>From: Katie Kelly <aceontour@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: Greetings from Estonia!
>To: Dan Pedroza <dan@mazdasouth.com>
>
>
>Well, I'm in Saint Petersburg now. The only thing
>TRAGIC so far is that a pick pocketer nabbed about
>$100 from me on the bus. That bastard. In SP, they
>have prices for Russians, and prices for foreigners.
>Cheap bastards. And people lie all the time. At this
>Internet Cafe, the guy told us it would cost 800
>rubles. LIAR! So, I said on the sign in our hostile,
>it says it's not nearly that much, and he said, "Okay,
>you can have the student price: 50 rubles an hour."
>
>
>Geez, just getting to hour hostile was a pain in the
>ass. We got to the metro from the train station. That
>had its own hassles with hagglers. Then, as we were
>nearing our hostile, and I wasn't sure EXACTLY where
>it was, this guy said, "Are you looking for 28
>Sovietskaya street?"
>
>
>"Why, yes."
>
>
>"I can tell you for 200 rubles."
>
>
>Obviously, he knew we were foreigners staying at the
>hostile. Bastard.
>
>
>But really, I like the Russian people, really I do.
>
>
>When Elenka and I leave, we're taking the train to
>Helsinki and then we're FLYING to Poland, because
>there's just no way I'm going to deal with another
>Russian train ride AGAIN!
>
>
>That's another story.
>
>
>Well, for all of America's gifts, it does not have the
>Hermitage. I am still in awe.
>
>
>Well, I'm off. This might be my last e-mail until I
>get home.
>
>
>Who's DP car are you driving?
>
>
>Ciao!
>
>
>k
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Dan Pedroza
the M road www.mroad.com
Mazda South www.mazdasouth.com
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