Trip Planning
My mom and I just spent about 4 hours trying to work out the flight logistics of our trip. Its complicated since returning home involves getting from Kazan to Moscow, then Moscow to Petersburg where I have a group flight through my program, then Petersburg to Frankfurt to Washington D.C. to Des Moines. Boy am I going to be tired when I get back to Grinnell.
Anyways after mostly (but not completely) sorting this out, I've been going through our Lonely Planets for Russia and St. Petersburg. They keep cracking me up. Check out the following hotel descriptions:
Hotel Leningradskaya: "Arriving at this looming skyscraper in the dead of night is likely to strike fear into your heart, but in the daytime its worth considering."
Hotel Akron: "Has all the charm of corporate cubicles, but at least its clean"
Hotel Rossia: "Decaying is a polite way to describe it"
Hotel Sadko: "The spacious rooms are bright enough for heart surgery, but most are overpriced."
Turbaza Stanitsya: "To get there, follow the tiny lane behind the bus stop to the river, take the narrow riverside path 5 minutes to the right, cross the rickety footbridge, and then double back through a row of garages to the end of the track"
Hotel Kievskaya: "Although grubby, its a somewhat friendly Soviet relic slowly undergoing renovation"
Tselebny Narzan Hotel: "Appalling wallpaper...a package for newlyweds that entitles the happy couple to romantic dinners, consultations from a gynaecologist/urologist, and an ultrasound screening, in case they start a family"
Hotel Rossia (another one): "If you value a grainy TV, a 'mini bar' (a plastic basket of candy bars and a wheezing refrigerator filled with dusty bottles) and a one-station radio, this is the place for you"
Anyways after mostly (but not completely) sorting this out, I've been going through our Lonely Planets for Russia and St. Petersburg. They keep cracking me up. Check out the following hotel descriptions:
Hotel Leningradskaya: "Arriving at this looming skyscraper in the dead of night is likely to strike fear into your heart, but in the daytime its worth considering."
Hotel Akron: "Has all the charm of corporate cubicles, but at least its clean"
Hotel Rossia: "Decaying is a polite way to describe it"
Hotel Sadko: "The spacious rooms are bright enough for heart surgery, but most are overpriced."
Turbaza Stanitsya: "To get there, follow the tiny lane behind the bus stop to the river, take the narrow riverside path 5 minutes to the right, cross the rickety footbridge, and then double back through a row of garages to the end of the track"
Hotel Kievskaya: "Although grubby, its a somewhat friendly Soviet relic slowly undergoing renovation"
Tselebny Narzan Hotel: "Appalling wallpaper...a package for newlyweds that entitles the happy couple to romantic dinners, consultations from a gynaecologist/urologist, and an ultrasound screening, in case they start a family"
Hotel Rossia (another one): "If you value a grainy TV, a 'mini bar' (a plastic basket of candy bars and a wheezing refrigerator filled with dusty bottles) and a one-station radio, this is the place for you"
posted by Julia | 6:46 PM
2 Comments:
Yah, I was suprised by the hotels! I brought linen spray with me for the difficult ones. But, at least you have running water and it is normally hot! If you want some ideas about which hotels I had good experiencs with just let me know! Good luck on your planning! When do you leave?
Makes it really hard to choose! :) G-ma
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