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Comparing

The first real day in Helsinki I didn’t have enough euros on me. I hadn’t had a chance to go to an ATM. But I was so thirsty. I was buying some water for about 1 euro. I asked if I could use my credit card. And their answer was “yes” without hesitation. In Russia, [...]

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The night bus

So to get out of Russia, I took a bus to Finland. It was a night bus, obviously catered to Russians. Everything was conducted in Russia, which at that point, was no big deal. But still, when I talk, it is clear that I am a foreigner. Note to self, work on Russian accent. Anyway. [...]

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So I have been out of the country, and sadly by country I mean Russia, for while now. I went on two exciting trips. One was to Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Russia with my brother and father, and the second trip was to Greece with some of my friends whom I study with here in [...]

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Post Office

I went to the post office on Sunday. I know Sunday. This country is weird. Anyway, I wanted to send out some postcards and had nothing better to do. I arrived at the huge square building and immediately noticed about 30 windows to make important post transactions. But of course, being Russia, about 5 windows [...]

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