Kirt wrote:

>It took a while to travel with my passport only and trust that there was raw
>stuff to buy wherever I might be. Well, maybe not the Soviet Union in
>February, but we were usually traveling in the tropics, so there was always
>good stuff to be found.

Welcome to the Northeastern Finland, only some ten kilometers from
Russian (Kirt: _Russia_) border in wintertime - and you will absolutely
be surprised! :)
(Yeah, obviously you mean something like Siberia, that`s a _whole_
another thing - of course).

Cheers
 -Tiina