Sea, Sand and Ice in St Petersburg
April 27th 2009 I arrived in St Petersburg to find all steriotypes true - My first sighting was of an industrial wasteland from a car with a racist taxi driver having just been through a very unfriendly customs experiance. The taxi driver even told me that the old Lada was the best car ever, very well suited for Russian roads, not like other cars.
I have found St Petersburg to be a city of faded splendour, cl
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