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Siberian architecture

typical of Siberia - so we read before our departure - should be pretty wooden houses, painted lovingly decorated with elaborate carvings of cozy shutters and in bright colors. Well, we did not really expect a 1.5 million city for all its inhabitants has in such accommodation, but we were hoping at least to a small, old city center, this romance can not imagine. A (!) Should there be such also in the city of Tomsk, we could not go unfortunately.

Novosibirsk But even in this respect, unfortunately, a total disappointment: The Soviet charm of the 5-10 story concrete apartment blocks in anheimelmdem Grey dominates not only in peripheral areas, but can also be found everywhere in the city center. Such accommodations are happy to group "block" in the middle one - in theory - is to find the green courtyard. A good idea! Could stroll but here babushkas and children play, teenagers lead a walk to first love their dogs, or older men ....
This is all done well, but unfortunately most directly on the Russian black earth, which is broken by a very small vegetation remnants. Really lucky that half a year, everything covered with fresh white snow is ...

Downtown, however, are in the recent years, new architectural gems added, demonstrating the taste of modern Russia: 15-20 storey residential and office towers, like glazed complete with turrets and / or gold adorned balconies are quite lost in busy traffic junctions. Good thing they sell by height and splendor of the surroundings, because in the immediate floor area, they are no different: here, too pure, porous concrete or bare, unplanted soil and a few crooked trash, the waste generated record obviously can not.

Unfortunately, the crisis of the anticipated completion of many ambitious construction projects, so that from the silhouette ghostly ruins of the city stand out with idle construction cranes.

But there are very different neighborhoods. Leaving the city area that is still accessible by two subway lines, close to the right and left of the main roads so-called "private sector" to. A very promising name, the West Europeans with a possibly arouses associations such as "single-family homes with front garden."

What in principle is true: Here in the shadow of the Soviet bloc visible everywhere, rows of wooden houses actually still together, but which seem to be more suitable for one person than for a whole family. In the summer, is the mixture of barking dogs, free-range children and hammering homebuilders actually a kind of romantic atmosphere. But in the fall becomes clear why most of the residential Siberians prefer drawers: there in the private sectors, usually no sewers - the wooden beam in the yard is still widespread - and the asphalting of the streets is not the place to advanced. Thus, wading through mud after a rainy furrows that even the greatest sales woman can not overcome prejudice.

Fortunately our apartment is in a centrally located, very young and - as we thought - solid brick house. Although we had already the first survey noticed cracks in the stairwell, but our future landlord assured that this would affect only the houses situated in the other wing. None the less visited shortly after we moved in a "commission", consisting of an older lady, our apartment to the request of the Lessor cracks in the bathroom tile to take on the living room wall and into the hallway ceiling note. Since then, the property manager is in a lively exchange of correspondence with various persons in the Government, at last, even the mayor made in person. It turned out that the construction of a modern, marble-clad house, mainly confronted the "Dubai's Cathedral", which was completely the Vacant lot between our house and the adjacent block fill, the foundation work was not well executed with great care, so that simply the foundation of our house fell slightly to slide. clarify

To the urgency of intervention to various commissions, the owners of other apartments in our stairwell on each floor about 3 meters high tree trunks were cut to support the structural analysis.

It helped: there is now a not further reviewable decision that "without delay" the appropriate tests and measures must be taken to secure the building. Then came the already 1. added May (Feiertag!) carried out a construction crew that is very noisy and cumbersome welding work on the landing approach of the ground floor.

Was it already? Or we will face a relocation, as the residents of the adjacent house on the other side already behind? We are excited!

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The garden

visits since September last year our now five year-old Julius brave a "municipal pre-school educational institution, kindergarten, or - in view of the Russian love of Deminutivsuffixen -" Sadik, "garden called. this institution shall pay the lofty Designation "grammar school No. 1" also the cozy name Sönnchen. A special feature this particular facility is the early childhood teaching the German language and culture - this circumstance we owe at all also the place for Julius, for kindergarten places in Novosibirsk as in all of Russia rare and often only after years of waiting time and / or (!) to obtain a deposit in the "Parents Fund" in respectable level.
spared us all this, however we pay - like all other parents in the "Sönnchen" - besides the state-set school fees of about 900 rubles (currently about 20 €) some minor allowances for "special services", eg physiotherapy (When I asked under what conditions the children it were to participate, I got the answer, actually not all children are somehow sick, so we decided not to our healthy Julius exclude them), vitamins (which you as a reward for good work during the be distributed or teaching denied in case of failure), or - from scratch - an "oxygen cocktail" that is reminiscent of foamed apple juice, spooned from the children but with great enthusiasm () is!. The largest item, but take the "voluntary donations" in the amount of 1,700 rubles, so that total on a monthly contribution of just under 3,000 rubles is - a whole Quantity for a Russian teacher's salary of about 8,000 rubles.
is, however, that the child also completely furnished - with an opening time of 7-19 Clock and four meals a day (breakfast of porridge, three-course lunch menu, milk and biscuits for "poldnik" after the nap and dinner). Included is also a strict medical surveillance of children by two in-house medical staff: from numerous required supporting research findings and analysis prior to the start of the Child on the close observation ("Your son has contact two pimples on the nose, please report it immediately to the competent clinic and let him at least a week at home! ") spontaneous and medication Transportation ("Julius has now coughed to sleep. Since we have given him a pill.") to collective vaccination and immunity tests to the national rate fixed points in time.
end Unfortunately, this round supply abruptly end of May - then start the Russian summer holidays, up to the grand reopening of the kindergarten and school operations on 1 September last. It is beyond me, as Russian families - and we! - Can survive three months hand-written child care.
The daily routine in the "garden" is by tightly organized: At 8 clock in the group of two series in the in-house cafeteria marched to breakfast, especially the bekittelte governess, behind her the two "on-duty" Children in apron, and help clear the tables of the tables. After breakfast, there are three or four "lessons", ie units of 30 minutes, in which 20 children are divided into two groups that are dedicated to the exchange the subjects: kneading and gluing, painting and drawing, computer science (logical thinking) , mathematics, literacy, reading, German, singing, sports. Each lesson is interrupted by small "Fizminutki" where the children - of course all at once - get up and make small gym exercises. But otherwise they either sit at small tables, which in the bedroom establishes the rules and the teacher already lovingly with each required material "covered" were, or search on one of the classrooms in which the group is expected by the German teacher, music teacher or sports coach. Actually, the nursery also has a private swimming pool, but unfortunately the management tried unsuccessfully for about two years to obtain the necessary papers to start at the city council ...
also in the creative fields, there are clear guidelines on what to paint each, cut to stick with modeling clay or dough is. Thus, the parents each afternoon in the "gallery of children's creativity" 20 Snowmen admire stained paper, 20 or 20 ravens drawn kneaded trees.
In mathematics and the languages of the children have regular school books, pencil cases and folders. Julius settled already quite secure in numbers up to 10 and can some Russian - write letters - and unfortunately also German. The groups are composed of old uniform. Julius attended the oldest group, from which the now mostly seven-year-olds will go in the summer in the first grade. This assignment is one of the teacher to thank, who speaks passable German, and Julius was able to facilitate in the first few weeks to settle in much. This teacher is also otherwise a stroke of luck: Very different from their usually very strict and often somewhat rabid fellow she meets the children very carefully, empathetically and with noticeable affection. These properties, they could even have a three-month double-layer maintained from October to December last year was the second teacher of the group suffering the long term, so not as usual during the afternoon sleep of the exchange took place, but this one teacher 12 hours a day, the 20 children alone in charge.
goes after the lessons, the group concluded for at least an hour outside - only at extremely low temperatures below -20 degrees no longer playing in the fresh air.
Also on the Outside there is very organized to: Each group has its own area, so that a total of 6 slides, 6 sand boxes, 6 cottages on the veranda of land disposed. After the "free floating" it's for lunch, after which one of the two group rooms, extended the drawers and beds to the already seven-year-olds crawl with pajamas for two hours (!) To bed.
to sleep is still read a story. A governess is all the time in the bedroom there, to call those children to rest, which will it will not fall asleep ...
After sleeping and strengthen the "poldnik" can the children - now it's about 15.30 clock - Play for Free! This daily structure has led to Julius earnestly after the first weeks settling a question asked, "very long" to be allowed to remain.
The frequent changes of activities and locations during the course of a kindergarten day asked the children several times
- independently - to move (!):
When morning arrived to be felt boots, snow suit, fur hat and gloves stowed in a small cupboard and exchanged for shorts, T-shirt and sandals. Even at -40 degrees outside temperature prevailing in kindergarten chubby 25 degree heat. For sport which - of course uniform - sports uniform, consisting of orange T-shirt and worn black shorts. Unfortunately, this is not provided centrally by the institution, but it is up to parents to comb the entire city to buy an orange T-shirt without any imprint. Here, the boundaries between dark and bright orange on the part of the teachers strictly adhered to. To play on the outdoor terrain, the children have to re-create the course, warm clothing, and then again for lunch the group of normal clothes, but after eating a sleeping suit - or for hot-blooded - only their underwear. After sleeping all pull again to the group dress, and if the parents come naturally to her again snowsuit and boots .... In
"Sönnchen are celebrating along with the many Russian and all German holidays and festivals, which sometimes leads to an unbearable accumulation. After the German Martin and Nikolaus Fest, the German Christmas and the Russian New Year in December, followed in January, the Russian Christmas dance (in old costumes), a German Karnevaltag, in February, a sports festival and a parents' evening and the "Day of Defender of the country "and, finally, the" butter week ", an ancient Slavic feast for the expulsion of the winter. For every occasion, the children learn proper German or Russian Songs and poems, each coming on stage for the performance. Currently practicing Julius touching songs about the best of all mothers and grandmothers with golden hands. On 8 March is Women's Day that is ...