Description: The Metro Club was suggested to us by a girl at our hotel. Flagging down a private car was part of the adventure! We had been shown how to do this by a Russian guide a few days before. The three of us got a car to take us to the Metro for 60 Rubles which is a little less that $2 US. As was our experience with all Russian drivers, this one drove like a NYC cabbie. He did not speak more than two words of English, but the Back Street Boys were blaring out of his tape deck! Once at the Metro Club, we had to wait in line until it opened at 10 PM. The crowd was a little young---early twenties---and there was a doorman checking ID’s. The drinking age in Russia is also 21. When we got to the door, we were immediately flagged in. It was obvious from the first words out of our mouths that we were Americans even though we did not have our passports with us (it is very unwise to carry your passport around in the city!), and the doormen didn’t seem to care about checking our ages (of course, we were late twenties-thirties, so maybe we just looked of-age!). Inside the Metro Club there are three floors. Each floor has a different type of music playing. We started out on the crowded bottom floor, dancing and drinking peeva (beer). We moved to the top floor after a little while because there was more room to move, and the DJ occassionally played some songs in English. Most of the music was Industrial/Techno Rock. After a long day touring the city, we decided to leave the club a little early. We also did not want to try to flag down a car in the dark. It is daylight in May in St. Petersburg until Midnight, so it was a wild feeling to step out of a crowded and smoky club into what appeared to be the middle of the afternoon when we were ready to leave! The sun had only just disappeared behind the St. Petersburg skyline as we were getting back to our hotel. Overall the Metro Club had a Western feel to it, and we found out the next day from our Tour Guide that one of the reasons for that is Coca Cola is a sponsor of the club. The American Corporate Giant has a plant in St. Petersburg and is involved in several ventures such as the Metro Club.
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