I love the Russian way of doing things! For most museums, churches, etc. there are two prices. The Russian price, and the non-Russian price. Obviously, the non-Russian price is more, sometimes 20 times more. However, students can get into the Hermitage (the Russian version of the Louvre, but about 4 times bigger and waaaaay more impressive) for free. After befriending a former student from Hawaii we decided to hit up the Hermitage to see if she could get two tickets and hook me up with one. Unfortunately, the woman at the window indicated it was one per person, so I quickly flashed my youth travel card, and she hooked us up with two tickets! Maybe it’s not so exciting in the retelling but saving myself 15 bucks on a 20 dollar a day budget is pretty thrilling.