The Crime and Punishment Tour

This morning we had Russian as usual. After class, we ate lunch and then a bunch of us headed out to do our "CRIME WALK," to see the places where the events in Crime and Punishment occurred. We didn't really know where we were going and it was out of tourist territory, but we had a great time.

We got off the metro at Sennaya Ploschad, or the "old haymarket" square. It was a huge, hot and crowded place with hundreds of vendors. There were a million little grandmas holding up scallions and dill and a hundred sleazy men looking to pickpocket everyone coming out of the subway station. We were afraid to look like tourists and open the map so we did it in some dark corner.

Anyway, we finally "got our bearings" and headed on. (By the way-- Sennaya Ploschad is where Raskolnikov hears Lizaveta talking about her plans to be out.) Anyway, we saw Raskolnikov's apartment and were really scared going into the dingy, slummy building. We also saw the pawn shop owner's apartment.

After that, we walked over to the Marinsky Theater because I wanted to look inside, but it was closed. Right across the street was "Shamrock"-- an Irish bar that Ally wanted to try. We headed over there and sat for hours, mostly debating the most widely debated topic in St. Petersburg-- the Tsar's burial.

We headed home at around 11:00 PM and did homework and went to sleep.