Bollocks, Propp, I was on this train and it was a male voice for the first stop, then a female voice for the second stop, then the same male voice for the following two stops, then again a female voice (different one this time), etc. Total freaking chaos. Or are you saying that the driver was having a bit of fun jerking the train backwards and forwards around the 'city centre' (didn't know there was one, eh)

In VDNH they closed all the streets stalls slready. And made monorail beside it.
But where's the exhibition as in in the days of my childhood, eh? Joined the choir invisible?

On the whole the atmosphere is so freaking oppressive, you can't wait till you get out. The people are surprisingly nice (I frankly don't believe in this silly myth about Muscovites being rude and Petersburgers being oh so polite and welcoming toward strangers, I even think that to a certain extent it's probably the other way round) but although they are nice you don't want to mix with them too much because you never know if they are real Muscovites or those whom they amicably terml 'limita' and then you can get mugged and what not.
In St Pete we're much more honest with you - from the very start you know if you should run or not. Also, when it comes to taking it outside, sportsmanship's not their middle name as more often than not you find that in Moscow there's a gang of thugs waiting for you outside - in St Pete we respect those unwritten laws - if a gentleman wishes to pummel another gentleman's ribs he knows that it'll be just him and that other gentleman. On the other hand, it's difficult for me to be impartial. I think anyone who comes to Russia should visit both cities so that they could appriciate St Pete better.