I arrived to St. Petersburg by ferry, from Helsinki, in 2015.  I was scared. The ferry was Russian. I made a few Russian friends working in food service. We exchanged social media contact, but they disappeared from my radar when I got back to the U.S.A. Perplexing!

I took the featured photo at the time of my visit. The three: a young man in a red shirt, a woman in  a dress, with a black bag, and a woman in pants, and a jean jacket, carrying a white plastic bag, are disengaged with each other, except they walk side by side. Could it be Mama, Grandma and Grandson? Possibly!  Are they Russian?  I thought so at the time.  The man in the background taking a picture adds a touch of interest.   

After a thought provoking trip, I made it back to Helsinki. The ferry didn’t gobble me up, but delivered me safely from one shore to the other, and back again. I do wonder though, whatever happened to my Russian friends from the ferry?