Dear learners! Here is a situation number one that you might encounter when coming to Russia - currency exchange. Here is a list of survival questions, requests, that will help you to change your money into Russian roubles.

1-minute Survival Russian for Travelling (A1-A2)

Как поменять деньги/How to exchange money

Dear Russian language students and teachers!

Here is another 1-minute audio for your better understanding of a common situation as doing grocery shopping in a supermarket. It comes in handy when you are in a Russian supermarket where staff usually don't speak English or any other foreign language.

Good luck!

Elena.

Как покупать продукты в супермаркете_How to do a grocery shopping in a supermarket

Всем привет!
Hello, Russian Language Learners!
Salut, les amis!

This is 1-minute (or so) podcast on Survival Phrases when you need to buy some medicine in a pharmacy. We all may have headaches or stomachaches on a trip. Even though you might already know how to do shopping in Russian or ask for directions but if you are not well, it’s a relief when you know what to say to the pharmacist in the nearest pharmacy. (Believe me, it’s on every corner!)  
A piece of advice! Check on the internet Russian analogs of medicine that you are used to buy in your home country. 

Ваш иногда страдающий от мигрени преподаватель, Елена.


Как покупать лекарство в аптеке_How to buy medicine in a pharmacy

Hello, dear Russian language students and teachers!

Phoebe from "Friends" once said: "Oh, I wish I could come, but I don't want to" 
Фиби из "Друзей" однажды сказала: "Ой, я бы с удовольствием пришла, но не хочу" 

:)

Как вежливо отказываться от приглашений_How to politely decline an invitation

Всем привет!
Hello, everyone!
Salut, les amis!

Being a French language learner I am always eager to make an order in a restaurant myself without any help of a menu in English (if such exists). Moreover, I need to be very precise about a terrible allergy I have. Otherwise… no more learning, or teaching, or going to restaurants for your teacher Elena 😊. 

Как делать заказ в ресторане_How to make an order in a restaurant

That could  be the first and most important thing to many of us when we come to a new city, a new country. Find a good coffee shop and get a damn fine cup of coffee. Let’s learn how to do that in Russian.

Ваш преподаватель и кофеиновый трудоголик, 
Елена