St. Petersburg - day 4

I got an earlier start today (Sunday, 6 August) and basically just walked around the entire day exploring different parts of the city such as the Summer Palace and Gardens and then Peter and Paul Fortress. It was a beautiful day and there were lots of people out. I have to say that St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever seen. Ironically it is very European looking (ironic because its in Russia). So many grand, old, beautiful buildings. Its pretty overwhelming. Its starting to feel like you could spend weeks or months here and still not see everything. Its feels similiar to Rome in that respect. Its strange mix of beauty and grit that I am not used to.

I also must say that Russian women are H-O-T, hot!! Wow. I wasn't expecting to be surprised by beautiful women after visiting Scandinavia, but Russia was a very pleasant surprise. For some reason I had this idea in my head that Russian women, while attractive, were more modest, but they definitely dress more scantily than Scandinavian women. Too bad they don't speak much english.....

Tomorrow I have one more day of sight seeing in St. Petersburg before catching the night train to Moscow tomorrow night. I met a guy from Santiago, Chili in the hostel who was going to Moscow the same day and we bought tickets on the train together. I've also met at least 3 other people taking the Trans-Sib too.

And one more thing I have to mention. I also met a Kiwi last night (on his 3rd Trans-Sib journey) and when I asked him how long he had been traveling for he said, "7 years." So the natural, albeit nosey, question I followed with was, "how are you funding that!?!?!" Turns out he worked for a while and saved up enough money to be able to live off (travel on) the interest. He wasn't sure how long he would keep traveling for. Talk about my dream come true!! Lets just say I went to sleep frustrated and envious of his situation, trying to think of how I could do such a thing..... damn.