I'm in Russia. I don't have much time to write, as I have to get going - there's a bottle of Vodka being opened at this very minute that I don't want to miss out on.
I will say that St. Petersburg is like I expected. You can tell that at one time, this was a magnificent city, with the biggest and best of everything. You can also tell that the city has seen some hard times, but that it remains a proud place. Today involved a trip to the Peter and Paul Fortress, which happens to be where the Czars have been buried since the first Peter, as well as some random wandering in the cold rain. I had a great Russian lunch, consisting of potato dumplings and pancake soup, that cost me around 4 dollars, beer included.
I'll try to get more up on this blog thing tomorrow, after I've been to the Hermitage.
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