I've Arrived!!

I've made it to St. Petersburg!

Despite including a 12-hour layover overnight at the airport in Kiev, my journey from London to St. Petersburg went smoothly and fairly easily. I had originally intended to get some photos from the air, but ended up sleeping the entire way, on both flights. So my first views of the city were of the tarmac. I didn't think you'd want to see those. Kinda boring.

I was picked up from the airport, and an hour later was at the dormitory that will be my home for the next seven weeks.

At first glance its pretty sketch. The kitchen and bathroom aren't too great, and its not particularly clean. My room is nice and big though, and bright from a big window and balcony.

This is my half of my room. Pretty basic but that's ok. At least I fit in the bed. Well, as long as I don't try and stretch out tooooo far.











My flatmates are all from China, and most have been here for several months, including my roommate who will be here for another year.



The kitchen. Also pretty big, but kinda gross.

The building is 12 floors, and I'm on the 11th, so I have a pretty good view. The residence is less than a block from the water, and the buildings on the other side of the street are quite nice, so I have a good view.

This is looking towards the water. You can kinda see it between the buildings. There's even a small beach. No good for swimming but there's still sand!

This is the view in the other direction. The bus stop is at the end of the street, so its easy to get around. Although the dorm IS located at the very far end of the island, so it takes about 30 mins by bus to get downtown.

And thats where I live!