St. Petersburg LIVE!

It seems as though we've been traveling all day. It's now 7:30 and we've come in from walking up and down an avenue that is quite "touristy" and to me, slightly "trashy." But that's somewhat my opinion of St. Petersburg so far. It seems very harsh. There are no tree lined boulevards. And the architecture is quite boring - though every building is different (with no two spaces together alike). People stand in diagonal lines. They apparently love short flowers - especially marigolds. And the men are huge (well, that's a generalization but none-the-less quite obvious).

I'm sure my opinion of St. Petersburg will change tomorrow once our tour guide takes us around to show us the true spirit of this Northern Russian city. Stay tunes...