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Monday, August 11, 2008
re: the war thing
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a small map:
I'm taking a 28 hour train ride due north from St. Petersburg tonight to Murmansk-- which you'll find there up at the top of Russia, right next to Finland--and then from there to this random little place. All of this is directly away from Georgia.
All is well. Piter is truly gorgeous and fabulous, if a little exhausting because I've been trying to take in too much at once and logging a few too many miles a day. I'll come back through for another few days after my Arctic adventure, to do things like the Hermitage and the Russian Museum and a few other things I haven't had the time or stamina for this time around. For now, a few small observations over the past few days:
1. Veganism? Essentially impossible here, at least without a kitchen. Avoiding large and obvious chunks of meat seems as doable as anywhere else, at least.
2. Russian women are insane, and I do not understand them.
3. A shocking amount of my crappy high-school Russian is coming back to me.
4. A shocking amount of it is not, and my verbal comprehension in particular is just absolute shit.
5. God fucking bless Tapatio, and God bless Brad for giving me one of his precious, precious bottles.
6. Baltika #8? Not nearly as terrible as I expected.
That is all. Next stop, Murmansk! ¶ 12:18 AM
I'm taking a 28 hour train ride due north from St. Petersburg tonight to Murmansk-- which you'll find there up at the top of Russia, right next to Finland--and then from there to this random little place. All of this is directly away from Georgia.
All is well. Piter is truly gorgeous and fabulous, if a little exhausting because I've been trying to take in too much at once and logging a few too many miles a day. I'll come back through for another few days after my Arctic adventure, to do things like the Hermitage and the Russian Museum and a few other things I haven't had the time or stamina for this time around. For now, a few small observations over the past few days:
1. Veganism? Essentially impossible here, at least without a kitchen. Avoiding large and obvious chunks of meat seems as doable as anywhere else, at least.
2. Russian women are insane, and I do not understand them.
3. A shocking amount of my crappy high-school Russian is coming back to me.
4. A shocking amount of it is not, and my verbal comprehension in particular is just absolute shit.
5. God fucking bless Tapatio, and God bless Brad for giving me one of his precious, precious bottles.
6. Baltika #8? Not nearly as terrible as I expected.
That is all. Next stop, Murmansk! ¶ 12:18 AM
