On our last day in Moscow, we went for another breakfast at one of our usual cafes. After breakfast, Roman and I went to try to cancel the SIM card we had purchased on the first day (because they told us to make sure we canceled it when we left, since I guess they don’t sell prepaid cards). When we got there, it turned out they hadn’t put the paperwork through, so they had us sign up again and then cancel (for some reason). This involved filling out five or six forms, and took a bit longer than we had expected.

Eventually we finished and took the metro to our train station, where we wandered around for awhile until we were able to find our bullet train. The train was fairly nice and modern, had food (I had pancakes with ham and cheese), and had a cool speed display in the car (we got up to 220km/h). Sadly, there were no noticeable train surfers.

Once we arrived in St Petersburg, we attempted to switch to the subway to get to our hotel. This turned out to be more difficult than expected, as the subways were significantly more crowded than in Moscow (it didn’t help that we were trying to navigate through them with our suitcases). We eventually made it, and got checked in to the hotel.

It was getting fairly late, so we went for a walk to begin exploring the city, and eventually found dinner at a french/european restaurant (whose name I also forget). It was one of the better meals of the trip, I had beef cheeks with a white risotto. Roman had a rabbit stew which was also very good, and we had profiteroles for dessert.