ZUBY77:
KALININGRAD is situated on the shores of the Baltic Sea. Given the love I have for Geography, i knew it was the Baltic as we descended towards it. The KALININGRAD airport is close to the sea and for a moment, i thought we were diving into the sea.
Minutes later, we landed at the airfield, cleared the immigration and headed outside.
With the Yandex taxi app (kind of Uber) I downloaded while in Moscow, i scanned for nearby taxi and got one almost immediately.
Since i had to put my destination (the rented apartment) address on the app, the driver didn't have to ask where i was going.
He helped put my luggage in the boot and zoomed off towards the city center through the highway.

While in the taxi, i called the lady whose apartment i rented. She said she was waiting for me at the apartment.
Twenty five minutes later, i was being showed around the apartment. Since the lady didn't know English, she was waiting with an older woman who was the interpreter.

In a bid to work for her money, the interpreter wouldn't let anyone else say much. She tried to explain even the things i clearly understood. But since i was new, i just kept quiet and listened.

They explained to me how to virtually do everything, ranging from how to bath to how to switch on the gas cooker, use the microwave, washing machine, wifi, and even sleep. Funny that these people believe we dont have microwave in Africa.
While they were showing me around, i was busy looking for cooking pots. I found them in one of the shranks and the moment i saw them, i knew I was finally going to cook my own food.
I waited for them to finish their lectures which seemed to take long but they eventually left.

One minute after they left, i searched for shopping mall nearby, one was 200 meters away. I walked down and picked a bag of small rice, fresh tomatoes, tin tomatoes, chicken, small bottle of olive oil, Maggi, pepper, canned corn, a small bottle of whisky, drinking water and park of Marlboro.
Back in the apartment, i removed my clothes and returned back to the kitchen. It was time to show them Russies how we roll in Naija.

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ZUBY77:
All of a sudden, the matchday 1 for Nigeria showed up in Kaliningrad Russia. Everything began to make more sense because it was actually the reason I was spending lots of money; to support the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

For few seconds I wondered if it was worth it. There were several things I could have done with all the money I budgeted for the world Cup project, but then traveling to New world spaces has always been a hobby. I had been to practically all over western Europe, The Soviet space was a dream, so I had no regrets.

The Kaliningrad Stadium was about 5 kilometres from the city center. My apartment itself was about 2 kilometres from city center.

Since Nigeria was listed as the away team, I picked the all green away shirt, the trouser of my Nigeria tracksuit, my match ticket, my FAN ID, International Passport and some greenbacks; sipped some Whiskey directly from the bottle and walked out of the road. I needed to be on a high mood to be able to cheer the eagles up. The eagles needed the support of every Nigerian present in Kaliningrad that day. They were going to play Croatia, a team I tipped as one of the best at the World Cup.

My close analysis of the teams present at the World Cup put Croatia at the top 5. They had special creative midfielders that can destroy any team at the world Cup.
Luka Modric, who just won the UEFA Champion's League with Madrid was there.
Ivan Rakitic who is an important player for the almighty FC Barcelona was there . Then there was Dejan Lovren who played at the Champion's Final with Liverpool. There was also Ivan Perisic, a player Jose Muorinho of Manchester United has been struggling to sign. There was the experienced Mario Mandzucic and also the other guy who was very good at Bundesliga.

There was no comparison whatsoever between Nigerian and Croatian Players.
Who did we have in our Nigerian team?
Our Captain and our No. 9, the two most important players, plays their professional football in China.
The controversial Golakeeper Francis Uzoho, unknown to 90% of Nigerians, inexperienced was our top choice, That summed everything up for me.
It was true I was supporting my country but being a clever person, I lowered my expectations. It was the only way not to be disappointed after the game. I even played bet9ja online, giving winning to Croatia. My reason was, if Nigeria wins, I would be happy and excited but if Croatia wins, I win money. Either way, I would be a winner

I took a taxi to the Stadium and walked around the beautiful structure since the stadium was not yet open for the game. I met some people, took pictures and waited for the game.

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Russia is of course a very large country and there are so many places in which it would be interesting for a tourist to look in, but unfortunately you don’t travel around the country at once, it takes a lot of time

ritababe:
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