personal highlights

1. Cyrillic: a variation of the Latin Alphabet that is really very similar
2. Russian: being able to read Cyrillic doesn't mean you speak Russian!
3. Russian Roads: it's very exciting to enter Russia by road (first time)

image sources

1. Road sign on the road from Helsinki to St. Petersburg
2. Highway bridge over the suburbs of St. Petersburg
3. Entering the city center of St. Petersburg