Saint PetersburgMapJune 16–17, 2009 The assortment of gifts at the train station should blow visitors’ minds.  Saint Petersburg has started painting thick red stripes on the road in front of pedestrian crossings. As if to say, watch out, zebra crossing ahead. A complete waste of paint, if you ask me.  Trams have a special “attention, people disembarking” light. It’s kind of hard to see, but it’s the right idea.  There are special display stands for show bills throughout the city, with semi-circular roofs to protect the posters from precipitation.  If there’s one place where the payphone booths are more hideous than in Moscow, it’s Saint Petersburg. They’re actually just a devious way to get outdoor advertising space under the pretense of providing a public service for people without cellphones.  The wires are beautifully coiled.  Local taxi drivers came up with the idea of splitting the city into zones so that it would be easier to charge a certain amount for trips to a specific zone. But it’s still simpler, cheaper and more pleasant to negotiate a fare with a gypsy cab.  People are very cultured about unloading asphalt here.  It’s the cultural capital, after all.  Fuckheds!!! Dicks! |
