Petersburg

It becomes apparent to me that St. Petersburg is unlike any other city in the world. Some call it "The Venice of the north" It was built on a river delta from nothing mirroring central europe. It looks extremely European for a Russian city. Also parts of it remind you of Venice because of the canals. It's a beutiful city and because it's so far north you can experience the phenominon of "white night". Sadly we are in spring at the sun will start to go down around 10 pm so we can't read newspapers in the streets at 2 am, but I know it's possible in the right season. It's quite beautiful here, and beautiful in it's own specific way. I'm very glad this will be the last Russian city I am to set foot in before returning to America

it's been too long

So, the final has been done, and we had a final party. So we practiced this Russian dance like crazy and it didn't come off super well, but it worked when we performed it. It was an emotional week. Last goodbyes to everyone. We said goodbye at the final party, where we saw the last of all our friends. After that we had a couple days left in Nizhney Novgorod and left at the train station. They say that the platforms are wet in Russia because of the tears shed in train stations. It was good, my host family was really sad to see me go. After that it was an overnight ride to Saint Petersburg formerly Leningrad