Preparation....South Korea's Got Seoul!Well, we're here.....We are gloopy....Have a great weekend!Hello, Friends!Snow! Snow! Snow!Another Monday....Where is the sneg of yesteryear?!?Merry Christmas!С Новым Годом!Наш Рай!Back to School.....NovgorodAnother week has passed......Very quickly....
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St. Petersburg (Saint Petersburg), Russia
We had a pretty fun weekend - we went out on Friday night with a girl we met at school, and her boyfriend and flatmate. Her boyfriend is Irish, so we went to this Irish bar in the city, right next to the Mariinsky theatre. It was pretty fun, and we got home pretty late (although our festivities were hampered slightly by the fact that, if we didn't get home before 1am, we'd get locked out and potentially freeze to death), so we slept pretty late on Saturday and had a bit of a lazy day. Then yesterday, we went to a museum about the Siege of Leningrad, which was really interesting, if a little intense for a Sunday afternoon. It really made me wish I had a better knowledge of Russian history, so we might try and search for some books while we're here.
Then, as we were planning to catch a bus home, the sun came out! Seriously - the sky was actually blue! It was sooo exciting, all of a sudden people were outside, and looked happy, and were taking photos and stuff. So we decided that we simply couldn't go home and do our study in our room in such beautiful weather, so we celebrated by taking a wander around the centre of town, then going to a coffee shop we've been dying to try since we got here, 'Stolle'. It's written up in both our guide books as having the best pelmeni (pies) in the city, and it really was delicious. They had fantastic coffee as well, so we had a bit of a feast. Then, on the way home, we saw that a nearby shoe shop was having a sale on boots, and we both picked up a pair of fur-lined beauties for about AUS$60 each. They are so warm and comfy - which is great, because our feet are getting cold already, and the weather has actually been pretty warm - it's 4 degrees above today. So now we're prepared for when the winter really starts!
It's so beautiful here, and it's so much fun to just watch people going past. All the children look SO CUTE in winter gear - they all wear these padded jumpsuits and bounce around the street like happy little elves. We were crossing the street the other day to get to school, and we saw a whole gaggle of cute little schoolkids crossing the road - they were in a long line, like little ducklings, and they were sooo cute! I want a padded jumpsuit!
Well, I guess I better head home soon - we might cook up an exciting dinner of potatoes and garlic! Mmmm....actually, cooking in our room has been going ok. The other day we actually managed to poach some eggs in our tiny pan, and we toasted bread, grilled tomatoes, and had them with fetta cheese and avocado. The only problem is that we have no actual cutlery - we're using Zoe's Swiss Army knife to cut everything, and plastic spoons to eat our delicious concoctions. We only have plastic plates as well, although we did manage to find two proper cups. What luxury! Oh, well.....it still tastes just as good.
I think I'll leave it at that today - I hope everyone is well. Zoe was reading the St Petersburg Times, and saw in the International section that the headlines from Australia were about someone stealing a bunch of ham and small goods from a supermarket in Sydney, so I hope everyone's coming to terms with that! Almost as exciting as our blog......almost!
We'll write again soon - have fun in the sun!
Lots of love, Meg and Zoe
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Great travel stories Meg (& Zoe)
Written by jim.ross 14 months ago
Love reading your daily storybook. Keep it coming. Jim Ross
well hello indeed!
Written by sarahjane 14 months ago
i am so very glad you are being studious at maintaining this blog for it is really most entertaining :-D your boots sounds very zexy girls - i hope they are lovely and comfortable! bris vegas is simply the same - warmish, sunny and full of retail christmas stressiness...ah well, what can be done?! looking forward to further adventures sjb x ps - meg i did submit the paper! just thought you'd like to know :-D