In one of the podcasts I've heard an expression "champion a course". I can't find it anywhere else. Could you help me, maybe I made an errow, while I was writing it?

My last trip I'd like to write some words about my last trip in Perm area, Russia. Actually I live in Yekaterinburg, it's Sverdlovsk area, adjacent area with perm, but Russia is quite big, so between my city and Perm is about 400 km, and between my city and Solikamsk - last point of our trip is about 600 km. Despite of this, our journey was fascinating. At first we visited Belogorskii convent in a fog - spectacular views, like in a fairtale. This convent is cituated on a hill and around this hill there is a woodland. Very buatiful place: http://xn--80aa6ajeium.xn--p1ai/. The site is quite strange, without english(( when we moved to Berezniki, a big city in Perm area. This place is famous for big holes in ground. It's a total disaster for local citizens, so the state try to tackle this problem and move the people to another place. There are misterious houses and places without people because it's dangerous to live there. Then we moved to Solikamsk, the capital of salt - an important resource in the 17th century, in this city we found buatiful old churches: http://rbth.com/articles/2011/01/17/solikamsk_salt_on_the_kama.html These churches were built when nobody know anything about building crains, so people do that because they just had a strong faith. I definately recommend to visit these places to everybody!

Hello everybody! Could you tell me, what kind of a pies is traditional in your country? I really like to cook for me and my friends. I will be realy glad, if you share with me some interesting receipts. Thank you in advance!

My best workplace There are winter's vacations in Russia, although I'm at my lovely job. It makes me think about the best workplace. A comfort is a priority for me. I'd prefer to work in beautiful office with a lot of plants. they are really necessary for everybody - they help us to fill our minds with fresh air. I think, windows is important also. But at the same time it could distract you... Despite on this, I'd rather have big window in my office from floor to seelling. with regard to colleagues, I'd prefer to work in separate place more than in open space. All this description points me to work in greenhouse. :)

Winter in Russia Winter in Yekaterinburg is freezing. In the last few years winter became lighter but some days and some weeks we have roughtly minus 30 degrees.We have to put on a lot of clothers: sweeters, pants. It becames more difficult to catch a tram, because I spend more time putting on all that stuff. A lot of people don't like winter because of lack of sun. I go to work in dark and come from work in dark. During the workdays I don't see a lot of sun. It's upset. Resently I don't like winter cause it bring always a lot of discomfort. But now I think it's really great season. You can do a lot of sport activities, you can see a lot of white buatiful true snow, you can breath with steam, and also it's a good time to improve your skills and achive your goals :)

Could you advise me good podcasts for intermediate level in Engish?