I’d better make some money soon because I’m spending all the profits haha. Helsinki is rivalled in expensiveness only by the UK and Ireland so far, and it might outdo them.
And now here I am at the Petrov-Vodkin Tapas Bar just off the Nevsky Prospect, down the street from the Hermitage, ordering Champagne (Veuve Clicquot) and икра. I came out for a glass of prosecco to celebrate finally being here AND finishing my third edit of K’s manuscript.
I am absurdly happy to be here in Россия — and almost equally happy to be out of Finland. I will make the most of my time here.
I can’t follow the Veuve Clicquot with prosecco. This is nectar. One glass it’ll be. Maybe. I’ve ordered a lot of food, and I have quite a long walk home and a day off tomorrow.
(I had a second glass.)
