Hey there,
finally my roommate arrived and I've met other exchange students as well :) Still not that many students here but the orientation week starts tomorrow so I guess everything will get started then.
Yesterday I took care of some boring things like getting a Russian number etc but then I finally got to go to the city center. The trip started with an interesting metro ride: the metro stations are actually pretty clean and nice and so are the metros as well. It would have been a quite pleasant way of moving from one place to another but was extremely loud. You can either try to scream something to the other person's ear and hope she/he hears 50% of it or just accept the fact that there's no point in trying to have a nice conversation while travelling with a metro.
When we finally got to the city center I was positively surprised of how small it felt like. It's a huge city (more than twice the size of the population of Finland) but it did not feel too big. We went to Gorky Park, a nice park where people go hanging out. I really liked it: it was calm but lively at the same time.
Pics from the park and its surroundings
Gorky Park is located right by the river and we took a nice walk along the river with Russian buddies as our guides. I have to say I really like the city! It has been too good for too long so I'm afraid the reality will hit me hard soon (like super crowded metros and pick pockets etc) but right now I'll enjoy every minute of this!
It was warm even late in the evening so no jackets or jeans are needed! And the sunset painted a beautiful red color over the city.
...and the best part is that we went to have dinner in the old city center and I paid 3,8e for a (small) portion of dumplings (and the same amount for Russian beer :D and I have to say I really liked it ;)).
Tonight we'll enjoy the "last day of the vacation" by going back to the city center in the evening and tomorrow we'll get the studies started!
finally my roommate arrived and I've met other exchange students as well :) Still not that many students here but the orientation week starts tomorrow so I guess everything will get started then.
Yesterday I took care of some boring things like getting a Russian number etc but then I finally got to go to the city center. The trip started with an interesting metro ride: the metro stations are actually pretty clean and nice and so are the metros as well. It would have been a quite pleasant way of moving from one place to another but was extremely loud. You can either try to scream something to the other person's ear and hope she/he hears 50% of it or just accept the fact that there's no point in trying to have a nice conversation while travelling with a metro.
When we finally got to the city center I was positively surprised of how small it felt like. It's a huge city (more than twice the size of the population of Finland) but it did not feel too big. We went to Gorky Park, a nice park where people go hanging out. I really liked it: it was calm but lively at the same time.
Pics from the park and its surroundings
Gorky Park is located right by the river and we took a nice walk along the river with Russian buddies as our guides. I have to say I really like the city! It has been too good for too long so I'm afraid the reality will hit me hard soon (like super crowded metros and pick pockets etc) but right now I'll enjoy every minute of this!
It was warm even late in the evening so no jackets or jeans are needed! And the sunset painted a beautiful red color over the city.
...and the best part is that we went to have dinner in the old city center and I paid 3,8e for a (small) portion of dumplings (and the same amount for Russian beer :D and I have to say I really liked it ;)).
Tonight we'll enjoy the "last day of the vacation" by going back to the city center in the evening and tomorrow we'll get the studies started!
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