The time was around 23:00, I only know because I can remember staring down the neck of a cheap bottle of malbec, and by that time I'd made my decision.
I'd bought my monthly quota of Chicago Town pizzas to fill my portion of the university dorm room freezer, and enough weed to last me until I got paid from my gig selling Huawei wildfires from the local phone shop. And whadda you know I had £100 left over to "invest". Now for me £100 surplus was a goddam gold mine, I was used to a tenner at best, but I'd been sorting out my financial health by visiting family and saving a few quid a day in food etc, so obviously this windfall had to be frittered away as efficiently as possible.
Choices were:
1, head down to the local grosvenor and piss it out on roulette.
2, log on to poker stars and bleed out over the course of 8 hours.
3, download a trading app and try my hand at some trading.
Since 1 and 2 hadn't treated me so well in the past, and so I turned to option 3 to fill me with that funny fuzzy warm feeling you get when you're playing the system and beating it.
I was studying finance so obviously I assumed all I had to do was pick a company, chuck the money in, wait for the printer to go brrrrr, sell and make some sweet gainz.
Who needs Google? I asked myself, it's pretty straight forward. I had absolutely no knowledge about trading whatsoever, I literally thought the guys on wall st just plonked money into companies and sold them when the times right and that was it.
So, onto DD. I wasn't going to pick a name out of a hat, I'm a man of culture. I'd visited my girlfriends parents place in Cyprus that summer and saw there was some shit going down with the banking system over there and share prices were taking some deep dick, didn't care what from or why if I'm honest but I figured a bailout was on the way.
I was 17 when the sub prime mortgage bubble burst and watched the markets freefall. Banks were getting bailouts and then slowly rising again. Buy the dip and make the gains when they eventually rise again a few years after. Fucking simple lads, you literally can't lose. I saw Bank of Cyprus was the largest bank there and make my bet. £100 on BOC shares at 33p a pop.
It didn't do bad, didn't do good, swings of +-5p. I logged on one day a few months later and my shares had just dissapeard from my account. £100 gone. I guess banks can be repatriated or some shit because it was just. Gone.
Anyways I didn't look into it because I assumed I'd deduced the right conclusion. Still don't know what happened. Still can't be arsed to find out.
So anyways that's why I filter flairs by loss and jack off if anyone wants to know.
submitted by Dear guest, thanks for visiting Russia and I hope you'll love it here!
I decided to make a brief thread with some tips to help you out in Russia. I was born in Volgograd and now live in Saint Petersburg, so I will mostly have tips on these two. There's a tip for eating in Russia, also in StPetersburg and Sochi in particular below by
uturnnotallowed and
childishbambino19 I can edit the post if needed, please ask if you have any questions as I'm not sure where to start.
Epigraph: Rules are rules, but they can be bent here.
Paying: Russian rouble (roo-bl') is the currency. No big shop will take Euros or Dollars or any other currency. Some smaller off-licence or tourist shops might be taking the foreign cash from you, but that can be rare, so be warned, and I'd say the currency exchange will not be in your favour. If you really reeeally need something but don't have cash with you, you can ask if you can transfer money to their card, hope you're lucky.
Get some cash to pay for transport and buy a bottle of water at kiosk on a street. I'd say having 1000 in cash can be sufficient, see for yourself when youre in a city. However using a card in Russia is much more convenient rather than in Europe (Berlin, looking at you). Almost every shop/cafe, except for farmer markets, will take card no problem. There's no minimal limit for a transaction, so you can pay with a card even if you're buying a 10-rouble candy. ATMs don't charge a draconic fee for cash withdrawal. There might be fee, but nowhere near as €5 per operation.
Navigating & moving: Google Maps are good, and if you need an offline map you can use 2GIS app. You can download a city when of WiFi and then build routes, look for any shop/restaurant/ATM etc, the all also includes reviews if you need ones. There is also online Yandex Maps, Yandex is a Russian company so they can have be more detailed than Google Maps.
Official FIFA application turned out to be good, it has info about city sights, maps, some info, so make sure to use it, that shall make your life easier. If you'd like to know what to see in a host city, the app has routes and places of interest.
Public transport is cheap and also good and can take you to a lot of places.
Uber is in Moscow and St Peterburg for sure, not sure about other cities, sorry. In other cities, go for Yandex Taxi or Gett. You can add your card, same as Uber. Pricing-wise, today I got from city center of StP to Pulkovo airport for 850 roubles ($14?) and it took 40 minutes. You can have this as reference. Street taxis can have no shame and can ask for your 850 roubles for 5 minute trip, so use Yandex or Gett if you can. It's safer, also.
Moscow will be 2x expensive, other cities 1.5 cheaper.
Don't forget, SAINT PETERBURG BRIDGES ACROSS THE NEVA RIVER ARE CLOSED FOR TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIANS AT NIGHT FROM 1:20 TO 5 AM. Sections of bridges are elevated so that the ships can pass at night. Bridge are opened by one, so if your hotel is across the river, make sure to be on your side in time. Double check at your hotel, and the time schedule can be found online.
Nice explanation by
Vitosi4ek, edited: The Neva river is a passway for ships and such moving toward Northern Europe, and they're too tall to pass under bridges normally. So at night, the bridges are closed to traffic and elevated to allow the ships to come through.
Mobile: MTS, Beeline, Megafon are the big three, and if you're staying for a week or so, I think you can simply buy yourself a SIM card with your passport of a foreign country. Plans are cheap, I have an old Tele2 and I'm paying 290 roubles ($6-ish?) for unlimited data and 1000 minutes or whatever. Now the plans can cost $10 per month and go with lots of data. It's cheap and convenient.
Drinking: Bars in Moscow and Saint Petersburg are everywhere. I like quiet bars with regular hipster public, so if that's what you want, go to Nekrasova 22, 24, 26, 28 street in St Peterburg. Redrum bar and Jawsspot bar for good beer selection from the local breweries, Khroniki for other liquospirits and nice conversations. My favourite bar is Warszawa on Kazanskaya which is a quiet bar with nice wine and beer selection, this is mostly for easy chill nights. The bartender's (name's Sergei) band warmed up on a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club gig a couple of days ago! Bartenders are cool, and they can give some further advise. Pochta bar has Russian Tuesdays when they have some Russian-style sandwiches (rye bread and sprats), pickled veggies, so go there around 10 PM or a bit later to have some vodka or other drinks and eat what Russians eat.
Golitsyn Loft is a renovated building close to city center with lots of authentic restaurants , bars, coffee spots, couple of clubs. That's a really good place, the one I will offer go to.
Dumskaya is a street with trashier bars, but I guess its fun being there. It also has a gay bar Central Station.
There are 3 caraoke bars "Poison" in StP which are good spots to shout your favourite songs and see the bar sing with you. Gay Bar, Sex is On fire, mr brightside, you name it - go to Poison. My fave is on Rubinstein street, which also is a restaurant street.
In Volgograd, Alaska is my go-to bar with very good craft beer selection. Vedrov bar used to be nice, but I moved from Vlg to StP 4 years ago, so can't add more to that.
Drinking in public places is illegal, but if you're having your wine or beer or whatever at some yard or beach or park or embankment make sure the cops aren't around and have some drinks with a good view. Alcohol is sold in shops legally between 10 AM till 10 PM in Russia with the exception of Saint Petersburg where it's sold from 11 to 9. Remembering the epigraph, you can buy alcohol illegaly at "off-licence"/"spati" shops. If it's a small no-brand shop working 24/7, they'll sell you alcohol, just make sure you pay in cash, due to not everyone willing to have an illegal transaction made in the off hours. Also no pictures, they can be scared that you're a cop.
Op did a great job covering the basics. I'll add my 5 kopeks.
Dining Don't waste your time on Italian, Japanese, Chinese places. It's gimmicky at best, with very rare exceptions. Look for authentic Russian restaurants (
7 fridays will be a good start, if you are in Moscow). You can't go wrong with classics like russian salad or borsch, but don't be afraid to explore the menu, pretty much all options are safe. Vodka is a must. Served properly it will suprise you, even if you are not much of a drinker.
If you are in Sochi, look for Armenian/Georgian places (
Dvin Castle for a start) - shashlyk, dolma and pretty much all salads are your safe bet, don't forget to check out armenian wines.
If you already tried both russian and armenian cuisine, look for eastern (think Uzbekistan, not Japan) places. Avoid cheap ones, you'll be safe with any of
Uryuk franchise.
From OP, that's true. If in Sochi, simply go out on a street and you'll see some caffes whis are grilling meat, they're all good and the people are very hospitable. As for StPetes, yeah, I'd say move away from Nevsky Prospect because it host generic restaurants.
childishbambino19 made a nice post of eating out in SPb:
http://www.noshortcorners.com/2018/06/eating-st-petersburg.html .Trappist is a good Belgian beer bar. Teremok is a Russian style fast food/canteen. Soups, salads, bliny (thin pancakes).
Clubbing: Thanks
Montella9 for the tip, If you're in StPetersburg and are to techno, go to Konyushennaya ploschad (Kon-ewww-shen-naya, square) there are lots of good clubs. That's just near a fan zone. Mozaique, Shtackenshneider are my fave, Tanzploschadka is very popular but there just lots of teenage guys and gals, and I don't feel OK there.
To see: Everything you can in Moscow, St Pete's. They're huge and beautiful. Look for Tsarskoye Selo, Peterhof near St Petes. In StP, Spas na Krovi, Alexandro Nevskaya lavra which also has a cemetery with famous Russians: Dostoyevsky, Musorgsky, etc. It's quite nice indeed, quiet and beautiful. Simply walk where you like, the city in magnificent.
I have a more detailed reply now:
https://www.reddit.com/soccecomments/8r9zk7/a_brief_guide_to_being_in_russia_also_ask_youe0rit2k/ Volgograd is the new name of Stalingrad, so one can imagine that there's a lot dedicated to the Stalingrad Battle.
Go to Mamayev Kurgan which is topped by Motherland calls monument and also is a cemetery of soldiers and heros. Famous sniper
Jude Law Vasiliy Zaitsev is buried there, you can see his grave while taking a path leading up to the monument. It's hard to miss.
Museum of Stalingrad Battle is also a go-to. Very nice and informative, 3D projections, lots of memorabilia (?). Really, it's a must. If you're from Coventry, Volgograd is a sister city of Coventry, these are the cities which started this movement. During WWII, people of Coventry raised money to help Stalingrad. You can still see a sewn tablecloth from Coventry in Stalingrad Battle museum.
Mira street, Pavshikh Bortsov (Pav-shee-kh Borts-ov, of fallen warriors) square, Volga embankment are good places to walk. There are 90 minute ship trips along Volga River, you can hop on there at Tsentralnaya Naberezhnaya (central embankment) of Volga.
About Russians: Russians don't smile and are grumpy. Well, we just smile when we want to and our resting face looks dull because our mouth doesn't need to move much while we speak, so our face muscles are relaxed. When I was studying English, we had to take a small mirror to watch our mouth to make sure that there's always a grin and you can see the upper row of teeth. This is hard for Russians! :)
Russians are very helpful and nice, this is what fans from Marocco and Iran told me yesterday. Even if broken English, or by gestures, were happy to help.
Sidenote, I was wearing my Russia team shirt yesterday at 2 AM when some drunk fuck told me to go back to my country lol. Unfortunately guys like this can be found on streets, but there so few of them. Russia is safe, I've never had any problem here, not even when I was wearing long hair. Ignore these fuckers, just know that we are very happy that we have guests from all across the globe and we would love you to love your stay.
All right, I'm now landing in Sochi to see Portugal Vs Spain today, hope any of this helps, I'm pretty tired from typing it on my mobile, and sorry for the mistakes in the text.
If youre in Sochi today and tomorrow or in Volgograd 22, 25 June and other time in STp, shoot me a PM and hopefully we can catch up!
Please ask if you have any questions.
Enjoy the World Cup!
Thank you for the gold, kind stranger!
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