Pole to Pole
Day 27: Leningrad

We eat at a Georgian restaurant tonight. Set in an anonymous block in a side street it has a striking avant-garde interior, which I think is meant to recreate the centre of an Egyptian pyramid. It looks to be full of fashion models. Very tasty Georgian meatballs and a fresh bread called lavash. Fraser has ordered real French champagne for us to toast the third birthday of his son Jack. The only problem is that Volodya has to drive the van again. As we swerve and shudder our way home I ask Volodya where he spent his two-year national service.
'In tanks,' he shouts, and we end the day on a laugh.
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PALIN'S GUIDES
- Series: Pole to Pole
- Day: 27
- Country/sea: USSR
- Place: Leningrad
- Book page no: 59
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