St Petersburg is an awesome city. So many incredible buildings and monuments and great looking girls everywhere!
The roads are crazy, the first day we were running across crossings all the time, even if the lights are red some cars will come at you. It seems that you have to show the driver that you're willing to get run over to make them stop.
Our first night, we went for a walk and got lost. Both tired and sick of walking we were getting wound up when a group of Norwegians came up to us and pretty much told us to go for a beer with them. They sorted us out completely, giving us a map and circling where our hostel was as well as a few things we should see. The Norwegians can drink! We went out with them again last night and i foolishly tried to keep up with them on the Ruski Standart.. I was in a bad way this morning. Cool people.
On Friday we were taken out by our honcho, Helga. She showed us all the sights and took us out for a meal and drinks with her Friends later on. We had cabbage pie and some kind of beef soup which wasn't all that great! She took us to a few bars, the later one was mad. Absolutely no room and almost every person in there dancing with enthusiasm. I read they know how to party in St Petersburg and i think this might be true!
Yesterday we tried to go to a Zenit game (St Petersburgs football team). On the way we got stopped by 2 massive policemen who asked to see our tickets (we didn't have any) and told us to stand aside. We managed to get away after he looked at both our passports, but after hearing horror stories about the Russian police we were both pretty nervous to say the least.. We tried to buy tickets a few minutes later but were told "Tickets Finish". By then we were quite happy to just get away from the hundreds of police around the stadium.
Internet minutes are running out now, We're off to Moscow on the overnight train later. Interesting to see if we get any sleep...