When I used to think about Russia, I imagined it to be almost totally grey (and overflowing with vodka).

I guess the world will always forgive us a great part of our prejudice and ignorance, because once again, this morning I was greeted with this:

Russia vs. Chris = 1:0

Nice!

My friends Rada and Sergej took me on a long walk around town:

We were looking for the ocean, and when we passed the train station I figured we were on the right way:

There it was, the Russian city on the shores of the Japanese Sea:

We walked towards a small lighthouse I had located on a map…

…only to find out that others had found it before us:

People were using every square inch they could find…

…and it looked like they were really having a good time:

Oh, how I loathed the fact that I had left my swim trunks at home!

Maybe next time I could cram in somewhere between them?

Next time!

Today, it was just going to be about walking around and taking pictures:

Oh, and I found out another thing – Russians really DO have a large variety of vodka:

This is good in two ways:

1) Maybe I’ll get a chance to try some of that stuff?

2) This totally matched my initial prejudice!

Russia vs. Chris = 1:1

What a nice place!

Soundtrack: Ice-T – “Colors”