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But the way, the fact that there is no place to change on american beaches still shocks me.

But then you run into stumpers like, what do you call the English/Dutch/whatever European country-Africans? :lol: In my college dorm, it was kind of funny that we had as many "black"...

To my knowledge "Caucasian" meaning "white" is quite recent addition to American English. When leaders of bl... eh-eh... African-American community decided that "black" is not politically correct way...

If something doesn't happen to you it doesn't meen this is not happening to anybody.

It's because you're a Muscovite, and you look like Muscovite, and you behave like Muscovite, and you have...

Yeah, Moscow militia is a bunch of morons who are allowed to do whatever they want as long as they protect Moscow bureaucrats' interests. Thanks to beloved Moscow major.

They treat that way not...

It's total BS. There are a lot foreigners in all big cities of Russia. No problem whatsoever to find them and try to make friends.

I'm not saying Russia is against tourism. I'm saying that priority of tourism is quite low.

[quote=Dobry]If the government was more "tourism-friendly", you would be astonished how much foreign...

People inside Russia would not agree with you. They say that it's better and better every year. Perhaps tourism could help a bit but it wouldn't be significant at all. Russian authorities chose not...

LOL! Do you ever wonder why? [/quote]
Maybe because it has a lot of other natural resources to sell? And its industry is finally becoming to revive also?


And how much travel agency services...

See... Countries are kinda the same. They are nice or not nice to each other too.


It actually doesn't. Tourism has never been and probably will never be a sizable part of Russian economy. For...

Are you often nice to peple who are not nice to you?

If "we" shouldn't play after the "eye for an eye" rule, why did "you" take "our" eye first? In this case it's really easy for "you" to give...

I'm a US citizen already, so I don't need it.

Russia, unlike some other former USSR countries, has always pursuit a symmetrical visa policy. Like, "we require your citizens whatever you require...

To visit any EU country Russian citizen needs so called Shentgen visa (sorry if I misspelled it). To get it Russian citizen has to apply for it to Consulate of country of entry. Among other documents...

I don't have an hotel reservation. I'm going to sleep in the street[/quote]
Well, call Belgium Foreign Ministry (or how you call it there), pretend you want your Russian friend to visit you, and ask...

To my knowledge hotel reservation is enough. Contact embassy though, I'm not 100% sure.