An adventurous young Russian couple are spending two weeks in Boorowa as guests of John and Glenys Dymock.
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Katya Sherbakova and her fiancee Slava Shishlaev arrived in Boorowa on January 10, and will go back to the frozen north of Russia on January 24.
The couple live in Archangelsk, a city of 400,00 people 1300 km north of Moscow.
The temperuture when they left Archangelsk was minus 30 degrees celsius.
They have watched shearing, eaten a pie with sauce, tried vegemite, ridden a horse and motorbike, and been to Wombeyan Caves.
They have travelled twice to Canberra to see Parliament House, Lake Burley Griffin, climb Mt Anslie and attend a concert in the Botanic Gardens.
Their connection with the Dymocks is through Katya's skill as a Russian languge teacher.
Katya has been teaching John the Russian language on Skype for two years. Katya said she felt at home when Margaret in the Boorowa newsagency said"Good Morning"" in Russian. . They finish their short tour to Australia with 3 days in Sydney.
