The following advice is taken from 'Welcome to St. Petersburg' pocket guide.
(1) Avoid attracting unwanted attention by not speaking loudly in your mother tongue.
Brad certainly has no problem with this one. On one ocassion he asked for directions and the second time he ordered from a menu and on both times he was asked whether he spoke English because they could not understand him in his native tongue. Brad's response was 'Obviously not very well.'
(2) Avoiding walking the streets if you have been drinking.
This is one that Brad is having some difficulty avoiding
(3) If you are of African, Asian or Arab decent exercise caution, particularly at night. Blue Papa Smurfs seem to be okay.
You can take the boy out of 'The Pines' but you can't take 'The Pines' out of the boy!
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