Got back from watching the bridge rise near the Hermitage last night and eventually made it to sleep. Hostel is very close to all the famous sites. Could be cleaner but hey nice folks here. N and I returned to hostel @ 2 pm - she is an aussie who is working a a legal secretary n London but is finishing a Law degree off in Sydney.
Went off today with C from Paris and we went to Alexander Nevsky Monastary and wandered around the old cemetary and said hello to Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky and assorted other famous people plus bought tickets to see Swan Lake at "tourist prices" - that's another story but Russians think they can screw tourists every which way but loose...if I say nothing they think I am Russian and don't try to make me pay too much.....small victories.
The hostel evening event is drinking vodka and so I am participating - hahahaa- right now the russian boys ar teaching us how to drink vodka and sharing all the russian words for drinking - very funny. Apparently you m ust drink only beer after drinking vodka...
tomorrow I will be well rsted and will go off nd see some of the local sights which include many groovy domed buildings. Lots of Art Nouveau here and the most amazing buildings. Lots of sour faces here and very unfriendly but not right now with all the vodka - very cheery.
So I made it here and its very strange ride.....fun though.
so glad I went to Krakow - Prague was tooooo full of touristas - beautiful but next time I will go to smaller places.
Dus Vee danyea
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