fifth part two

OVERALL VIEW OF ST.PETES.
I COULD PROBABLY BECOME A GUIDE I HAVE WALKED SO MANY STREETS.THE METRO/BUSES ARE HARD TO UNDERSTAND NOT KNOWING THE ALPHABET.THERE ARE A LOT OF LOVELY OLD BUILDINGS.THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION WORK GOING ON,SO THERE IS ALOT OF DUST.THE STREETS ARE NOT CLEAN,SO ITS NOT A VERY CLEAN CITY.THERE ARE ALOT OF RUSSIAN RESTAURANTS LITTERED WITH IKEA DEBRIS.ITS NOT A CHEAP PLACE UNLESS YOU WANNA EAT AT MACDONALDS EVERYDAY.I WOULD NOT GO BACK AND I GOT THE FEELING MOST RUSSIANS WOULD QUITE HAPPILY DEPART.

26.9.07/
6.00AM...ALARM/COFFEE.
6.20AM...SHOWER/COFFEE.
7.00AM...OUT ON THE STREET...ON WAY TO PICK UP BUS FOR AIRPORT.
7.20AM...BUS ARRIVE...70 ROUBLES.
8.00AM...SEARCH FOR INFO DESK...THE WOMAN DONT SPEAK ENGLISH...ABOUT AS MUCH USE AS A HOLE PUNCH WHEN TRYING TO FIX A PUNCTURE ON YOUR BIKE!
8.20AM...EVENTUALLY FOUND SOMEONE WHO COULD SPEAK A LITTLE ENGLISH...TOLD US WHERE TO QUEUE AT 10.10AM.
10.10AM...WRONG QUEUE!
10.30AM...SPOKE TO AN AMERICAN EMBASSY CHAP...FOUND RIGHT QUEUE.
10.50AM...SECURITY...SHOES REMOVED.
11.00AM...BAGGAGE DESK...WRONG DESK...SENT TO ANOTHER DESK.
11.10AM...HAND LUGGAGE CHECK.
11.25AM...BOARD PLANE.
11.35AM...TAKE OFF!
MIDDAY...FREEBIE SANDWICH/JUICE...HAD TO PUT EAR PHONES IN.THE RUSSIAN CHAP NEXT TO ME COULD WIN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SNIFFLING!...I AM NOT SURE HOW WE GOT THIS FAR BECAUSE NO NUMBERS ON OUR TICKETS MATCH THIS FLIGHT!
1.00PM...ARRIVED MOSCOW AIRPORT...BAGGAGE CLAIM...EVERYTHING OK.
1.30PM...TOOK EXPRESS SLOW TRAIN TO CENTRE OF MOSCOW.
2.00PM...WALKED OUTA STATION...GOT LOST...FOUND METRO.
3.00PM...TOOK METRO TO ARBATSKAYA...NEAR WHERE WE ARE STAYING?...WE WALK THE WHOLE OF ARBAT...FRUITLESS...WE THEN FIND OUT THERE IS AN OLD ARBAT AND A NEW ARBAT...WE WANT THE OLD...AND WE HAVE THE WHOLE OF THE NEW...3 MILE!
5.45PM...SAT IN CAFE...BEWILDERED...DAZED...A MAN NOTICES NU LOOKING WELL UNHAPPY...HE SPEAK OK ENGLISH...HE PHONES THE PLACE WE WANT...THEY GIVE US DIRECTIONS...JOY AT LAST!
7.00PM...ARRIVE AT HOTEL/HOSTEL VIA BAKERY NEXT DOOR...SHOWN ROOM...I DONT KNOW WHAT TO SAY...I HAVE STAYED IN SOME HOVELS IN MY TIME PLUS THE PRICE AS GONE UP 35 DOLLARS!I AM GLAD WE BOUGHT OUR SLEEPING BAGS...THE SHEETS MAYBE CLEAN BUT LOOK WELL USED...NO CURTAIN...WE HAD TO PUT A SHEET UP PLUS THE DOOR AS A GAP AN INCH WIDE ALL THE WAY ROUND!...WE DONT HAVE A LOCK...WE HAVE A PADLOCK!...THE SHOWER WAS WONDERFUL AND THE PEOPLE ARE VERY PLEASANT...OH WELL...BUT THE BIG PLUS IS WE ARE ON A BUSTLING STREET WITH STREET PLAYERS AND LITTLE BARS...WHICH WE ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT ABOUT!
9.00PM...PIZZA AND BEER...NU HAD SPAG BOL.
9.30PM...WONDERFUL...BEER DOWNED IN 3!
10.15PM...BOUGHT SOME WATER...BACK AT NEW HOVEL.
10.30PM...CRASH!


IS BEING UNEDUCATED AN EDUCATION OR A VOCATION?

BYE FOR NOWZ.