It's raining here in St P- again. Actually it has rained every day we have been here except one. Luckily 3/4 of our suitcase is just dresses and shorts because some moron who shall remain nameless (I love my Skadden co-workers;););)) told Me its super hot here and not to be fooled by the forecast of rain bc even when it's raining it's hot and humid. Compared to what? The North Pole? The nice thing about the crappy weather is that it gives us an excuse to be extra rude- poke pedestrians with our umbrella, shout at folks in the street, etc and we can do all of this knowing that we are being culturally sensitive and the people of St P are more comfortable with us staring them down and shoving them out of our way then if we were polite. I crack up every morning at the breakfast buffet in our hotel when the employees try their best to smile at us. It's pretty obvious they are super uncomfortable- I would love to sit in on employee training (smiling is actually required when dealing with foreigners- etc...) When we were in the Hermitage the other day I heard a Russian lady giving a tour in English and she was literally yelling at the group "what's wrong with u??! I told u to meet me by the stairs!!! Why are u here???? What are you doing over here??? Ahhh!" Off to Peterhof! It's just another gorgeous day here!