In my native Russian language the word FRIEND means a lot. And there are not too  many people whom I can call my friends. Real friends. People, whom I trust to and I rely on. Most of my friends are back in Russia but we still keep in touch.

Sergey and Tatyana. We all graduated from the same university.  Sergey now works at customs, Tatyana is a journalist.

Olga. Our moms are best friends and we grew up together. Now Olga is a lawyer in St.Petersburg.

Julia. We used to live in the same city, in the same neigborhood, went to the same school..... . But met each other here, in States, on America Online. And here is the picture of her family.