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Jealous. Looked into matches in St. Petersburg (no visa needed if in Russia for Euro 2020) but hotels were exorbinant and ticket resellers looked really shady. Also checked out Dublin and Edinburgh for stopovers on the way home but hotels were even worse b/c of game. Ended up with 2 days in Brussels instead.
Not at all to get political, but when I clicked on that video, I got a Trump ad.
DUUUDEE!!!! Let me know hwen you are in DK - I can show you all the good (craft beer) watering holes!
It was awesome. The dorm we stayed in also housed kids attending an economic college up the road. They received notice that their school was closing and they had to figure something else out. So in protest they took over the dorm. Threw furniture in the stairwells and disabled the elevators at the top. So we just came and went climbing over the stuff. We were friendly with them so we wished them well but we were all like “well the economic policies aren’t going to work” so just smiled and nodded.
I've been to some non-Russian Soviet cities in the last few years and was pleasantly surprised by the non-grayness. Nice weather and all the nicely attired ladies in summer dresses and heels probably helped. Plus, after living in Philly and Bmore for the past 20+ years, I'm used to dingey. Minsk was sparkling clean and safe in comparison.I was there back in the aughts. I was in Moscow and it looked just like you'd expect a former Soviet country to look. Gray and dreary. Don't talk any politics. Putin is no joke. I remember that every so often, we'd be talking in the office and I'd lean over to a plant or piece of art on a desk and say, "Just as a reminder, I fully support Putin and love all of his political decisions. He's the best leader in the world." Everyone would laugh, but I was kind of being serious.
Of course, I was also the guy who walked into Red Square and yelled, "WOLVERINES!!!!!" I was quickly greeted by two armed men who my former KGB handler had to explain to them that I was just a harmless moron.
I also went in winter, so there was snow on the ground. Maybe in the spring it colors up. But the buildings looked like cement blocks. My hotel was across from a casino and that place had neon and blinking lights. But the rest of the place seemed dreary.
We also did 2 days in St Petersburg on a Baltic cruise within the last few years. The tourist sites like Catherine's Palace, the Hermitage, Church of Spilled Blood, etc are simply amazing. I've never been in a cleaner subway station either. Would absolutely recommend visiting.
My goodness. Even if he made that up, that's one of the greatest stories I've ever heard.
