Aaahh! I’m in Russia! Oh my god, I have so much to say but not much time right now. I’m at a Russian internet cafe and I gotta run in a few minutes. I just wanted to say that we arrived in Russia yesterday and had a hell-poop day full of frustration, running around, and a taxi cab ride that I thought I’d never walk away from alive. We arrived at the train station and our driver who was to pick us up never came. Chaos ensued, a lot of unhelpful Russians didn’t help, couldn’t find a phone to use, the ticket agent pitied us and let us use her kiosk phone, I called the agency, they said the driver is waiting, we kept running outside and no one is there, an old russian babushka pities us outside and lets us use HER cellphone (ha!), she yells at the agency saying we’ve been waiting for 3 hours and finds out that they were at a station on the other side of St. Petersburg. OKAY…. so after a few minutes, our contact arrives, we hop in the death taxi, get home, our apartment is a whole other story in itself, it didnt get dark all night, we woke up today, i found an internet cafe, we ate some piroshkis and tea, life is slowly getting better and thats the short of it all. I’ll try to post some pics when i get a chance. But I am alive and well, despite all the insanity. AAAH, RUSSIA!!! kiss kiss, Marnie.