Small sitze fish on the market = 100 Russian Rubel = approx. 1,59 € I postcard = 10 Rubel Lunch in the train: (2 tea, 1 coffee, maincourse fish and an extra salat) = 1.800 Rubel ….. No wonder the restaurant was fairly empty…
Month: May 2015
Lake Baikal – amazing facts – for Huberta (1)
I learned today that this is the deepest lake in the world, it is 636 km long, it’s water volume equals 20% of the world’s fresh water (!!!), ages over 25 million years, has over 3500 species of plants and animals from which 2600 are endemic, it freezes 1 1/2 meter thick in the winter…
Short Recap train ride – Irkutsk
Train ride from Moscow to Irkutsk was smooth, fun, visually inspiring and enjoyable. People are super friendly, moderate and not selfish in their behavior what so ever, even the small kids travelling are well behaved. I guess different upbringing here – not to be misunderstood as criticism on how kids are raised in our part…
Travel Schedule – stupid me – sunrise
Obvious when the train arrives right? Correct 15:57…. Took me the entire journey to understand that the electronic displays as well as the travel schedule in the train worked with Moscow time and that Russian is required to leave Moscow…. To get there the time table is in English ……
Train – routine and more
The train is well taken care off by several people. The ladies take their uniform with pride and every time the train stops to take on new guests, their lipstick gets refreshed. Travellers get off the train when there is a stop, to either catch some fresh air, – – well I guess most of…
Irkutsk – room mates – love is in the air :)
I am super lucky with my room mates. They are very sweet, careful and experienced train travellers! I learned a lot already. Michail and Natasha – 26 & 24, married. His 5th word was: “pregnant” supported by the biggest and pridest smile one can imagine. English is a challenge which doesn’t stop us from…
Train – Irkutsk – Victor and Bonobo
Second day- same soup but gosh why did they add all that grease in today???? Lucky me I managed to drop part of the soup and seriously burned my legs. This is when I noticed the fat amount being very thankful for being so clumsy. Better on as in my legs 🙂 Eating, writing and…
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