Ryssland? России?

Made it to St Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург) after two nights of ferry trips, an hour in a lineup for 'passport control' that extended all the way back to the boat, and the most disorganized bus tour in history. It's toasty here. 28 C... and feeling incredibly lost in cyrillic. Good thing I brought my handy dandy Russian phrasebook (thank you Lonely Planet). But still, never been in a place where I can't even pretend to think I can even recognize the symbols. New ones keep appearing, like the grand piano ( д ) and 6 ( б ) ? Anyway time to get ready for the Russian folk dinner tonight...??? Should be VERY interesting.


teaser photo I took today...