[Leica] Advent Calendar : #13 - Peter

[Peter Klein]

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 déc. 2015 à 10:01, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
> > 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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