Dear Dollary (2015-08-10)

Seriously.  Russia is amazing.  Go there now.1

Perhaps my Russian люблю праздник is only because I came in with lower expectations, but overall it’s been an amazing week here.2  I wish we had more time.  We could have spent a week in Moscow and two in St. Petersburg.

Opulence.  Russia haz it.

Ah, remember this commercial?3

St. Petersburg is B-E-A-utiful.

The Winter Palace at Night. A miracle it survived the German siege during WWII. More on that later….

Today we spent the afternoon at the Peterhof palace outside of St. Petersburg.  I’ll leave the details for the eventual full-coverage post on RedheadRoamer.com.

But opulence.

Man, does Russia ever has it:

And… I finally got the corner of the railing for the perfect pho-nevermind.there.comes.my.wife.

This is probably the second most amazing and over-the-top-wealthy-cool day trip I’ve done.4 5 6

One more down.

We leave for Finland tomorrow.  Sorry to say Dasvidanya to Russia.  It was amazing.

So going out with a bang with a quick blog post.

Oh.  And if you’ve ever wondered what a 53 Ruble beer looks like,7 this is it:

Finish this beer and you will receive the Order of Lenin….

If you’ve ever wondered what a 53 Ruble beer tastes like?  Just take a can of Natty Light and mix in 1/3 a shot of Axe Body Spray and 1/3 a shot of Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner.8

Thanks for reading,9

Christopher