Saint Petersburg Stories


Already a Russian

Sometimes you have so much to worry about that you forget what's really important. Well that's what happened to me, I realized that I forgot my Lonely Planet. Trust me, that's really essential here. So there was no other option than to find one in Russia and we actually found a bookstore that had all the Lonely Planet's. Of course it didn't have the one...


St. Petersburg

So we've arrived in St. Petersburg, without really knowing what to expect and what to do. At least we knew the name of our hotel, in Prague we had no idea. Simply asking is always the best way to find your hotel and since I have a basic in Russian that shouldn't be so hard. Sadly enough they all replied in fluent English when I asked it in Russian... Gu...


5 mug free and fine free nights

Getting into Russia (4/12/08) I had visions of getting into Russia being a difficult process. I would be asked to come into the back room where there would be 10 guys blowing spoke in my face while the Colonel sat in the back room cleaning his rifle and not saying a word. After the diplomacy broke down I would bring out the Ben Franklin diplomacy a...


St.Petersburg - Tuesday 18 and Wed 19

Hi everyone...finally got onto the computer again. The hostel here in Moscow had some free internet but can b hard getting it. So its my turn now. I'll tell you about what ive been doin up until now. Well this is Tues 18th story...We got up and walked miles upon miles to the Hermitage Museum, its in this big massive square was so nice. The museum...