Saint Petersburg aka Pieteri

Well I just Spent 4 AMAZING days with the most amazing people on Earth. It started on Thursday April 25th When I got on a bus at 4:30 in the morning. Then we had around 12 hours on the bus filled with many jokes, much laughing and hugging. At around 12 we reached a travel center hear the border where all of Exchange students from all 3 buses got together. There was A LOT of laughing and hugging because we were seeing a lot of people we hadn't seen in a long time. Then we went to the border. First we went through the Finnish side, which went really well then the Russian side. It was scary because none of them smiled, at all... but it all went smoothly and we reached out hotel at 8 and enjoyed the rest of the night. On the 26th I woke up at 7:30 and went to breakfast. The breakfast were ok in the hotel, but the eggs sucked. After breakfast we had some time, and then we left at around 9. We went to two museums that day. The first was the former winter palace of a tsars daughter but he died before she got to live in it. It had six sets of buildings all full of stuff. We went through 4 buildings but only looked at the art, which was still really cool because there were rare pieces. The next museum was weird. It was another huge building but this time it was full of cultural exhibits, and dead babies. Yes I said dead babies. Part of the collection came from a German which did medical research on dead babies, especially those with defects. It was interesting. For lunch we had a mix of Turkish and Russian food at a place called 1001 nights. We got back to the hotel at around 4, ate dinner ad got ready for a show on Russian folklore. I thought it was gonna be really boring but it was really awesome. There was a lot of sick dancing and cool singing. Then we went back to the hotel and chilled until 2. Well I took a shower and it was terrible. No pressure, disgusting water, and either to hot or to cold. Well on the 27th I again was up at 7:30, and again breakfast sucked. We went on a bus tour for several hours, seeing all the major spots, then we had free time and lunch in the main center of the city. It was really fun because I was in a group of bout 20-30 kids and I was wearing my American flag as a cape. For lunch we had Russian fast food. I had a pancake with ham and cheese and borscht. Then we met some belibers, waits for Justin Beiber( he never showed) and then went back to the hotel. We had dinner, which was good this time( goulash and rice) and then got dressed for the ballet. The ballet was nice. It was a Scottish play about love and death( broken hearts). I got bored because ballets aren't my thing but it was still good. After that we went back to the hotel. I panicked because I thought I lost my bag but in fact I just left it in the lobby and the staff picked it up. Then we all relaxed and all went to bed really late. On Sunday we ate breakfast at 8 and ere gone by 9:45. We went through the border just fine and then got lunch. Lunch was hard because we had to say goodbye to everyone, many of of which we won't see again. I and many other people cried that day. the bus ride was long yet fun and I got to Seinäjoki at 10:30 but we weren't home until 12 because I accidentally picked up another bag and had to give it back. Then I went to bed a 1. Today he 29th I skipped morning classes and had a very nice short day. I slept a lot today and then went to Rotary. Was a pretty boring day.