Zdrastvoeitje!

A pity I haven't been in your country, but I once fell in love with a great guy from Gomel! Wasn't prepared though to follow the example of an acquaintance and visit Gomel 10 times a year..

The carb loading is not something I have done yet. Am a bit afraid that I would go back to stuffing my face for a prolonged period as I used to do so often in the past.
On the other hand it sounds like fun to be eating pizza on purpose (and ice cream too if it isn't too fatty).

Fietser, who supposes belorussian isn't very different from russian, but who forgot nearly all she ever learnt).