B: AND THE SAME WITH SU SUPERHEROES AND WITH MARVEL AND DC COMICS

A: MM HMM

B: YOU KNOW TH THEY ALSO CAME FROM THE TWENTIES AND THIRTIES AND UH THEY HAD A PART OF THEIR CAREER UH WAS ABOUT UH THE WAR EFFORT MORE OR LESS FIGHTING THE BADDIES YEAH

A: <BREATH> YEAH THAT'S

B: AND OF COURSE WE DIDN'T TREAT THEM LIKE THIS WHEN WE ARE WE ARE WE WERE SMALL

A: BECAUSE WE WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE WAR BUT IT WAS UH BUT UH IT'S SILLY THAT WE HAVE A WAR RIGHT NOW I MEAN THAT'S SO STUPID

B: YEAH

A: IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT WE JUST TURNED BACK TIME AND YOU ARE IN THE SAME POINT SOMEHOW

B: YEAH IT IS AND IT'S AFFECTING US BECAUSE YOU HAVE INFLATION AND A FEW OTHER NEGATIVE EFFECTS SO IT'S NOT A GOOD THING OF COURSE

A: YEAH

B: YEAH

A: JUST SAD

B: PLUS TALKING ABOUT TRAVEL I REALLY WANTED TO GO TO SAINT PETERSBURG WHICH IS NOT LONGER AN OPTION OF COURSE BUT I'VE HEARD SAINT PETERSBURG IS A VERY NICE CITY ACTUALLY AND I THINK RUSSIA HAS VERY DIFFERENT AREAS OF COURSE BECAUSE IT'S HUGE IT'S A HUGE LAND MASS

A: MM HMM

B: BUT MOSCOW IS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM SAINT PETERSBURG AND VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER RUSSIAN CITIES

A: MM HMM MM HMM MM HMM

B: WHICH PROBABLY YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO VISIT BUT SAINT PETERSBURG I HEARD IS REALLY NICE

A: UH SAINT PETERSBURG YEAH THEY HAVE SOME UM YOU KNOW LIKE BIG CATHEDRALS

B: MM HMM

A: ORTHODOX CATHR CATHEDRALS

B: YEAH

A: AND I THINK THEY BUILD IN A MAGNIFICENT WAY <LAUGH> BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SO

B: OF COURSE SO IT WAS AN IMPERIAL CAPITAL SO

A: YEAH THEY ARE NOT SO HUMBLE <LAUGH> AT THE

B: YEAH THERE MUST BE SOME GOLDEN ROOFS THERE

A: OF COURSE SOME GOLDEN ROOF SOME MILITARY GUYS IN THOSE SHINY UNIFORMS <LAUGH>

B: YEAH <LAUGH>

A: PARADING

B: AND ACTUALLY YOU COULD DO SAINT PETERSBURG AND THE AREAS UH NEARBY WITHOUT REALLY TRAVELING THROUGHOUT RUSSIA YOU COULD DO THE BALTIC THE EASTERN BALTIC

A: AH SO YOU COME UP

B: YEAH YOU YOU YOU COULD GO THROUGH UH ESTONIA AND SAINT PETERSBURG

A: MM HMM

B: AND THEN MAYBE FINLAND IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH FURTHER

A: MM HMM

B: NORTH

A: MM HMM SO UH SAINT PETERSBURG IT'S UP YOU KNOW MORE

B: SAINT PETERSBURG IS IN THE EAST

A: NORTH

B: OF UH OF THE BALTIC SEA FROM FROM

A: <NO-SPEECH> <OVERLAP>

B: ESTONIA YOU WOULD GO A BIT NORTH YEAH

A: MM HMM MM HMM OKAY

B: NORTH YEAH

A: OKAY MOSCOW IS A LITTLE BIT DOWN YOU KNOW I THINK

B: YEAH IT'S IT'S A LOT

A: EAST AND DOWN

B: IT'S A LOT DOWN YEAH

A: YEAH

B: YEAH I THINK MOSCOW IS A NICE UH TOURISTIC CITY UH I I'VE HEARD IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM RUSSIA I MEAN FROM FROM NORMAL RUSSIA

A: NORMAL RUSSIA YEAH I THINK <LAUGH> I ALSO THINK THEY HAVE ALL THE GLAMOR OVER THERE AND THE REST OF RUSSIA

B: YEAH

A: I THINK IT'S TAKING IT HARD <LAUGH>

B: YES I I'M SURE ABOUT THAT BUT I THINK THAT'S THE CASE WITH MANY CAPITALS SUCH AS BERLIN

A: YEAH

B: NOT BEING SO GERMAN AND LONDON NOT BEING SO REPRESENTATIVE OF ENGLAND

A: YEAH <LAUGH> YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH UM AH I I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT UH MOSCOW BUT I FORGOT <LAUGH>

B: <LAUGH> I HEARD IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE

A: REALLY

B: I MEAN BY RUSSIAN STANDARDS AT LEAST I DON'T THINK IT'S AS EXPENSIVE AS THE NORDIC COUNTRIES FOR INSTANCE OR AS LONDON UH BUT UH YEAH I I GUESS LIKE ANY BIG CITY

A: MM HMM

B: IT'S UH IT'S IT'S DIFFERENT FROM UH FROM THE PRICES YOU WOULD FIND IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY

A: MM HMM I HEARD THAT IT IS VERY COLD

B: I I'M NOT SO SURE MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE IT'S CONTINENTAL

A: OKAY

B: AND MAYBE IT'S IT'S DRIER ACTUALLY

A: I THINK

B: BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LAND AROUND IT

A: YOUR BUTT FREEZES IN TWO SECONDS COME ON <LAUGH> DO YOU REMEMBER UH YOUR FRIEND FROM UH SWEDEN THAT LIVED IN MOSCOW SOME YEARS AND HE

B: MM

A: THOUGHT THAT HE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE COLD IN WINTER BECAUSE HE'S FROM SWEDEN

B: YEAH

A: <LAUGH> HE HAD A BIG SURPRISE

B: <LAUGH> YEAH MAYBE MAYBE IN SWEDEN IT'S MILDER BECAUSE IT'S WET I DUNNO

A: <DTMF> BECAUSE I THINK IT'S DIFFERENT UH UH SEA COLD FROM THE CONTINENTAL

B: YEAH

A: COLD

B: YEAH PROBABLY

A: I THINK IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT

B: BY THE WAY UM WHEN I WAS IN UH IN THAILAND AND IN SINGAPORE UH IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE IN A SAUNA OR IN A WASHING MACHINE AFTER YOU TURNED IT

A: I KNOW

B: BECAUSE IT THERE WAS SO MUCH WATER IN THE AIR IT WAS SATURATED REALLY IT WAS VERY HOT BUT AT THE SAME TIME VERY WET IT WAS LIKE JUNGLE

A: MM

B: FEELING UM IT WAS VERY STRANGE AND THERE WAS A VERY PARTICULAR SMELL AS WELL IT'S SOMEHOW PLEASANT

A: LIKE

B: IT WAS I THINK I THINK IT WAS NATURAL I DON'T THINK IT WAS A CITY SMELL

A: OH BUT IT SMELLED LIKE WHAT LIKE SEA OR LIKE LEAVES

B: UM YEAH I I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING VEGETAL AND WET

A: MM HMM

B: EVERYTHING WAS WET

A: <LAUGH> THE SOUP WAS WET I IMAGINE

B: YEAH SOUP TOO

A: UH YOU YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAILAND OR SINGAPORE

B: UH MOSTLY SINGAPORE BUT IT ALSO

A: OKAY

B: APPLIES TO THAILAND YEAH

A: MM OKAY <LAUGH> YEAH LOTS OF MEMORIES BUT I SAW SOME PICTURES WITH YOU AND WITH THE UH TIGER CUB

B: YEAH