The Treasury🏔️

you’ve been licked 👅

okay, idk what you’ve seen when you flipped your calendar this morning, but I clearly see the upcoming SpeaQUIZ😍 next Saturday, at 7 pm, we’re meeting for our monthly offline speaking club where we’re gonna play some Alias❤️‍🔥 see you there! SIGN UP

has everyone already flipped the calendar? he’ll check! 👀

Сегодня было занятие по Английскому. Это первое занятие где я говорил более менее без запинок. Прям доволен был, хотя поспал 5 часов всего(обычно перед занятием, стараюсь высыпаться). В общем я доволен 😊 Учитель не знаю 🤷🏻‍♂️

happy first day of september, treasures! 🍃 a new school year, a fresh notebook, a clean page — and honestly, my favourite season to learn in. there’s something about autumn that makes you want to curl up with a cup of tea and a good book (preferably in english, 😉 ) whether you’re heading back to class, starting a new course, or just showing up for yourself today — i’m proud of you. let’s make this year the one where your english finally clicks 💛

🍞 no-knead ciabatta soft inside, crispy crust — and barely any effort😍 this week i caught a serious cooking vibe after a trip back to my hometown and all the cozy comfort there made me wish to create more of that in my own space ingredients 700 ml water 1 kg flour 7 g dry yeast 3 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar method mix the water with the yeast. gradually add the flour, stirring as you go add the salt and sugar at the end. cover and leave to rest for 12 hours. during this time, stir the dough 3 times — always with a spoon, never your hands bake at 240°c for 35 minutes. that’s it. golden, airy ciabatta with a bakery-worthy crust 🥖 tenjoy it warm with olive oil, or use it for the ultimate sandwich 🥪🫶

4 am and we’re finally taking off 🛫

well. airport life continues 🙃 good news: my flight hasn’t been cancelled. bad news: it hasn’t been anything, really. they’ve turned on the “kover” regime — the special airspace mode that grounds everything — so we’re all just sitting here admiring a departure board that’s given up entirely what an experience!))

writing this from the Kazan airport ✈️ our trip to kazan was a bit of an adventure before it even started. the flights were a nightmare: first they pushed our departure from 8am all the way to 6pm, and then the return got moved to a completely different day. in the end we had to buy new tickets that cost three times as much. anyway, it was all worth it as the trip itself was warm and cozy: time with family, unhurried walks through the city centre, and that quiet feeling of just being together now i’m sitting here at the gate, fingers crossed that this flight actually leaves on time 🤞

the entirety of your support is required here 🎥🤍

day 5 in astrakhan 🏰 the day we went full explorer mode: spent hours at the astrakhan kremlin peeking through the old fortress openings, imagining life here centuries ago then we just walked through the old streets, green domes and found the embankment right as the sun was setting — pink and orange melting into the volga, string lights glowing above the benches served as a prize 🌅 honestly, this whole trip has been charming💛and here are a few other highlights that contributed to the charm: 🧖 banya 🐟 local souvenirs (caviar and fish delicacies — very astrakhan!) 🌇 sunsets over the city every single evening and now? a soft, smooth return to work. no stress, no rush — just slowly settling back into routine, still glowing from the trip. the best kind of comeback 🍀 astrakhan, you’ve been unreal. thank you for everything 💛 what’s the last place that completely charmed you?

day 4 in astrakhan 🌅 spent the whole day at a countryside retreat «Дом Солнца» – swimming, sunbathing and just soaking up that lazy summer feeling ☀️ made barbecues over an open fire, the smell of woodsmoke everywhere 🔥 picked fresh apricots straight off the tree and had bowls of strawberries, raspberries and peaches on the table 🍑 Febbie came along too – pool days hit different with a maltipoo by your side 🐶 as the sky turned pink we wrapped up the evening with a few rounds of billiards and finished the day watching the night sky 🌌 these are the days that feel like they last forever 💛

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day 3 in astrakhan 🐟 the day the city really opened up. we started with lunch at soika — cozy, bright, that quiet aesthetic vibe. i had grilled fish with a creamy sauce and fresh lemonade🍋 then we went to the local history museum, wandered past old wrought-iron staircases, marble steps and painted ceilings that felt straight out of another era 😌 astrakhan is all about fish and salt, and the museum shows it: a giant sturgeon display, a fisherman scene, even a model of an old salt-mining machine on rails. i never knew how much history was hiding in this region 🧂 and then the steppe animals — the saiga antelopes with those funny noses. they’re rare and kind of otherworldly 🦌 after that, we just walked, observing golden domes peeking over green trees and quiet streets some cities you rush through, astrakhan makes you want to slow down 💛 this way august doesn’t even feel like a sunday evening how does your august feel?

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day 2 in astrakhan 🌙 some cities show their real face at night, astrakhan is surely one of them we spent the evening wandering around the old town, and honestly — it hit different after sunset: the historic buildings glow softly under the streetlights, all those carved facades and little balconies looking like something from another century ✨ we found the “0 km” marker — the point where all distances begin. there’s something poetic about standing at the very start of everything. 📍dinner at Onegin was cozy: delicious Russian cuisine and a menu shaped like a real book this one had onegin on the cover.

живя, торопится и чувствовать спешит

— pushkin himself reminding us to slow down and actually feel the moment; very fitting. 📖 what’s your favourite city to explore at night?

astrakhan, day one the heat. real, southern, melting kind of heat ☀️ the kind that literally makes your heart melt — from the weather and from the view of the provincial Russian city Feb handled the flight like a champ 💪🏼 sat on our laps, looked out the window, like he was photographing the embankment too and astrakhan itself — white colonnades by the water, rotundas, cyclists along the river 🚲 the south, in no rush to be anywhere lunch at СРЕДА — buckwheat with green sauce and a poached egg + fresh bumble 🍊 a day that almost melted my heart ❤️‍🔥 to be continued 👀