Oktyabrskaya Hotel
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Transsib to Yekaterinburg
... to Yekaterinburg. Due to the large amount of military production sites foreigners were not allowed to travel to the city until after the fall of the Sowjet union in 1990. Now it has about 1.3 million in habitants and is still quite a rich city (by russian standards).
We spent two full days in Yekaterinburg, which was absolutely okay. There are not that many tourist attractions, but some rather obscure monuments, such as the one for Michael Jackson (who never ...
MonuMENTAL Russia
... built for the veterans of Russia's Afghan conflict (aka "Russia's Vietnam") and also for those who lost their lives and were never reported by the government (i.e. Black Ops). Unlike the monuments for the two major wars that Russia was involved in, this one seemed to be much more anti-war and reserved.
While it may not be a typical "monument", Yekaterinburg is also famed for The Cathedral of the Spilled Blood. The Cathedral ...
Trans-Siberian moves slowly to Ekaterinburg
... night Russian/English language lesson as Sergey tried to understand the translation sheets Donna had printed off before we left London and he began to help us (well Donna) pronounce Russian words correctly. This was all going fine until she confused him by giving him a translation sheet for Mongolia, which needless to say he couldn’t understand. Eventually Donna noticed the large lettering at the top of the sheet stating very clearly ...
Arrival in Ekaterinburg
... things about Ekaterinburg, what to see, what our programme, where restaurants, how much the ballet & opera costs are and more.
After checking in the first thing we each did was to have a shower & wash our clothes, well some because I disposed of some of mine (the plan was to do this to lighten the case as I went along & so I had less washing on the train). The we went off to dinner to a restaurant that Vadim recommended, ...
Favourite place in Russia - capital of Urals
... 8211; about the guest family. Before AFS!
Still here in Traveler’s coffee at 13:30 (good name for a café). Soon leaving, I guess. Has everything, friendly basic English-language service (with a smile no less), told you I like this town - good food, warmth and Wi-Fi.
Writing on the next train – Monday morning (7th).
Didn’t leave TC as early as expected. Stayed 'til 3pm (7 hrs. in a café, both ...
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