1. The beautiful Hermitage Museum.
They say if you look at every piece of art in this museum, you'll need 8 years. Unfortunately, the Russian government only gave me a 10 day visa, so I had to make do with the day I had there. It was massive and over-the-top, as should any "winter palace" which housed the monarchy.
2. Pyshkis (aka Soviet doughnuts)
These little, greasy gems were a whooping 12 RUB (0.30 €) per doughnut thanks to the Russian government wanting to preserve a little bit of Soviet history. N said she could easily down 6 of these things to which I quickly matched. We were both regretting that challenge afterwards.
3. Karaoking at Dumskaya
I love to karaoke because for some reason, singing off-key while drunk makes for fun bonding moments with perfect strangers. We ended up heading to the dark side of SP on Dumskaya. While the first bar was ok (Hamburg flag waving inside) and the second bar being for kids, we decided to head to Poison, a karaoke bar. Good fun! All the classic, karaoke songs and no need for any Russian translations! :)
4. Coffee
For some reason, every day I was in SP, I had coffee. And the coffee was good. :)
5. My hosts!
I will be forever grateful for N and A for allowing me to stay with them for my 10 days in Rossiya. And thank you for all the food I had to try! :P
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