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'The Train Across Half of Russia'
This is a top pick! ... . Myself and Shannon shared a cabin with Vladimeer and Ivan who were both off to Vladivostok (7 days!!!). Vlad was 'An officer of the Russian Army' who's favourite sayings were 'Sit Down Please', 'Thank You' and 'You're Welcome'. Ivan was a bit more of a ...
Damn this place is Cold!
This is a top pick! Arriving in Irkutsk in the early morning we got met at the station by a local affiliated travel agent. She had our onward train tickets and assisted us in finding the left luggage storage in the station. With our bags in storage we got a taxi into ...
From Russia with Rain
This is a top pick! ... and we arrived with very little time to get to the Bolshoi in time for the show. After manically trying to decipher the Russian Cyrillic alphabet and taking a chance on which train to catch into town, Sian being convinced we'd end up stranded somewhere in ...
TRANS-SIBERIAN TRAIN #10
This is a top pick! ... guy called Tom who was on his way to Vladivostok. We ambled around Irutsk feeling uninspired. It was a real shame that Russian Experience didn't arrange a "Buddy" to show us around. Irkutsk was the capital of Eastern Siberia and has a lot of ...
The Vodka train to Vodka Land!
This is a top pick! ... A LUXURY!" That really set her off on a rant and she bawled away repetitively thru the translation services of this poor Russian speaking German dude (who had serious trouble comprehending her splutterings) that she'd "had no trouble here in 74 years" ...
Mother Russia...
This is a top pick! ... and helpful fellow. When we arrived we were greeted by Vitali, Jack was away on tour. Vitali confirmed many Russian stereotypes of unhelpfulness bordering on hostility but we did eventually convince him to please speak to the Russian person on the ...
Russian Nightclubs
This is a top pick! ... a short journey this time, only 12 hours and overnight so it shouldn't be too bad. Last night Chris and I went to a Russian nightclub, seeing as we missed the one in Ekaterinburg. Stratosphere was an interesting experience. The first thing you see when ...
Frozen Tundra
This is a top pick! On the train to Yekaterinburg there wasn't much to see outside. We were rolling passed snow covered trees, rivers, the occasional farm house with the tundra plain as far as the eye could see. Ice had formed all around our window as the condensation ...
Ending Our Long Train Journey In Style.
This is a top pick! ... entrance fee, just to see the lavish interiors. The next day, May the 9th, was one of the most important days on the Russian calendar, Victory Day . A public holiday for all, it is the celebration of victory over Germany and the end of World War ...
st petersburg and Moscow
This is a top pick! ... ; but i was pondering this as i steeped onto an up escalator when 5 persons in front of me a very large Russian gentleman collapsed Backwards! security was called movement was halted queues formed. Then we started again upwards after women in kiosk was ...
The Trans-Siberian Rail
This is a top pick! ... 's of this hotel to their deaths below. Moscow is really beautiful, with all of the ornate trappings of a European city with Russian uniqueness in architecture. I can't express how nice it is to be in a European city, I love it. I'm looking forward to ...
Mockba the Magnificent!
This is a top pick! ... Transiberian line - train #9 - "The Baikal". We left Baikal the lake behind on Baikal the train. This was our first Russian train, the others had been Mongolian. We had heard stories of the infamous moodyiness of the "provodnista", usually a more mature ...
Ice Hotel No More
This is a top pick! ... . The stations are a work of art in themselves and worthwhile visiting. We made our way to the Cosmonaut Museum, under the huge spire of a rocket, and although all the titles and descriptions were in Russian, enjoyed the afternoon looking ...
Greetings from Russia
This is a top pick! ... early night as I was extremely tired! I slept through my alarm clock this morning and was late for my tour round Moscow. I had a Russian buddy, Oksana, who showed me the sights. We saw the Kremlin, Lenin's Tomb, Stalin's grave, St Basils and lots of ...
Falling in the deepest lake in the world!
This is a top pick! Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia - Back on my top shelf, I quickly fall back into my routine. Podcasts, music, reading, drinking tea and eating treats. The train to Irkutsk is only roughly 32 hours. The crazy aspect of train travel, is that now, 32 hours doesn't ...
Beer, Noodles and Bread (Bed)
This is a top pick! Travel journal inserted, rather than typed out again. ...
Leningrad
This is a top pick! ... wall. Russians love driving fast! I'm hesitant crossing large streets as the roads seem wet and slippy. Of course, there are old Russian rust boxes driving around. I wonder if my pops saw these when he was here? I enjoyed St P, but my mind was ...
Off To A Flying Start
This is a top pick! ... few too many, On the bus back to the hostel we were perhaps a bit too loud and rowdy. We kept asking Nika what the Russian for "Sorry" was, before repeating to the other passengers again and again. After a while Nika quite firmly told us that they knew we ...
77 hours to Moscow
This is a top pick! ... at 7pm. If you are familiar with Russian culture, if someone invites you to drink, you don't say no....everything is "Russian tradition"...and now I was also brought into the "Russian tradition". They were nice guys actually (Roman, Dimitri and ...
26 1/2 hours later...
This is a top pick! ... hours sleeping. An hour and a half in the restaurant car trying to figure out what the menu was and trying to communicate with a russian man who could speak a little german. That conversation didn't go very far at all. I spent the other 14 hours or so ...
Fish Flakes for Breakfast?
This is a top pick! At 2am our locomotive pulled into a quiet station on the edge of Lake Baikal, famed for its fresh fish (being the largest fresh water lake in the world!). Tilly had decided she was going to have one of these finned beauties before the train had even ...
Train life on the Trans Mongolian/Siberian
This is a top pick! ... berth compartment on some services, or downgrade to 54 berth dorm style bedding (with absolutely no privacy whatsoever) on most Russian trains. Kupe compartments are cramped but are reasonably comfortable all told. Top bunks are hotter (as heat rises, ...
Moscow - death and the metro
This is a top pick! ... glass windows or rich marble tiling as decoration. Revolution Square has a hundred or so huge marble sculptures of model Russian citizens like farmers, sports-people, engineers or factory workers. The fixtures and fittings (e.g. lights etc) match the ...
The Ural Mountains
This is a top pick! ... up a new memorial which the mayor was coming that day to unveil. It was for all the other poor people who died in Russian prisons. It was very interesting talking to them. We had a good walk through the forest with a bit of climbing at the end, ...
From Russia With Love
This is a top pick! Tache Ticker: Considering that we're closest now to Europe, it's surprising that there's taches galore in St. Pete's! Seen many tachetastic beezers, including one which was wider actually than the wearers face! One other particularly impressive ...
Bilzzard In Deepest Darkest Siberia!
This is a top pick! We must have been very bad and sent to Siberia as punishment! Remember the old Hogan's Hero's Episodes where the mention of Siberia got them shivering in their boots and behaving lest they be sent there? Well not really - we are thrilled to be ...
St Petersburg- Pancakes and panic
This is a top pick! ... lot! Back at the hostel we cracked open a bottle of vodka with our new friends Emma & Guy and toasted to many Russian traditions before heading out. We headed to a little bar/club that played Beatles music and we danced the night away. While ...
The Creme de la Kremlin
This is a top pick! ... ). Tobolsk is the only town in Siberia and one of the few in Russia which has a standing stone Kremlin, the Russian word for "fortress", "citadel", or "castle", referring to any major fortified central complex found in historical Russian cities. This ...
Expensive Comfort Food
This is a top pick! ... my stomach after coming in from the cold. The next few meals I tried to check off my list the typical Russian foods I needed to try - Stroganoff, Borscht, ravioli-dumplings, meat-filled pastries, herring and caviar. I tried them all with ...