“ Hi, I lived in Southern California all my life and interested in meeting people from scandanavia. I plan on taking a months vacation to scandanavia within the next year. I play tennis and jog on a daily basis. ”

“ I am the Commercial Acquisitions Director of Landmark. I am expanding our business by connecting with local networks. ”

“ I just moved from ukraine 3 months ago with my husband and am looking for russian or ukrainian people to make friends with! I dont have any friends here yet and would love to meet some great people from eastern european countries! ”

“ Planning to move to Europe for professional reasons in November 2008, and I'd love to get to know more about the people, culture and definitely learn the language. ”

“ Hello friends: In a special Church conferance in New Life Church, Kiev we met. Inga is from Kiev and I am from the USA. We still do church missions to Street Kids of Kiev. We live in Orange and Inga just had a baby. God bless everyone. ”

“ Oksana ... I've been in California for 4 years... mooving to Placentia soon... I miss my Ukrainian language and my old and beautiful city Lviv...I speak Polish too... ”

“ My father was Ukrainian, and I have a lot of relatives in Ukraine ... I would love to practice Ukrainian with some expats, make new friends, and learn more about Ukraine! I hope to visit Ukraine in 2008. ”

“ Hi! ”

“ I moved from Seattle and interested in get to know different culture , active people. ”

“ I just moved here from NYC ”

“ My name is Anya and I'm originally from Kiev, Ukraine. I am a language teacher and will be taking new students for Russian lagnuage tutoring. ”

“ I was being tutored by a Russian teacher in San Diego area and need to get involved in a group to efficiently speak Russian as I will be taking a trip to Russia/Ukraine in latter part of 2008. ”

“ I used to love go mushrooming and love the taste of wild mushrooms! Would like to meet local people that are experienced in local varieties and seasons so I can learn, too. ”

“ Our company is looking for self-motivated people to learn Business Intelligence from us. We will teach for free and find them a job with a company. You can contact us at DatabaseProfessionals@gmail.com. ”

“ I would like to meet more Russian-speaking people in the Los Angeles area. Looking for active people, someone to go hiking with, etc. ... also to meet for coffee and talk about life :) ”

“ I am writing to a friend in Russia. We must communicate only in English. I would like to be able to write to him in Russian. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I would like to meet new friends. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I am a UI Designer interested in IA, web design and usability. ”

“ I want to share my love for my heritage with others, whether Ukrainian or not. ”

“ I am new to LA area, looking to meet new people. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because, I am looking for new friends. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I miss my culture and native language. I am looking for russian friends. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I want to find friend ”

“ I want these local Meetups because like to meet the people from my country. ”

“ I want to learn the language of my great grandparents ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I am determined to learn Ukranian and need someone to talk with, if there is anyone willing to help me. Thanks. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because i enjoy communicating and spending time with people who speak same language as myself and have similar cultural background ”

“ I want these local Meetups because ,i 'd like to meet russian speaking people to learn russian language better. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I would like to meet peaple who speak Russian as well as me. ”

“ I would like to make some new friends. ”

“ Just looking for some Russian and other slovenian friends to keep alive my best memories... ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I would love to meet others with similar backgrounds and upbringing. It is wonderful to connect with others. ”