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Nice quote on the Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya Hotel in St Petersburg -
"I am Engish and expect at least a
modicum of good manners from hotel staff"
Oh well if you're English that's another matter, eh? How about 'I'm Guatamalan and I expect at least a modicum of hasheesh to be made available to me in room service"...
suddenly the history and drama of a city which has always been a bit different from the green and pleasant land and which, as Leningrad, saw 1.5 million people (more than the population of Estonia) perish in the siege of 1941-44, people reduced to making soup from the glue scraped from cheap furniture and all that, I suppose they ought to have epxected at least a modicum of respect from the Nazis? Fuck off back to Bexhill on Sea or wherever you came from.
Oh well I'm only half English.
It’s it’s the thorgt that counts…
2 days ago
He came from Warwick :). He wrote this in 2004, it wasn't a very good time for Russia. Now in St. Petersburg is much better.
ReplyDeleteDo you want stay in Pribaltiyskaya? I've been around this hotel, there is a nice view, but I haven't lived in it.
And what about your second half? Are you Guatamalan? :)
That's interesting Andrey, I come from near Warwick too!! I am indeed staying at the Pribaltiskaya next month...not half Guatamalan, sadly!!
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