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We went to the circus. I had been to the circus in Oakland, at the Coliseum. In Oakland there was a lot happening, but all very far away. At the Leningrad circus everything was very close to us. We were all on regular chairs, not bleachers even. Close enough that I was scared about what would happen if the tigers decided to charge at us.
We also went to see where Peter the Great used to live. My mother was amazed at how small his furniture was, because he was very tall. It didn't look like where you would expect a King to live.
Cookie, my pink bear that I brought from Oakland disappeared in Leningrad. My mother says I must have left him in a public restroom in Leningrad. I suspect he defected. What else would a pink bear do in the Soviet Union? If anyone sees him there, please ask him to contact me. I just want to know how he's doing, catch up a bit.
I remember my mother wondering if there was someone listening to us in our room. I don't know. However they sure got in there fast when we left. My mother had tried to throw out some worn out holey underwear in the trash can. Someone from the hotel housekeeping staff came running up to us outside with it. She was really worried that we had accidentally left it behind, so we took it with us.
From Leningrad we caught a train to Helsinki, Finland. I think this train may have been the one that had fold down triple bunk beds in the cabin. I thought that those were pretty cool, since there were three of us.
On the train, JB fell down and started crying. Some weird man told us "Good Capitalist Soldiers don't cry!" My mother said it was a joke. We didn't think it was very funny nor did it make sense. We weren't soldiers, we were little girls, and we didn't know what capitalists were.
When the train got near the border, they made announcements on the speaker that ALL Russian money had to be converted before we crossed the border. It was forbidden under horrible penalties to keep any. We did keep a few kopeks. I was scared, but I liked the idea of having a few to remember Russia by.
We also went to see where Peter the Great used to live. My mother was amazed at how small his furniture was, because he was very tall. It didn't look like where you would expect a King to live.
Cookie, my pink bear that I brought from Oakland disappeared in Leningrad. My mother says I must have left him in a public restroom in Leningrad. I suspect he defected. What else would a pink bear do in the Soviet Union? If anyone sees him there, please ask him to contact me. I just want to know how he's doing, catch up a bit.
I remember my mother wondering if there was someone listening to us in our room. I don't know. However they sure got in there fast when we left. My mother had tried to throw out some worn out holey underwear in the trash can. Someone from the hotel housekeeping staff came running up to us outside with it. She was really worried that we had accidentally left it behind, so we took it with us.
From Leningrad we caught a train to Helsinki, Finland. I think this train may have been the one that had fold down triple bunk beds in the cabin. I thought that those were pretty cool, since there were three of us.
On the train, JB fell down and started crying. Some weird man told us "Good Capitalist Soldiers don't cry!" My mother said it was a joke. We didn't think it was very funny nor did it make sense. We weren't soldiers, we were little girls, and we didn't know what capitalists were.
When the train got near the border, they made announcements on the speaker that ALL Russian money had to be converted before we crossed the border. It was forbidden under horrible penalties to keep any. We did keep a few kopeks. I was scared, but I liked the idea of having a few to remember Russia by.
