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St. Petersburg - Day 1

20 September. I had finished my intership in Adverbum and I had one week of holidays before return to Spain. So we (my cousin Alvaro and me) decided to go to St. Petersburg, Russia. The trip started with a the taxi driver in Riga trying to cheat us: Taxi Driver: It is 3 lats Me: And why in the taximeter appears 1.95 ??? Taxi Driver: Don't worry he he he Me: Yes, yes ... I don't worry. Your 2 lats. Bye! From Riga, you can go by train, plane or bus ( Eurolines or Ecolines ). We had chosen the bus option for 2 reason: Schedule. The travel was during the night Price. Return ticket (billete de ida y vuelta) for 43 euros. After 12 hours of bus, we arrived in St Petersburg after suffer a traffic jam. In the bus stop, Miguel (3/4 Spanish, 1/4 Russian friend) was waiting for us. Miguel and Carlos Tejo I wan to say a big Thank you! because he took care of us before the trip and during the trip. Although he had to attend some other events, we could meet a couple of times and he teached ...

Next stop: Russia

Busy last days in Riga. Alvaro, my cousin is here. Rafa , a friend form the university was also during the weekend. I will write about this after THE TRIP. We (Alvaro and me) will visit Russia since today night until 26th September. We will go to S. Petersburg. Everybody tells amazing things about this city, so we need to check it. As everything is written in Cirilic alphabet, yesterday we bought a Russian-English dictionary. During the trip we will try to learn to read with this new alphabet. So, see you soon! Maybe the next post will be from Russia... or Spain... Who knows ?