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Visiting in April - tips

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marion Just Starting Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Scotland	Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:05 pm    Post subject: Visiting in April - tips I am a teacher, visiting St P with a group of 5 16/17 year old pupils, just starting Russian. We will be there for the first week of April. Can anyone advise as to how cold/wet it is likely to be ? Do we need wellies, or will stout trainers and jeans be adequate ? What's it like going out in the evening ? Will it be dark early, and how safe is it? Any info / tips gratefully received !
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Camrade VIP Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 516 Location: Санкт-Петербург	Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:35 pm    Post subject: 2marion About safety and evenings: try to avoid outskirts of the city after midnight and everything should be ok Weather in Spb is very unstable. It can be rainy or sunny or cold. But still in April it's often rainy and quite dirty cause the snow is melting... But this winter it's not so snowy so... Temperature shouldn't fall behind -10 degrees or rise above +15 degrees but still I can't garantee anything In center of the city you can walk everytime and it will be ok... And I suppose it woun't be interesting to explore the outskirts espescially in the night Also I advice you to avoid Sennaia square - this is historicaly very bad place: now there are drugsellers, pickpocketers and lots of other unpleasent guys.
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marion Just Starting Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Scotland	Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:47 pm    Post subject: study visit in April Thanks, Camrade, that's helpful. Just discovered this site tonight, and I can see it will be very useful over the next few weeks. I'll recommend it to my pupils, for all the questions I can't answer !
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Elena_A Just Starting Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 5	Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:15 pm    Post subject: From Open School Hello Marion, I'm Anna. I'm working for the Open School that provides students with english language courses. This school is located in Vyborg, in two hours from St. Petersburg. We would love that our students communicate with yours during your stay in St. Petersburg. If you are interest in it please contact me ann_2002@inbox.ru
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Steve-Fowler Just Starting Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Greenville SC USA	Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:41 am    Post subject: About St. Petersburg Hope you have a wonderful trip. I have found the city to be very user-friendly at night. So many cultural things to do. I also have a friend that stages "Russian Evenings" they invite you to a comfortable home, provide dinner etc. Since she is part of a Russian Puppet troupe she and or her collegues either put on a brief show or assist in making a puppet as a momento of the visit. It is a wonderful city. If you need any help or guides please see my web site --www.russian-tour-guide.com Regards, Steve
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