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Russia 1 of 3 - St. Petersburg  (2007.05.14)
Our first impressions of the new St. Petersburg were gloomy - congested streets, poor air quality, and decaying soviet-era buildings. We left with a somewhat different impression - St. Petersburg is a beautiful city, but not quite there yet.
hero-city leningrad the neighbordhood where I grew up (though no longer quite the same one) we stayed with my uncle's mother
old school rotary phone
great tea shots in the bathroom
here we go
we lived on the 5th floor of this building our entrance-way
the rocket ship where we played as kids (still there)
where I went to school up to the 3rd grade pensioners selling second hand goods soviet-era mailboxes are still everywhere
inside the metro system - still runs like clockwork
downtown
a division of EF (woohoo)
a theme for the trip
pretty, no?
our savior on spilled blood another pushkin monument
back at the apartment
meeting with childhood friends
best restaurant in st. petersburg; shinok at the five corners
yum!
where my dad spent his first year as an undergraduate
one of the last remaining trams in st. petersburg news are still posted for all to see former movie theater "moskva"
classmates of my mom's
on the banks of the niva river rather like venice isn't it?
on a boat cruise for the raising of the bridges (great!)