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I have arrived in St. Petersburg successfully, although at times it seemed a little doubtful if I'd make it or not.  It's a pretty bittersweet moment for me - I've gone from Vancouver to Beijing and then across three countries.  I'm back where I used to "live", and I'm actually sitting in the same internet cafe that I always went to, near Primor...

Anecdote (#4): Riding the bus. Riding the bus is fun here. Well, sometimes it is fun. Sometimes it is completely awful but that is mostly when it is so crowded that you're fighting over air to breathe. However, my daily bus rides are usually some of the most relaxing times in my day. You can sit down (if you're lucky enough to get a seat) and ju...

As I said in my last update, this post is all about my daily routine. I guess the best way to do this is a timescale, or whatever they're called. My English is not so good anymore. This is mainly about the week. My weekends vary so it's hard to say. 7:00 - I wake up. Every morning. It's really annoying. Sometimes I go back to sleep and twenty mi...

SP is our first taste of Russia and is really amazing. Beautiful is probably not the right word as there is plenty that is not beautiful but then on every street, seemingly every time you walk down even the same street you discover a new really imposing, majestic building that gives a clue to past glories. This is Krystyna having a bit of fun in...

st petersberg is an absolutely brilliant city, very beautiful and with heaps of history. again, i cant be ***** writin a big blog so just gonna say wat i saw. went to the hermitage, home of the old tsars and a one of the best museums in the world. next up went to church of spilled blood, where alexanderII was killed or summat, very pretty spot w...

After the long hike of yesterday, we wanted to stay closer to our hotel today. Besides, the weather had looked threatening the entire morning, and Chuck's dogs were barking just a tad bit. We decided to head to the Sheremetyev Palace which houses the Museum of Musical Instruments. It was relatively close, and it would present us with the opportu...

Victory Day actually turned out to be more like our Veterans Day than Independance Day. We watched the parade that ran through the main street. It consisted of a bunch of different military units, all lead by old WWII vets. The crowd threw flowers to the vets as they passed, and they were many old USSR flags on display...So there we are, standin...

Wednesday, August 09, 2006 St. Petersburg, Russia (Completed after return to Chicago) Dear Readers: I find that I am totally unable to sleep in the lurching train compartment with someone I don't know. At some point I need to get up to go to the bathroom, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to open the door to the compartment. I have ...