Posted by: Bryan.

St. Petersburg, Russia. Fall 2008.

Then and now.

I met some young punk kids in the park and they really wanted to take me to a place called Castle Hill. I
imagined it would be something akin to the Moontower from Dazed and Confused for Russian punks and
metal heads.

We journeyed all over town and stopped at a pellet gun range.

Castle Hill turned out to be nothing more than a head shop with spiked bracelets and Zeppelin posters. Cool,
but not what I was hoping for. Maybe it's telling of Russia's current capitalist embrace that this store is the holy grail for young punks.

Still, many thanks to my gracious tour guides.

FTW.