Today started in the Irish Pub. After a long conversation with fellow engineering colleagues from Siberia I looked for the metro to return to the hostel in order to go sleep. After the pub crawl we started the morning with a good hangover breakfast containing eggs, sausages and coffee, which some people desparately needed to […]
Like every day, we ate our breakfast at 8 o’clock. The breakfast for today consisted of a salad with cucumber and tomato, some kind of Philadelphia, bread and cookies. Like many others, I tried the Philadelphia but was not a big fan. I ended up only eating the salad. After breakfast we walked to the […]
Day two in Moscow started with the sun shining through the windows. Whilst some were already woken by the rising sun, others were abruptly interrupted from their recovering night of sleep by the sound of their alarms. Today was the day of our first company visit, so we could finally suit ourselves up. That big […]
Today we took the night train to Moscow! An authentic Russian experience, or so we are told. Our journey started at Saint Petersburg Moscow station, where we departed around midnight. After walking almost the entire length of the train (it’s much longer than we’re used to), we arrive at our cabin. It’s a cozy cabin […]
Note from the committee: since the last day in Saint Petersburg was entirely free to plan, several great stories have emerged on this day. This is why there are two accounts of the same day. Today was a first: our alarms forgot to wake us early. Which wasn’t a problem for some of us, as […]
Just like every day, the receptionist of the hostel slept on the couch close to his desk tonight. I guess it is easier to open the door every time we ring the bell in the middle of the night than to give us a key. Anyway, today we visited the Saint Petersburg University of Film […]
When you are woken by a symphony of different alarms, you know what time it is when you’re on the SPARK study tour. It is 7:45, time to get up and eat your breakfast. The first observation we made was that we were missing one of our roommates. After retracing last night’s events we came […]
Today wasn’t a regular day for me, so I’ll start my day at 12 o’clock at night to let you understand what is happening. We met up with a Russian girl a little bit earlier the previous day and at this very moment we were enjoying live jazz music in the jazz bar on ulitsa […]
This morning, I was woken by the unfamiliar sound of other peoples’ alarms. After I slept a little more, I noticed how others were already eating breakfast. I heard some complains about the food and at some point I went out of bed to try some of the breakfast for myself. Some said it would […]
Last week, the SPARK study tour and Studium Generale joined forces to organize a cultural evening about Russia and Korea. Two speakers gave us an impression of the cultures and customs of the two countries, to prepare us a bit for the inevitable culture shock. All study tour participants attended and we had a good […]