Moscow, Russia - Lovely weather in Moscow now. The Moscow Times yesterday reported its now the most expensive city in the world. Yay. Honestly, if you *only* eat off the seemingly millions of street vendors, you'd be O.K. Nevermind the numerous bread, meat, cheese, and fried anything-you-want vendors don't carry a license on hand -- or gloves. Nevertheless, the tasty bread and meats are cheap and filling. I prefer the sushi to be honest-- and it's plentiful. I'v...

Moscow, Russia - Stick a fork in me, I'm done! I've seen the Red Square, and even from afar, I felt like leaving Moscow. What else needs to be seen? The Kremlin? The Basilica? The former KGB Headquarters? Alright, so maybe I'm just overwhelmed by the beauty and grandier of the square. Mind you, the church itself is only a few hundred feet wide, but its stature is serious. And after a healthy night of fun, I woke up with a small headache. An interesting danc...

St. Petersburg, Russia - Went to the Hermitage yesterday, and to my surprise I saw some DePaul U. students! Half way around the world and I'm attracted to DePaul like a magnet! Well, low-and-behold we had to part ways (they paid big money to get a study abroad trip, I'm just bummin' it). I also had a meeting with the Executive Director of AmCham Russia, which was very interesting and extremely informative. Much construction is going on in St. Petersburg prep...

[Sunny] St. Petersburg, Russia - It's sultry here in Sunny St. Petersburg. There isn't much humidity, so it's not too bad. Had some good salads since I've been here, an eggplant and carrot salad, a spicy carrot salad, a tuna a peppar salad (filled with vegetable oil and then refrigerated - that one wasn't so nice). I also tried the local veggies at the store, I got so excited that one store took my visa card that I bought about $15 worth of veggies. It felt nice ...

St. Petersburg, Russia - Had quite a scare with the bank. A wonderful grad student picked me up from the bus (Tallinn- St. Petersburg). Luckily, the busy was safe (no seatbelts) and clean and healthy. The good news - there was a one hour change (ahead), which made the bus trip only 7 hours. The bad news - the child who sat next to me had some sort of whooping cough. The poor kid coughed every minute, on the minute, for 2 hours. And the border patrol made every si...