We decided to explore the neighborhood as we had to bridge 4 hours. The Original plan was to go to a restaurant which according to the sign was 500 meter away….. After walking for some time we arrived at the second sign: Cafe 500 meter … We kept on walking until other travelers walked towards us:…
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Compartment Number 5 – smoothing in
Who would have thought that we – yes you are right noticing the difference I am no longer alone as I decided to become part of the traveling crowd – traveling in a German train. First it was cold like hell and now it’s hot that one could walk around in flip flops and shorts….
My new room mate – Compartment Number V. / Evil Twin
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…
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 Baikal
It was a wonderful expertinence and a mystical place.
Up up up …. Please stand in the snow Siberia without snow doesn’t really work ….. She had a point there / for Huberta (2)
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 ……
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