I am sitting in my room in front of my stuff that I succeeded to pack without a sweat and I cleaned the room already. Basically I am ready to go home. It makes me sad and happy at the same time. I st...
My friend came to visit me from Finland to St. Pete and this is my last week here. Of course I’ve been doing tourist stuff the whole autumn but now I can be a real tourist for this week. I am s...
Wow! I can’t believe how fast time runs. It feels like yesterday was the beginning of September and today when I woke up it is suddenly November. Today was the last day of my internship which m...
Russians put a high value on birthdays. It is a celebration that is also noticed at work which is quite cute I think :-) It is quite common that at work the person who has birthday receives something...
This week has been more or less a disaster so I hope that next week I will have a better karma.. The biggest pooper was a crippling back ache that was teasing me almost the whole week. My back is soa...
Today is the first day of November which means that winter is getting closer and closer and my number of days in St. Pete are getting smaller. Two months behind and the last one ahead. But I am glad ...
I don’t know how but my life has been super busy lately. Last week I had another guest from Finland and we had a great time. I am still recovering :-D Although I’ve been living here almos...
You never know what kind of skills you develop in Russia! One of my newest skill is wrestling. The easiest place to learn it is in the metro at rush hour. Sometimes you really have to wrestle your wa...
My friend came to visit me from Finland for few days. I tried to show her all the interesting sides of the city and make her trip a blast. Hopefully it was fun for her because it surely was to me :-...
At the moment two of my favourite places are grocery store and post office.. for developing my patience. I love everything that has to do with standing in a line (only in Russia). It’s so uniqu...
Yesterday there was a Tusovka festival in my favourite club, Club Gribojedov. There were two bands from Finland (Tundramatiks and Laineen Kasperi & Palava Kaupunki) and one from Russia (Skazy Les...
I was an actress yesterday ;-) My roommate asked if I could help her in her art video project because she is going to another city in Russia during the weekend for an art exhibition and she needs to ...
My feet heart so much! I was walking almost the whole day yesterday. First I went jogging for the first time here (and for the first time like in 2 months, yaiks) to a nearby park and then I went sho...
Our CEO returned from her vacation and in my case it meant increased amount of work. She is doing a good job keeping me busy at work :-) Today I was calling to Russian companies and it is always a re...
I found maybe my favourite neighbourhood bar! I’ve been passing it many times and I’ve read many times that they have movie nights and yesterday I went in for the first time and I liked i...
Blaah I am sick. I didn’t go to work today.. Also my back has been sore during this week.. I’ve been drinking lots of tea and pumping c-vitamin and medicine into me. I also made borsch to...
You never know what you get back when you give money to the bartender in Russia. Of course you get your drink but the change can surprise you.. Once I got a polet for this stupid game which name I ca...
I visited the art festival yesterday with my room mates. I really liked the realization of the festival. I mean it is a great idea to put contemporary art in old museums. It’s a nice contradict...
I have been so lazy the whole week!! Actually I had lots to do at home with the computer and it’s been raining a lot so I don’t feel so bad for staying at home almost the whole week.. Now...
Oh yeah I forgot to say that I will upload some photos every now and then to Flickr. You can find the link also from the right side of the blog from My Flickr.
Phuu this monday was kind of harsh.. I couldn’t really sleep in the night and the day has been foggy. I saw one mosquito before I tried to fell asleep and after that I just couldn’t relax...
You never know when the diskoteka surprises you by playing a Finnish song! I heard yesterday Pojat on Poikii in a club :-D I was totally surprised. I said to the DJ thanks for playing a Finnish song ...
You never know what you find when you come home :-) Today we’re going to see this one event where paper lanterns will be sent to the sky. It’s going to start at 9pm in Marsovo pole (̶...
As the title says I am glad that it’s Friday. My two friends from Finland are in Piter! Today we’re going to eat in my favourite restaurant, Lagidze, and after that who knows what will ha...
Today starts my third workday and I have high hopes for the day because the first two workdays weren’t so successful. My superior has been super busy so I haven’t had much to do… I need some tasks th...
Your hair straightener’s plug fits perfectly to the socket so you think that all the other devices will also fit… They won’t. My hair dryer’s plug doesn’t fit to the soc...
I made it! I got all my bags and myself to my new home here in St. Petersburg. I arrived yesterday and I was worrying for nothing. My host family or roommates (don’t know any good word for them...
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