Sometimes, you just need one small adventure to shake up your usual routine. In this episode, I’m heading to a snow tubing park just outside Moscow with my friend Natalie – my first time ever on a tubing hill.

On the way, Natalie talks about the winters of her childhood, sliding down makeshift hills on plastic bags and pieces of old furniture instead of tubes. We compare those memories with the organised tubing park outside the city and the kind of winter day you can have there now.

You’ll come along as we drive out of Moscow, figure out the first scary–fun run down the hill, and then take a break over tea to talk about expectations, growing up with real winters, and why walking back up the hill can be just as important as sliding down.

If there’s something small and a bit silly you’ve been curious to try, maybe this is your sig ...