The last days in Питер past by very fast... though Thursday was the "students day", nobody wanted to come out with me as everyone had exam. Friday we did a last dinner in Gorohovaja 3: mexican food with the Italian boys, Tolik & Victoria and Olivier. A very nice evening that ended at 6am in Fidel. It was good to spend the last party with the people I hanged out the most though some where missing (either because they have already left or were otherwise busy...).
Saturday, the second last day in Russia started late in the afternoon and was mainly dedicated for some souvenir shopping (actually just red caviar & russki standart). In the evening Rici invited us to the dorm to eat the leftovers from his last trip to Italy... I would say leftover is very much an understatement! We enjoyed an amazing Italian dinner, starting with nice antipasti, primi plati oignion soup and carbonara & tuna spaghetti as secondi plati! As everyone was kinda tired from the night before, we did not go out and I had to go back all the way alone (kind of adventurous as the streets were frozen and my Lada taxi driver was not the most experienced!). So I had all night to reflect about my stay in Russia and sorting pictures I collected from the others... so many memories... my English vocabulary is to limited to describe them all! Compared to my stay in Turkey it was less about the place but much more about the people that made this 5 months an unforgettable experience. Though Saint-Petersburg is one huge museum it does not have the soul other cities have (this is just my very personal opinion). The city is just amazing, I think one of the most impressive sites in the world but it lacks the taking-part-of-your-soul thing. Anyway, as I said it was about the people... I will not mention everyone here... everyone who reads this lines will exactly know how she or he made my stay! I just can say "thank you" for the memories, for sharing the moments, for enjoying & suffering!
The last day started with a big brunch with Nico & Nora, two darlings :-) We finished the food, the liquids and waited for Sasha & Andreij to pick us up (thank you so much!). We enjoyed our last drive to the airport, left Nora out on the way :-( and were surprised by the most fantastic (most Russian) farewell gift from our landloards: Zar's style antique crystal shot glasses (old Russian style: appr. 70g) and a limited edition vodka! Time to say good bye to Russian soil... the check-in was tricky, I made it to Zurich with at least 15kg over luggage, being either charming or very annoying (sorry to the stewardess of Czech airlines). Passing the passport control I remembered my arrival: cloudy sky, windy, grey buildings, grim securities all over... but now I got a cute smile from the custom lady and that was not a flirt thing but just a very nice gesture! You made my day! I will keep this country in good memory though by the end I could not deal with the melancholie anymore...
all of us had plenty of Rubles left so we headed to the next bar... Nico and me ended our "being-flatmates-relationship" the way we started! I spent a great half an hour before leaving, Nico thanks for everything, Olivier ZH is not far from Lausanne and Prune I hope you could follow my explanations about my emotional status leaving this place :-) Rici you were late but cya in ZH soon (bring the Italian crew with you)! Sasha & Andreij thank you for being the most amazing landloards and the best farewell gift (besides the most fantastic flat in Pieter)! To all the others: have a great start back home, enjoy the social REintegration process, all the best and keep in touch... the world is small!
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