Муж and I were lucky enough to celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary in St. Pete last year. He took me to this nice restaurant across from our hotel called ‘Ферм A’, and then on a ночная прогулка по рекам и каналам (midnight river cruise). We opted for the ночная прогулка (midnight cruise), where they played Russian pop music, and you got to see the raising of the bridges, as opposed to the дневная (daytime one) where a Russian lady yells interesting facts at you through a megaphone.
This little stand of goodies was between our hotel and the metro station, so it quickly became our morning tradition. I would get a tiny little cup of coffee (= instant cappuccino) and 1 or 2 пышки - which are like donuts, but smaller, a little greasier, covered in powdered sugar, and in my opinion much better! Oh, this picture brings back fond memories!
And now the moment you’ve all been waiting for…a view of our mini fridge in St. Petersburg!
Муж was so happy/proud to find those big water jugs. I think it was his first time outside of the hotel without me as his translator - not bad! We were finally able to get all the water to drink that we needed!
[Russian lesson: Water = вода]
“Ребёнок с нами” = Baby on board (or literally ‘a child is with us’)
(Also, I think this may be an undercover Ghostbusters mobile.)
This was definitely one of the things I was looking forward to doing during this trip. (I know - ambitious, huh?)
When we found this nice outdoor cafe, I walked up to the counter, looked at the small posted menu, and asked, “Do you have any _____?” (Can’t remember what I wanted, but it was on the menu.) The young woman behind the counter replied very politely, “No.” So I asked, “What do you have?” Again, very friendly and politely, “nothing”.
Luckily, in Russia, there usually isn’t a shortage of kiosks selling greasy little treats. This is a хычин с мясом (fried meat pocket) I originally fell in love with the cheese version (хычин с сыром) in Sochi in 2003. And don’t forget the Балтика (Baltika beer)!
