Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Water in Saint Petersburg

First things first -- do not drink the water in Saint Petersburg if it came from a tap and hasn't been boiled.

And just in case I was wondering why, yesterday I had the fun experience of returning home, changing into my home clothes, going to wash my hands, turning on the tap in the bathroom, and seeing dark brown water come out of the tap -- roughly the color of coffee.

Strangely enough, the water in the bathtub was fine -- for handwashing, not for drinking.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Metra,
That water sounds gross. What do the Russians drink? Tell us more about your Russian home and you stand-in Mom. They sound like they try to take care of you. There is still no rain here although Hampshire has had about 2 inches that didn't get this far north and it looks like and oasis compared to us.

Anonymous said...

Metra,
That water sounds gross. What do the Russians drink? Tell us more about your Russian home and you stand-in Mom. They sound like they try to take care of you. There is still no rain here although Hampshire has had about 2 inches that didn't get this far north and it looks like and oasis compared to us.