As I wrote before, I'm going to be in St. Petersburg from next Friday until the Wednesday after. Obviously, I'm very much looking forward to this and really can't wait to arrive there. Since it's Elena's birthday, but she didn't want to organize something big, I decided to organize the party. Because it should be a surprise, I can't tell too much about it here, but I'm almost ready in organizing it and I hope it's going to be a blast. It's very interesting to organize a birthday from 1700 km away and do much of it online. Luckily, some friends of Elena are very willing to help me, which makes things easier.
Next to that, the place to stay has finally been arranged. Since the 21st of June is mid-summer night (in Russia, they call this white nights, since the sun will not go down), the city is swamped with tourists and other people that want to be there for a lot of festivities. As far as I heard, that weekend there will also be lots of festivities because of students graduating and thus partying. Elena called more than a hundred hotels to check for vacant rooms, but all hotels were booked. Finally she found an apartment in a nice location.
So, all is set and I'm really excited to be in Russia again! I even found a solution for my cats; Sanne offered to look after them and will sit my house as well during my stay in Russia. Super!
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