From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2025-03-22, Christian Weisgerber  wrote:   
      
   > I'd recommend the show on its own, although I personally never   
   > experienced the Soviet Block, apart from a short trip to Moscow in   
   > 1989 as part of the entourage of a diplomatic mission--and what a   
   > depressing experience that was.   
      
   Oh, and a school trip to Prague, ČSSR, in the same time frame.   
   Somewhat less depressing, although the locals' desperation to   
   exchange money at black market rates, any time, any place, has   
   stayed with me.  Language-wise, you could muddle through with German,   
   less so with English.  I think some students who had studied Russian   
   as second foreign language also tried that language--against advice   
   to the contrary--but I think they were merely ignored and nobody   
   was beaten up for it.   
      
   --   
   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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