We drove to Pushkin yesterday to visit the royal summer palace. We checked into our hotel (in the palace, but sooo dreary!), had lunch, then walked back to the palace to walk around. Everyone was sooo mean! The ticket lady glared at us and softened not a little with all our meager Russian. People yelled at us to take off our coats. Yelled again to put paper covers over our shoes. Then somehow we got shuttled onto a Russian tour with the most unfriendly tour guide I have ever encountered. Katy and I learned nothing but what we could piece together ourselves. The Amber Room was amazing and well worth the pain and boredom of taking an hour long tour in a language you don't understand.
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