1. the winter
2. not being able to use credit cards
3. getting yelled at for not having correct change or using a big bill
4. militsia
5. always having to carry around your documents
6. all the fat and oil in the food
7. alcoholism
8. homeless
9. stray dogs
10. the use of dill on everything
11. relations between men and women
12. aggressive babushkas
13. packed transportation system
14. pub. transportation closing by midnight
15. bridges around the city going up at 1ish
16. crime
17. intolerance
18. russian showers
19. customer service/ lack there of
20. lack of toilet paper
Things to love:
1. architecture
2. churches
3. the people
4. generosity
5. chivalry
6. bliniy
7. productys
8. 24 hour stores of all kinds
9. the neva and canals and bridges
10. russian history
11. my host family
12. strange russian fashion
13. fur
14. arts (ballet, theater, poetry, literature..)
15. parks
16. russian kids
17. hard working women
18. russian hospitality
19. russian frankness and openness
20. mullet
21. cheap food and alcohol
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