Oh I forgot that I started this thread!
So many interesting responses... Where do I begin to respond...

Quote Originally Posted by grandipahus View Post
стенка на стенку, конечно. Отличная традиция!
What is this? Searched for pictures and got a bunch of pictures of people fighting. Please explain more!

Quote Originally Posted by Юрка View Post
1. Баня (берёзовые веники, купание в озере и т.д.).
2. Собирание грибов в лесу.
3. Рыбалка (удочка, спининг, норот, мерёжа, жерлица).
4. Отдых во время отпуска в деревне (что предполагает радикальную смену образа жизни, другую одежду, другую еду, другое общение, другие занятия и т.д.).
Great list! I love all those things myself, very much. We have the same traditions in Sweden. Not "banya" though, but all the other things.
Nobody else in Western Europe that I know of, picks mushrooms and berries, but I think they do it in Poland too.


Quote Originally Posted by Medved View Post


2. Масленница
Pancakes with caviar!!!! (ahead of Lent) I knew about the pancakes of course, but I didn't know about the caviar! What a nice tradition!!



Quote Originally Posted by alexsms View Post
метафизическая тоска
Hm... I associate that with French people and central Europeans.... But I wouldn't know.