Differences between Russia and America

- They always have a toilet in its own little room and the sink and tub in another

- Rarely rarely rarely does a family consist of a husband a wife and their kids

- All of the women carry a smill purse and then other items in a nice plastic bag, like one you would receive at a clothing store.

- Everybody carries an umbrella with them always

- There is no "Mr." or "Mrs." - - to address somebody formally you call them by their first name and patronymic (a pseudo-last name)

- Instead of having big stores with everything they have little stores for each general product

- There is no sense of personal space

- The only visual image I could come up with to explain just how tightly people cram into the metro is a vacuum sealed bag of coffee beans.

- Sidewalks are just sometimes nonexistent.

- And MOST IMPORTANTLY - - - cars never stop for pedestrians!