St. Petersburg – The Clubs, Take Two
The past two cruises I have taken the opportunity to head out in St. Petersburg to see some of the evening entertainment. As expected, the clubs are definitely more active on a Friday/Saturday than they were on that first Sunday. What I did not expect was the amount of sexuality that exuded from these places… The first week we went to was ‘Papanin’. After passing through the metal detector we made our way in, found a table only to discover that the table was in fact reserved. Weird system they have in that you actually need to purchase the table. So after some negotiation, we managed to find a place to park ourselves for the evening and settle in.
It wasn’t long until the entertainment started ~ the stage at the end of the dance floor provided a cat walk for our ‘beauty pageant’ as well as a place for the dancers to strut their stuff. The strutting was pretty darn close to naked ~ in fact the most some of them wore was a thong. What was good to see was that the clothing choices were not gender biased ~ in other words, both the men and the women we taking off the clothes.
This past week, we attempted to go to the club where Akis found his Russian however were denied access at the door due to ‘inappropriate’ footwear. So we snagged the second cab of the evening and headed to the Plaza. After gaining entrance and spending a good 20 minutes changing our dollars to Rubles, we walked in. I got no further than 20 feet inside the door and found the first of two brass poles ~ and yes, there was a dancer wrapped around the first one ~ dressed as you would for a position such as that. We again struggled to get a table and found that we needed to ‘purchase’ the chair at a cost of 300 Rubles per person for the night. The decision to wear 2.5 inch heels at the time of dressing seemed like a good fashion idea, but after an hour on my feet, I would have paid more than 300 Rubles to park my butt I tell you.
The entertainment in this club was a bit more ‘risqué’ to say the least. The first act had couples up racing to exchange clothes ~ yes, he wears what she wore and vice versa. The remaining acts featured the club’s entertainers who had absolutely no problem getting naked. As the men gathered round to check out the beautiful brunette, this type of entertainment seemed to be commonplace. The only people who seemed to have the look of shock was the ‘foreigners’. The final act saw the brunette bring up a volunteer from the audience. First she got naked, and then proceeded to remove just about all of his clothes. He seemed generally pleased with the experience and what I couldn’t believe was that he got a parting gift for participating in the experience. As if the close up of her boobs wasn’t enough!! Oh well ~ different cultures I tell you!
The evening ended with us taking the shuttle back to the ship ~ all was good except that we needed to wait until 4:45am as the bridge was up for nautical traffic and the 27 minute detour to drop off the tour guide. I mean really ~ did she need to get home first?!? All I can say is that Luc kept us sufficiently entertained with his complaints that he needed to work in 90 minutes yet understood why we would detour to take the lady home… All in all, definitely an experience.
It wasn’t long until the entertainment started ~ the stage at the end of the dance floor provided a cat walk for our ‘beauty pageant’ as well as a place for the dancers to strut their stuff. The strutting was pretty darn close to naked ~ in fact the most some of them wore was a thong. What was good to see was that the clothing choices were not gender biased ~ in other words, both the men and the women we taking off the clothes.
This past week, we attempted to go to the club where Akis found his Russian however were denied access at the door due to ‘inappropriate’ footwear. So we snagged the second cab of the evening and headed to the Plaza. After gaining entrance and spending a good 20 minutes changing our dollars to Rubles, we walked in. I got no further than 20 feet inside the door and found the first of two brass poles ~ and yes, there was a dancer wrapped around the first one ~ dressed as you would for a position such as that. We again struggled to get a table and found that we needed to ‘purchase’ the chair at a cost of 300 Rubles per person for the night. The decision to wear 2.5 inch heels at the time of dressing seemed like a good fashion idea, but after an hour on my feet, I would have paid more than 300 Rubles to park my butt I tell you.
The entertainment in this club was a bit more ‘risqué’ to say the least. The first act had couples up racing to exchange clothes ~ yes, he wears what she wore and vice versa. The remaining acts featured the club’s entertainers who had absolutely no problem getting naked. As the men gathered round to check out the beautiful brunette, this type of entertainment seemed to be commonplace. The only people who seemed to have the look of shock was the ‘foreigners’. The final act saw the brunette bring up a volunteer from the audience. First she got naked, and then proceeded to remove just about all of his clothes. He seemed generally pleased with the experience and what I couldn’t believe was that he got a parting gift for participating in the experience. As if the close up of her boobs wasn’t enough!! Oh well ~ different cultures I tell you!
The evening ended with us taking the shuttle back to the ship ~ all was good except that we needed to wait until 4:45am as the bridge was up for nautical traffic and the 27 minute detour to drop off the tour guide. I mean really ~ did she need to get home first?!? All I can say is that Luc kept us sufficiently entertained with his complaints that he needed to work in 90 minutes yet understood why we would detour to take the lady home… All in all, definitely an experience.
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