Archive for 'Health'
Kvas Cola
I just heard a story on National Public Radio (out of the US) about Coca-Cola getting into the kvas market. If you click the link you can hear the interview with a Russian journalist talking about the modern kvas industry.
Kvas is made in many Slavic countries and the Baltic states. It is basically fermented from […]
Posted: February 9th, 2007 under Food and Drink, Health.
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Therapeutic Salt Mines
In a recent post I covered the opening of a bridge between Romania and Ukraine, so I thought I would do a follow-up post on the Ukrainian town of Solotvyno, which is a well-known salt mining town. Actually, the town’s name is derived from the Ukrainian word for “salt” and salt has been in its […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2007 under Tours, Carpathians, History, Health.
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Black Sea Dolphin Therapy
About a week ago I read this story about a pod of dolphins attacking a swimmer in the Black Sea, so I thought I would do a post on Black Sea bottlenose dolphins. Of course, it didn’t take much searching the web to see that the Black Sea dolphin was not fairing well considering […]
Posted: January 16th, 2007 under Crimea, Health.
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