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Day 27: 22/01/2007
Well by far the most interesting part of our day was the "erotic museum" which required us to buy a book written in Cyrillic for 40RUR to get in. It's is actually a VD clinic that claims to have Rasputin's penis. So basically it's a 10m long corridor with clinic rooms (with patients) on one side and sexual novelty items (shot glass shaped like a ( Read more... ) -
Day 26: Sun 21 Jan
So we accidentally wake up late and don't get to Lenin's Mausoleum until about noon (it closes at 1). Red square has been barricaded off and people with communist flags are marching into Lenin's tomb. We have no idea what is going on... but could it be? The one day of the year... ? I grab out my lonely planet ( Read more... ) -
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Day 25: Sat 20/01/07
So basically this day ended up completely fucked through a big misunderstanding and all I got to see today was red square (it's not a square, nor is it red, it's all a lie!) and GUM (a shopping mall). At night, we hit up a bar by evening, club by night called propaganda. I have a fun night, which is partly owed to the fact that russians must have ( Read more... ) -
Day 24: Fri 19/01/07
We catch the train to Moscow, where I drunkenly practice my Russian on drunk russians. We have a quaint little cabin with reasonably comfortable beds. I sleep very little and drink a lot and regret it the next morning. -
Day 23: 18/01/07
We had a big long conversation with host-mom tonight about the differences between Australia and Russia. After about 45 minutes she's calls to her son and these are the (obviously important) things she mentions ( Read more... ) -
Day 22: 17/01/2007
So we head to the ticket office to buy tickets for Moscow. Scruff goes to get me some cash (I can't use my visa over here - I never learnt the pin, and fucked if I know where any money exchanges are that I can do in person) and we go and talk to some russian ladies with moustaches about trains. Eventually we get tickets for about 150$AUD return, ( Read more... ) -
OMG WTF BBQ
Sorry natasha i haven"t got back to you my name is rob i am the new service mananger to my understanding your bike is under warranty so no charge thanks robSo can I have the money back for my last lot of repairs then ( Read more... ) -
Day 21: 16/01/07
Class is really early so we have the rest of the day to waste. We have a huge lunch and then we head to the ticket office to pick up our tickets for Moscow. Well, I do. You see, they were meant to be following me. But when I get to the ticket office, they are not behind me. I wait for 15 or so minutes. I go out and look for them on Nevsky. I wait ( Read more... ) -
Day 20: 15/01/07
Class and other uneventful things. Our Russian frind Marina sent us a msg saying her second exam was over and she wanted to meet up. We msg her back saying "Sure, after class", which she doesn't reply. Considering last time she waited until 11:30pm to msg us back, we stay up. At about 11 we fall asleep (she never msgs back), which is shithouse ( Read more... )