Walking around town

The following are the top 10 most common sights you'll see around this city:

1. It's normal to see people walking around with a bottle of beer in their hand, even at 9 AM.
2. Trucks spewing (and I mean spewing) fumes into the air. There are definitely no low sulfur diesel restrictions in this country.
3. People making out.
4. If it's a weekend, in any scenic place you are bound to find a bride and groom taking wedding pictures. They will have their entourage with them and all will most likely be drinking.
5. Stray dogs. This is sad, but amazingly the ones near where I live know how to cross at the crosswalk.
   
6. Some sort of construction being performed by only about 2 of the 10 people that are supposed to be doing the work. The rest are taking a cigarette break.
7. Although I don't take the metro that often there are always people selling things. This week it was band-aids.
8. Cruise tourist groups. Very easy to spot. Some even wear nametags that say things like "Captains quarters."
   
9. On almost every block you'll find a Beauty Salon, a Pharmacy, a 24-hour convenience store, a shoe repair shop, and a Bar/Restaurant.
10. Mothers walking arm-in-arm or holding hands with their daughters.

And finally, some of the most beautiful architecture and historic sites in the world. Here's a new set of pictures.

The only statue of Catherine the Great inside of St. Pete. Here, she is surrounded/supported by philosophers like Voltaire and Diderot.