Поделюсь, что нашел...

Про прошедший Новый Год писать не буду. Салют был классный! Взрывы, толпы, корабли, море... По-моему, и так все знают, что встречать Новый Год лучше всего в Сиднее. Доказательство вот, по ссылке

А напишу-ка я лучше про открытие, которое сделал в одном из местных магазинов. Вы не поверите, что я нашел... Вот...



Да-да, самый настоящий кефир. Да к тому же с таким характерным русским названием Babushka. Есть трех видов: Natural (обычный), Honey (с медом) и Strawberry (с клубникой). Вот, полюбуйтесь, у них даже сайт свой есть: http://www.babushkaskefir.com.au/products.html

Удивительный факт! Не ожидал я такого от Австралийцев. :)

Смотрите, у них на сайте даже имеется историческая справка, где упоминаются русские:

A bit of Russian intrigue

In the early twentieth century, The Russian Physicians' Society contracted two cheese makers, the Blandov's brothers, to go out and search for the secret of Kefir which had been closely guarded by the people of the Caucasus Mountains for centuries. The brothers decided the easiest way to procure the renowned Kefir grains was to utilise the charms of their very attractive employee Irina Sakharova. She was to bewitch the Caucasian prince Bek-Mirza Barchorov and coax him into giving her some kefir grains. The prince out right refused to give up the “grains of long life " but was so smitten he also refused to give up Irina. The Prince hoped to win her heart by making her his bride and sharing with her his lands but Irina refused and instead was held captive. She was eventually rescued by the two brothers and brought home but not without the hope of gaining the sought after secret of the kefir grains.

With help from the Blandov brothers and the Russian Physicians' Society, Irina brought her case against prince Bek-Mirza Barchorov to the Czar's court.

The prince lost the case and was ordered to pay reparations to Irina for her distress. Although the prince offered her gold and jewels she demanded and received kefir grains as payment for her unfair treatment.

In 1908 Irina Sakharova was famed with bringing the first batch of kefir grains into Moscow where it was used medicinally at first in health sanatoriums as part-treatment for tuberculosis and other ailments with great success.

At the age of 85 Irina, in 1973 received a letter from the Minister of the Food Industry of the former USSR, expressing grateful acknowledgment of her primary role in bringing Kefir and its benefits to the Russian people.

Ух ты, так они еще и происхождение кефира в Москве моим однофамильцам приписывают. Это уже совсем необычно... Seriously!? Столько совпадений сразу быть не может :)