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Money: bank cards or cash? Miscellaneous Review

Luggage and bags: It is best to put your money in a neck bag or money belt. Remember, your back pockets belong to the public. Put your wallet in your tight front jeans pocket or zipped inside your jacket. Unzipped pockets also belong to the public.

Cash, clsan $100 bills can be exchanged at any bank for rubles. They charge a commissionand the rate vaires bank to bank. The state Sberbank usually has the worst money exchange rate, but often the lowest fees for using bank cards.

ATM or bankomat machines are everywhere and major banks all work with them.
Personally, I prefere Raiffesein, the Austrian bank for exchange or ATM cards. And the staff there speak englsih and are courteous as one should expect.

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Avoid loose pockets, zip things inside your jacket

Photo Equipment: Do not hand a camera loose over your shoulder, put it in a secure place like a zipped poicket and just bring it out for pictures.

Miscellaneous: Federal Express travelors checks are slowing be accepted by banks, but they are definitely a hassle, especially outside the big cities of Moscow and St. Petesburg. Cash always works and bank cards usually work.

Review Helpfulness: 2.5 out of 5 stars

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  • Updated Dec 6, 2007
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Yellow mustard - bring your own - Saint Petersburg

Yellow mustard - bring your own

Food: What you can't buy Miscellaneous Review

Miscellaneous: Some foods are difficult to find.
Yellow Mustard: If you like yellow American mustard, bring your own. Heinz has their Ketchup in Russia, but not yellow mustard yet.
Maple Syrup: for 500 rubles ($20)you can find grade B from Canada at the Okei store.
Peanut butter: Not popular, but small jars next to the almond or filbert butter can be found for a price.
Chestnut: you can find a small jar but it is expansive and not so tasty as you can bring with you:)

Review Helpfulness: 1.5 out of 5 stars

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  • Updated May 20, 2007
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Museum fashion shoes - Saint Petersburg

Museum fashion shoes

Museum Fashion Clothes Review

Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Come as you are to museums, but they may ask you to take off your street jacket and wear some of their protective booties. Feel soooo cool!

Review Helpfulness: 2.5 out of 5 stars

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  • Updated May 20, 2007
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