

1st rule when throwing a party - ask the neighbors to attend. :)

@@ladysky2883 that's just bein neighborly

@@ladysky2883 yep I had a garage band for years in the middle of a subdivision and never had the cops called on me because I told them all they were welcome to come listen and party with us. And if we were disturbing them to give me a call and gave them all my number. None ever called and told us to turn down but several would drop in for a cold beer and a tune or two,

Good for you! Best way to see a country. You get a more realistic feel about how the average person lives. I envy you your trip.

Sounds like a pretty amazing experience! I would love to visit Russia one day, once our relations tame a bit. Though I do not have a problem with Russians, just their government’s decisions. I can say the same about our own government here in the US and their poor decision making as well. In 2010 I had a similar experience to you but in Turkey. Very proud of what they had and they were extremely generous with it all. I was about tapped out with the amount of tea and sweet foods that were offered lol. All they wanted in return was a conversation with someone who had experienced different things in life, in broken English and broken Turkish, mind you lol. The conversations were amazing. We stayed in Antalya(southwest along the Mediterranean) and it was one of the most beautiful places I have seen to date. Then travelled up north along the coast to their capital in Istanbul. The people were great, it was clean and the generosity was overwhelming but truly appreciated. I say all of this because most countries are guilty of thinking they’re the best in every way and that nothing can be good outside of their own. It’s assumed that Americans aren’t cultured in any way, yet we have an immeasurable amount of different cultures within our own borders. If humanity can collectively decide to come together one day, we would be unstoppable and life would be as amazing as it could possibly ever be. I believe religion causes hiccups in that regard but that shouldn’t stop us from getting along with one another. I’m a Christian personally, but got along with the Muslim locals swimmingly and it led to many interesting conversations. Basically comparing and contrasting the differences and similarities. Trips like the one you took to Russia can be so eye opening in the best way possible. Meeting new cultures and new people truly is what humanity is about. We all have things we can learn and teach to one another. The joys of life are easily attainable if you just allow yourself to do so! It doesn’t always take an expensive trip across the pond to experience such, just meeting new people around you can be just as beneficial. In my personal opinion, we’re lucky to live in such a vast melting pot of cultures. Though some will not assimilate and I do take issue with that but time will tell if that will be a detriment to society. I consider a melting pot to be a blessing because when cultures unite they bring the best out of everyone and it can be beautiful thing!

You should move there permanently.such love for Russians from this guy

@@ThatSoonerGuy I hear you. I've lived all over the world and spent a lot of time in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and various parts of Africa. I've spent a good bit of time in Muslim countries so I know what you're saying. Having had the experiences I've had, been through a lot of scary stuff, including several full-on coups, it gives me a great appreciation for my home - God Bless the USA. It's why I get so angry with these stupid college kids who have no clue what they're talking about and supporting.

@@Lynn-kh5rs If you're interested in taking a trip to Russia, get with a travel agent and take a "White Nights" Cruise. If you can, take the two-week cruise from Moscow to St. Pete. You will stop at different towns and villages along the waterway and you'll see some very interesting stuff.

Even going from subtropical Florida to Ireland the shades of green there are breathtaking

Of course the Midwest is just fine

And are never in time lol

​@@SuperMontsta and only run hourly or every 2 hours

Not in Philadelphia it all runs on time its just the same price as a gallon of gas. Makes more sense to drive a car and not as dangerous.

No, we mean it's not a very pleasant experience. It's definitely not the safest.

the busses are pretty bad and look worn out and from another century

thats like my methhead neighbors. had to help them last night get home from a concert. money for a concert but no transportation. 60 years old.

yee-haw!

You can get a decent used motorcycle for $1,500 or less, and with 65 mpg+ a great way to travel (during spring - summer - winter) and low insurance

That was Myrtle Beach? It seemed midwest weird. I guess it was just a Russian enclave.

@@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735 We have quite a few Russians here. Especially if you go to any of our strip clubs lol.

Thanks for this update - what a heartwarming video he produced about his time in St Paul MN.

OK. Pickles are pickled cucumbers.

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Yeah, he said salt cucumbers. AKA pickles! 🙂 I knew what he meant but he wasn’t going to find them there. When he finds the pickle aisle, however, he’ll have a million choices.

​@@hbmjr Yes, but Russian salted cucumbers are cucumbers in brine, not the vinegar-type pickles. And they do not have sugar in them either.

My neighbors hosted a German high school student. What a wonderful experience it was for all!

green space as in grass/vegetation/other greenery? because I'm suprised central Europe wouldn't be lush, especially since it's not as densely populated as most American cities.

@@a-a-rondavis9438 I think it's because they were from Hamburg, a big city. You could say that about any city. Germany is PLENTY green haha

@@a-a-rondavis9438American here who lived in Germany. It’s on the same latitude as Oregon. Can confirm lush

​@@a-a-rondavis9438 my family hosted an exchange student from Serbia, we live in Missouri. That was the first thing he really talked about too, was how much room there was, people in their own house with their own lawns and trees. He lived in Belgrade.

They are not common in all of America

I had a potluck wedding reception and asked that no one bring anything else (no gifts) so people brought their potluck dish to share, but left the containers, slow cookers, serving utensils, and recipes written out- this was all to start our household out with things we'd need to feed our bodies and nourish our souls and remember our friends and family long after the party.

The Potluck makes me hungry 😅

​@@jeffhampton2767 Church

the bus was out of service...the school names were painted over...probably being converted into a RV or tiny home

In my state the buses just live at the drivers house during the school year.❤️🤗🐝

That's in my gf's neighborhood. I think they camp in it. Or intend to. Its all covered in paint now.

Howdy Texas, Tennessee here!❤️🐝🤗

Hallo Texas! Love from Canada, eh TRUMP ‘24

Yeah this kid is incredibly intelligent and brave after having to flee Russia for the simple act of standing openly against the invasion of Ukraine. Have enjoyed watching his journey and glad he seems to be happy and in a good place!

.... There is no draft in Russia. Seriously. Even the mandatory 1 year service or related are prohibited from active duty. Careful what you believe

Yeah my understanding was he was protesting and realized he was on camera and the police were cracking down on this and felt the need to flee to Georgia for his own safety. I've never heard the draft story.

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@@seaneendelong8065 Russia is using conscripts in Kharkiv oblast operation right now….they were in Belgorod but not anymore.

Yup. Same instrument but the name changes based on the style of music.

The difference between a violin and a fiddle is the nut that holds the bow.

A violin has strings, while a fiddle has straaaangs.

This is an old video from 2020--the Covid year. He had to go back to Russia at the end of his US semester but fled when the war started, lived about 6 months in the country of Georgia and managed to get admitted to a college in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina where his aunt lives and he could stay with her. So he won't be experiencing Minnesota winters (he has already experienced a South Carolina hurricane) but he is from the Russian far east and some video he showed of winter there makes Minnesota look like a tropical paradise.

Having frozen my ass off in -50 in St Paul, it's comparable to Siberia in weather.

Target. He needs to go to Target.

I'm glad he made it out before they forced him into service.

@@ssjwes572 He left just a few days after the war started but first he got chased by the police who broke up an anti-war rally (when those were still happening). He made a video about that, talking about how he got away. See his channel. Unfortunately, he hasn't made many recent videos. I'm not sure why. I'm concerned it might be because the Russian authorities are cracking down on his family who are still in Russia.

What is his channel?

@@dc76384 Zack the Russian: youtube.com/@ZacktheRussian?si=dOV5rXUH7agY35Pw

​@@dc76384Search for Zack The Russian

St Paul College is a community and technical college: One can earn an AA or AAS or trade certification. It doesn't have dormatories or student housing; however, it has bus stops for several major routes. This young man can graduate and transfer his credits to any public 4yr university if he wishes to continue his formal education.

St Paul - Minneapolis is gorgeous. Someone introduce this man to Target! Target is far better than Walmart in every way.

@@barbarajungbauer7000 Depends are where you live. Most places I've been they're no different.

Or, you are very young in your mind?

I refuse to grow old with dignaty? lol!

I recognized one tune as "Red Wing", a ragtime song written by Kerry Mills in 1907. I actually have a player piano roll of the same tune.

In smaller towns bus drivers sometimes park the bus at home and take off from there on the morning route. I had an uncle that had a shop and he'd work on the buses at home too.

Yes folk music telling a story of coal miners and railway workers from long ago. At least many of the songs played in this video at this pot luck were. But yes old Folk Music not Country Western Music, there’s a big difference.

I couldn't decide if it was folk, or bluegrass. Maybe a little of both.

Or bluegrass

@@kristinelson5894 Bluegrass has more banjo but yeah. I love bluegrass.

Try Pete Seeger for the old folk music union songs. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7l5m6povNyZiX0.htmlsi=RLfRBkmgi3qjNhPH

and it's perfectly okay not to bring anything, especially if there's already going to be plenty of food leftovers are very common in these gatherings

@@dead-claudia this is true too, although I think most people try to bring something, even if it’s just a bag of chips.

Thats what I thought when I saw the bus. Someone might be converting it into a mobile home. They have a crazy amount of room after gutting them.

Here in my area, school bus drivers bring their buses home. I thought that homeowner was a school bus driver.❤️🤗🐝

You probably could if you look into building churches and on college campuses. Frankly, there don't seem to be many stonemasons left in the US with the skills for this sort of thing. My school, Duke, pretty much built its main campus from the ground up in the 1930s in the Gothic style of many of those old European buildings and they had to bring over a boatload of stonemasons from Italy.

HOOTENANNY haven't heard THAT in awhile?

Which way to the nuclear wessels?

Exactly what I was thinking! My thought was, Hollywood. Hollywood always makes the Russian accents over exaggerated. Especially in the 70s and 80s as you said.

Thanks! You too!

Also from Detroit :)

Grass over the septic tank shouldn't be green, it should be more brown because of the tank being under it and drying the grass out easier. If your grass is green over the *tank* something could be wrong. The grass is always greener over the leach field though.

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@@Salty_Balls It's a tongue and cheek reference to the book : The Grass is always Greener over the Septic Tank. (very funny book). You're right , my grass looks striped on the other side of the tank, very green.

So true!

Erma Bombeck wrote the book. She had a newspaper column in the Dallas Times Herald or Dallas Morning News when I was growing up. She wrote about everyday life and family and she was hilarious!!! I really enjoyed her sense of humor! ❤️‍🔥🙏🙏🙏❤️‍🔥

I’m surprised it was all old people. Well, he seemed to enjoy it anyway.

I used to take a dish that was "Dorito Pot Pie" ? best way to describe it? It was gone in seconds? Everyone's favorite. Those were the days? We played horseshoes, swam in the pool, drank lot's of beer, and had a good time. Buddy and I would start on Fri. after work at 11 pm, and put the brisket on. Sat. morning everything was ready. Dorito cassorolle? I can't remember now, it's been so long. Lot's of ground beef, cheese, Doritos, and lettuce, pinto beans and other stuff? Holy Schniekie, it was GOOD? Good as a dip or a meal. It was always the first to go, lol. Haven't done anything like that in years? Good times, for sure. Italian sauce dtizzled on top? I can't remember. Crowd favorite, though?

"Dogs are better than women because you can abuse a dog and they won't get mad!" OK boomer. 🙄

That, but also, at least here in Vermont and Northern NY. a lot of bus drivers leave their busses at their homes as it is easier than driving an hour or more to the terminal to get the bus then go back to the area you live to start your route

Looks like that one had to cut down a tree to back in. Can you imagine backing that thing in every day? I think that one is destined for tiny home.

​@@Island_Line_Rail_Productionshow interesting! I live in Oregon and that's not done here, but we don't really have city busses in rural areas. Or it will be a bus from town that goes out to the rural area once a day or something. So our school busses are kept in lots or depots usually close to the school and city buses are downtown somewhere. We don't get snow like you do, though, and I imagine the geography is quite different as well which probably adds to commute times. It makes sense people do that but I'd never heard that before.

In MN school bus drivers will park their buses at their house while they’re on their break between morning school drop off and afternoon pickup.

There are a lot of Russians in North Jersey and New York City area and they come right across to Pennsylvania on the weekends and hit all the antique markets❤

Agree... to my ignorant ear, the accents sound similar.

@@creinicke1000 I ran across it when I was studying in Spain. I visited Portugal, and thought everyone was speaking Spanish (rather poorly) and thinking they must all be from Russia. (Don’t hate me. I was only 16.)

I can not really tell the difference.

Da italiano pensavo fosse russo 😅

That is really interesting. I know you mentioned is a mixed grass, it has to be, cause I'm Spanish and our grass is pretty much brown most of the year. We're a very dry country.

@@robertofernandez7773 Blue grass thrives in warmer and generally wet environments. The US Great Plains are flat nothingness that just gets sun and rain usually about 8 months per year. The kid in this video is in Minnesota which is called "Land of a Thousand Lakes" because its just flat with lakes in an area thats about 2.5x the size of Portugal.

👋🏼 hello fellow Wisconsinite. I'm down near Racine, about a five minute-drive from Lake Michigan right now.

Wow! Very cool.😎🤠

1850s

A type of country music: Bluegrass

Hey 🙏

I've read that most Russians are God loving people. Just like the U.S.

as is always the case with these countries: the people are amazing, and you always feel sorry for them having to deal with such an awful, heartless government.

@@dead-claudia Truth.

I did not know that. Learn something new every day.

​@@aaronburdon221 Because it's not true. Look up Potlatch in the New World Encyclopedia. Totally different than potluck.

@PeterOConnell-pq6io Bull. "The English term "potluck" is erroneously said to derive from "potlatch" due to its use in the American term "potluck dinner" Its actually a portmanteau of "pot" and "luck". The first known use of "potluck" was in the Middle Ages, 16th century England to describe an impromptu meal served to unexpected guests. "Potlatch" was a ceremony with variances between tribes to mourn a tribal leaders death, to commemorate a leaders daughter menstrual cycle or a wedding in the hierarchy of that tribe. Source: New World Encyclopedia. Completely different events between the use of potluck and this Potlatch nonsense.

@@sunnydays8270 I stand corrected.

the district/school was painted over meaning the bus is no longer in the service of a school but privately owned. There is a trend to turn out of service school busses into RVs and tiny homes.. likely what is happening here