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St. petersburg to Pskow without speaking Russian?

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stefan Guest	Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 7:52 pm    Post subject: St. petersburg to Pskow without speaking Russian? Hello, could anybody help me? I'm studying in Finland at the moment and want to visit my girlfriend, who stays in Pskow. My problem is I don't know any russian. Is it possible to get along on the stations or airports for example to change train...?? - Do they maybe speak any english? - Is there anybody who could help me?? Thanks in advance, Stefan
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Guest	Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 5:28 am    Post subject: I wouldn't rely too much on railway staff being able to speak much if any English while in Russia. Airport staff would be more likely to speak good English. However, the best advice I can give is to learn the cyrillic alphabet as much of the information you will need will be on signs, and all in Russian. This is not as daunting as it sounds - the Russian alphabet itself can be mastered in a couple of hours, and then it's just a matter of learning a few words you'd expect to see on a sign (eg, exit signs, toilets, ticket offices, names of stations, etc). Armed with a phrase book and a fair knowledge of the alphabet I don't think there'd be too many problems.... best of luck.... Tony
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stefan Guest	Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:58 pm    Post subject: Thank you for your help!
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Guest Guest	Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 10:41 pm    Post subject: Russian language Hallo Stefan, ich vermute mal, du bist Deutscher? Richtig? Ich fahre seit Jahren nach Russland, St.Pete und kann leider auch kein russisch, und nur ein schlechtes Englisch. Spreche junge Leute an, sie koennen sehr haeufig Englisch. Damit bin ich immer zurandegekommen. Gruss Regina
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Stefan Guest	Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:51 am    Post subject: Hallo Regina, da mutmasst du richtig! - Mittlerwile habe ich auch diesen Trip schon hinter mir! Und wie man sieht habe ich diesen Trip ьberlebt! Allerdings bin ich nicht alleine von St Petersburg nach Pskov, da ich nicht gewusst hдtte wie ich an eine Fahrkarte hдtte kommen sollen! Vielen Dank fьr deine Antwort, Stefan
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Max Guest	Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2003 6:58 pm    Post subject: Finnish I guess you can speak in Finnish at the border, I bet they know more finnish than english. I went the other way in March (St. Petersburg to Helsinki) and didn't have to speak a word of russian. You'll do fine. Max
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