@framedrummer Thank you so much for joining Vegan Travel and I look forward to your posts about Russia!!

@jenns Hello, Jenn! Russia is quite homogenous in terms of culture, as long as you don’t know to specifically ethnic regions, such as for example Tatarstan (Turkic Muslim people), Buryatiya (Turkic Buddhisn and shamanistic people), or Dagestan (Caucasian Mulsim people). They would have their own cuisines. BUt in general Russian citizens eat the same from Kaliningrad near Germany to Vladivostok near Japan. the best bet for vegans are larger cities, such as Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Ekateriburg, Novosibirisk. Also, the best time to travel is summer, because, due the wide spread of allotments, Russians tend to almost become raw vegans in summer, consuming the numerous vegetables and berries of their allotments.

Thank you, Jaclyn, for this question and for your warm welcome to Vegan Travel. I love being part of it! I am always happy to talk about frame drums. I bought my first frame drums and started learning 5 years ago, Then I started teaching other people and 3 years ago was the first public performance of my band formerly known as Incidentals, now Soma. I think the quiet voice of the Goddess brought me to frame drums, or the Universe, if you will. I discovered them at community drum circles, and they just spoke to me. Then I bought Layne Redmond’s book “When the Drummers were Women. A Spiritual History of Rhythm” and Layne’s study materials, and learnt using them. Best wishes!

Thank you, Alan!