Ratings explained: 'Bad times' - self explanatory 'Don't bother' - self explanatory 1* - worth a look 2* - Good Times 3* - Unmissable + - emphasis on the rating I expect people to filter the rating through their own travel desires so if you know you hate museums you can downgrade a 3* museum to a 'Don't Bother'. In St Petersburg we rapidly learned any number of things: That there are plenty of jobs in Moscow and St Petersburg but not so many elsewhere in Central Russia, and they have a lot of migrants from Ukraine, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; all this from our helpful airport transfer driver. That the women dress very provocatively and never, ever smile. That the kebabs in Russia are hot and delicious ( I learned that actually, Alicia refused). That every
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