One of the traditions of our exchange program, run by Project Harmony, is a farewell dinner. All the participants of the trip, along with their host families, gathered in a restaurant called The Karelian. It was a nice chance to say goodbye to everyone we had met in Petrozavodsk!

Dining room of The Karelian

Now it was time to pack for the overnight train trip. Our host families gave us parting gifts to remember them by and took us to the train station. We tearfully said goodbye and rolled toward St. Petersburg…