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Travel Blogs from St. Petersburg
The Border Crossing & Wonders of St. Petersburg
... is basically run by a corrupt "Mafia", or so they are referred to. You can basically ask for anything and it will be arranged - of course for an additional fee!!! Even the police will take a payment to overlook a bus going over a particular bridge when the sign says that is forbidden. Very interesting indeed!! It will be interesting to experience Moscow. Anyway will try to keep the Travel Blog up to date as much as possible - We don't have much time to work on ...
Osten vs. Westen
... Wenn die Markierung auf der Straße 3 Spuren anzeigt, heißt das für den Russen: 3-5 Spuren!! Je nach Verkehrslage! Naja, aber es waren ja gottseidank nur Blechschäden!
Am Wohnheim angekommen (ich nenne den Teil wo ich wohne jetzt mal Osten) erwartete uns auch Frau Svetlana Gubareva, die Dame mit der ich alles geplant hatte! Sie war unendlich nett und zeigte mir dann mein Zimmer (s. Bilder). Die Kommunikation zwischen uns beiden war sehr schwer, da sie nicht soooo ...
Sensory overload part 1
This morning I woke up to the sound of the ship as it pulled into the harbor at St. Petersburg. I really don't know how well I slept because my head was filled with dreams and there was at least one more time change during the night. Meanwhile, I had a rough night, tossing and turning in my bed through out.
As the ship docked, the passengers were already lining the main hall with their suitcases and bags ready to disembark. It gave me pause because I really ...
Boreder Crossing - pun intended
... St. Petersburg is called the Venice of Russia and rightly so. It is also called the cultural centre of Russia. The old palaces, buildings and churches (mainly Russian Orthodox) were charming to say the least. Could have spent many more hours out there. At the beginning of our trip a couple of young boys got our attention on the first of the many low bridges we went under. We waved back and when we ...
A big Snowy Day out Being Cultural
... looks like milk? look there's a picture of white liquid being poured from a bottle" and he'd say "no, this is not milk, this is milk" to which he'd point at unrefridgerated cartons that looked like they were UHT. So after a lengthy game of me pointing at everything in the fridge saying "is this millk?"
Victor - "No",
Me- "Is this milk?"
Victor "No
Me " Ok what about this one?" (pointing back at something I'm CONVINCED is milk but have already pointed at, ...