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Dear Sir or Madam,
 Have
you ever seen a big city where crowds of people walk on the streets all
night long, party because it is fun, but partly because they do not know it is
night yet? Well, it is Saint Petersburg during the "white
nights". It feels a little strange that the sun is always out. But once
you get used to it, everything is so charming and romantic that it's had
to find
time for anything else apart from walking around the city. But Peter
hasn't forgotten you! Of course, he is here with his latest stories of the
month.
Russian Lessons from Peter
Or how not to get lost in St.Petersburg:
Remember, last time you left me in the restaurant. When I
finally learned to ask other people go out for a meal and all. And I was
so happy because the hardest mission of actually asking them was already
complete.
You know, I thought
that once I was in the restaurant, everything would be so easy. In reality
it was much much harder. Just imagine this, I
spent half of the evening trying to make an order.
Yes, it turned out to be that difficult. I have tried almost
everything like speaking English with the waitress, telling her random
words in Russian, pointing out random items in the menu. Nothing
worked. All I needed to do was to order in Russian. But.. I didn't
know how. Finally, all the staff felt bad for me and they brought some
food of their choice. Strange choice, I should say... and it definitely wasn't the best
evening in my life, that's for sure. That's why today I will teach you, to
order in Russian, in case you pick a place like the one I went to.
When you just sit down in a restaurant and find nobody is rushing
to you with a menu, ask the nearest waiter "Daite menju,
pazhaluista" (which means "Could you bring
the menu, please?"). When you are done with choosing and ready to
order, you can say either "Prinisite, pazhaluista... (+ the
chosen menu item)" which stands for the English "Could
you please bring..." or "Ja budu... (+ the chosen
menu item)", stands for the English "I will
have...".
Of course, this is not all the vocabulary that you may need at
a restaurant. But at least you'll be set with ordering till our next
meeting :-)
More Russian lessons in our future Newsletters!
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What's
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NEW!!! "Luxury
Russian!"
Remember about a year ago I told you of the opening of the Royal
Radisson SAS hotel, right on the Nevsky prospect? The one where you could feel like a tsar? Well,
the guys in EducaCentre thought it would be nice to have a chance to
learn the language of tsars while staying in the royal interiors.
Therefore I'm proud to introduce special "Luxury Russian course".
Exclusively for
EducaCentre students! It includes one week stay in the Radisson SAS
hotel with breakfast each day, 20 individual Russian lessons
in EducaCentre, full visa support and airport transfers.
Available from July 15th, only US$1890
for the whole package. Write to EducaCentre at rus@educacentre.net
to get details of your tailor-made Luxury Russian course !
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Funny Squash Tournament of
EducaCentre, July 6th.
Learning is fun! That is EducaCentre's
philosophy. To make learning Russian and English more enjoyable, all
students of EducaCentre are invited to compete in the "funny"
Squash Tournament on July 6th at recently opened Hypersquash
club. There is no need to be a professional
athlete, just make sure you hit the ball, not your partner. A funny
prize is waiting for the winner of the Tournament. And a big party for
all the participants (with the purpose of learning the language, of
course).
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Last call for July 1st
starters!
It's getting very close now, but still possible.
Any level, for any length of time, from one week up to one year. An Absolute Beginner group is starting as well so do not worry if your
Russian is even worse than mine. It is not for long! Just e-mail rus@educacentre.net
and join EducaCentre!
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This month in
Saint Petersburg and Russia
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If you think that the only two cinema festivals
are the Oscars and Cannes, it is not quite true. You can watch
different movies compete in almost every big city. But St.Petersburg
went even further than that. From June 23rd through June 29th
you can watch all the movies that won different cinema festivals this
year. How is it possible you ask? Easy, they are all on display in
the contest of "Xth International cinema festival «Festival of Festivals 2002". I
am just only worried if I am fast enough to run between the cinema
theatres of St.Petes...
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Drinking in Russia. You must have heard of it so
many times! At least I did before I came here. I though that vodka was
like their only food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Well, not quite.
In fact, most Russians never drink vodka. But they are definitely good
specialists on alcohol. I think there will be much to learn at the "Petersburg
Fair on wines and vodkas" on June 26th — 29th,
at the IX International specialized exhibition on wines,
liqueurs, vodkas; technologies, raw components, and equipment. I
am only hoping for a good tasting to accompany the fair.
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Is there anything in common between Russia and Brazil? What do you
think? Not much? Well, definitely not their football skills. I would
say it's the carnival spirit of those two countries. For the 8th
time now, Tsarskoe Selo (Town Pushkin) is inviting everyone for
the International Tsarskoselskiy Carnival. I'm glad my
friends and I kept our Simpsons outfits. No need to worry about carnival
costumes. On June 29th and 30th there will be no Peter
in St.Petes, there will be the Simpsons in Tsarskoe Selo ;-)
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The deeper we get into the "White
nights", the more I get this feeling that this
time of festivals for everything and everyone. I've already seen the ballet
festival and bikers get together. It's the jazz time now. 9th
International jazz festival «White Night’s Swing» from June
12th through June 14th is something that I could never miss.
Do not forget to stop by the Jazz Philharmonic Hall or Mikhaylovsky
Garden if you are one of jazz lover like myself!
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The X-files, aliens, different planets and civilizations... When I was
a kid, I thought I saw a spaceship once. Until my dad told me it was
just a full moon. There is so much interesting and unknown in this
area though. At least I can now see on "The Spacefolk"
exposition that is dedicated to human contacts with
extraterrestrial civilizations, UFO, anomalous phenomena, with an
installation as a focus — 3 group effigies of spacemen. A colored
panel, photographs, drawings, documents and publications related to
exploring alien civilizations, portraits of the most outstanding
UFOlogists are also on display. Through the end of July
in the Peter and Paul Fortress.
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St.Pete is a "sea" city. I can really
feel it now, during the summer. Who is they seem to love everything connected
with water. Especially sailing and sports. Both of those will be
combined in the International Baltic Regatta on July 8th
- July 15th this year. For the whole week the athletes from
all over the world will be competing on rivers and channels of Saint
Petersburg (in front of the Peter and Paul Fortress). The competition
is organized by the Central Yachting Club of St.Petersburg.
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And for the whole summer, from June 3rd through
August 31st, the 11th Summer Ballet Season will
bring some of the best Russian ballet performances to the
Alexandrinsky Theatre. So if you haven't seen
"Swan
Lake" yet, good chance to do so!
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!!! See you next month with my new stories !!! |
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Our best wishes for
this month.
Peter,
EducaCentre/Russian St.Petersburg Tours Team
e-mail : travel@educacentre.net
Web : www.educacentre.net
Phone +7-812-974-0373 Fax +7-812-974-0373
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