She: “Do you speak English? A book, a table, a pencil”…. Lol… We both started laughing. Tonya, Russian, 52 years old, very friendly, likes laughing and eating sausage with a lot of garlic. Her final destination is Ulan Ude. She joined compartment Number V. this morning. I felt asleep again which wasn’t easy because by…
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Mongolia – on my way
……. It’s cold, the wind is blowing through the window….. Water for tea is boiled with fire /charcoal….. no restaurant on board but lovely red curtains … Hmmmmm Maybe it’s not that bad after all, that this trip is “only” 32 hours ….. More tomorrow 🙂 Gute Nacht.
Monday morning – good bye lake BaikalÂ
It was a wonderful expertinence and a mystical place.
Passport – why did you ….
Yesterday morning: ” Excuse me, I need to take this phone call.” “Sure.” ” I have news for you, they have your passport!” “My passport??” “Yes you left it in the hotel, why didn’t you take it with you???? You should never leave without your passport.” “Uppsssss ….I guess I forgot it.” We managed to…
Up up up …. Please stand in the snow Siberia without snow doesn’t really work ….. She had a point there  / for Huberta (2)Â
and no this is not becoming a habit…..
Village Market  / afternoon – tasty fish
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…
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 moreÂ
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…
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