 | 5 mug free and fine free nights
2008-04-17, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: frankieboy | | 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 whi... |
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 | St.Petersburg - Tuesday 18 and Wed 19
2007-09-18, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: lou | | 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 no... |
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 | Home to St.Petersburg
2007-09-16, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: lou | | Well i finally made it off! Was really hard to say good bye to everyone especially you mum, dad, lisa, tina, wink and wee sid! Missin u's already but really enjoyin myself over here...so dont worry..... |
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 | Egypt
2007-07-09, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | Lena and I took a week long trip to Egypt after the ceremony. We stayed in Sharm El-Shek and took a day trip to Cairo where we saw the pyramids and met with a famous belly dancing instructor in her ho... |
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 | Wedding
2007-07-08, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | I got married. We had an official photographer but have yet to meet with him to get the pictures. Here are some that my friend Martin took. |
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 | Updates
2007-07-06, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | Wow....a long time since I've last posted. Over the winter and spring I was in Saint Petersburg working. Here are some assorted pictures from those times. |
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 | Happy birthday to me!
2006-10-01, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | Today is my 25th birthday. Last night, we had a party to celebrate. About 20 people showed up over the course of the night -- people I know from work and their families, some other foreign teachers I'... |
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 | Another year in Saint Petersburg
2006-09-08, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | Well, I've decided to stay here another year. I've found a new apartment and am now working full-time (ok...almost full-time) with the city government committee for investments and strategic projects.... |
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 | From Russia with Love (Part One)
2006-08-02, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: hrd1977 | | Our arrival in St. Petersburg was slightly more interesting than anticipated. We took a bus from the airport to 'the' metro and after a little confusion it became apparent that 'the' metro was actuall... |
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 | zdrastvuitye from St Petersburg!
2006-08-08, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: jandtrish | | Day 5 - St Petersburg
The adventures started for us at the airport when I nearly didn't make it through Passport control. There was a long debate about whether I looked like my photo and I was try... |
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 | Moving
2006-07-01, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | My roomate Panis left yesterday, I'm moving out of my apartment tomorrow to make way for my landlord who will be returning for two months, after which I can return, and things are just, in general, a ... |
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 | Graduation, Next Year, and Water
2006-05-28, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | My kids at the public school had their graduation ceremony on Wednesday. Here are some pictures.
I'm still unsure as to what my plans will be for next year. I've been talking with the city govern... |
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 | Leaving Russia
2006-04-18, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: AW80europe | | Hey everyone,
Welcome to Eastern Europe's first update.
Here's a bit about us. We have two team leaders: Will, 24, from California, and Stacey, 21, from Edmonton, Canada. There are also seven s... |
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 | Spring Thaw
2006-04-16, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | What can I say....I was hibernating. Pictures, long overdue, of the last couple of months. I'll upload a text later. |
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 | The new year
2006-01-27, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | I was back in the states for the holidays but have sinced returned to Russia. Here are some pictures. I'll update more hopefully this weekend.
Here you'll see some pictures from the public school I... |
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 | New Apartment and the Opera
2005-11-14, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | This will be brief.
I changed apartments last week. Centrally located, in better condition, and better company.
I also attended my first opera performance - Mussorgsky theater, Rigoletto (In Rus... |
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 | A weekend excursion
2005-10-27, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | Man! In the middle of composing a text to accompany the pictures, my computer just had to go and die on me. Since I'm running short on time today, I'll upload the pictures and let them do the talking.... |
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 | Some trips
2005-10-10, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | I’ve been here for a month now. So far so good. For the past two weeks I’ve been working at an English school for adults teaching weekday evenings, Saturday mornings, and Tuesday and Thursday afterno... |
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 | Arrived in St. Petersburg
2005-09-14, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: crgoss | | Tired of stubs yet? This is just to let people know that I arrived in St. Petersburg and am getting situated. More as soon as I can. |
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 | St. Petersburg (Day 4)
2005-05-02, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: DBittner | | After our final breakfast at the hostel's café, we checked out of our rooms and went to the train station to put our bags in lockers for the day. We then got instruction from Sergei on how to get to ... |
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 | St. Petersburg (Day 3)
2005-05-01, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: DBittner | | Happy Easter! (If you happen to be Russian Orthodox) But for the rest of the world, it is simply another Sunday! For us to in St. Petersburg, it was the same way, except for the exorbitant about of ... |
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 | St. Petersburg (Day 2)
2005-04-30, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: DBittner | | Our hostel was called "The Tourist", and was very accommodating. Besides the fact that there was only one shower on the floor, I couldn't complain. They even provided a complimentary breakfast for g... |
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 | St. Petersburg (Day 1)
2005-04-28, Saint Petersburg, Russia. By: DBittner | | Our classes are over, most everyone is going home in two weeks, and we have been looking forward to this trip since our arrival here in Moscow on January 18. And finally here it is…our trip of rest a... |
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