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Transsibérien
Le transsibérien, c'est ce train mythique qui traverse la Russie de Moscou à Vladivostok et qui fait tant rêver les européens. Pourtant, ici, en Russie, ça ne fait rêver personne. On était toutes fières de dire à nos hôtes que l’on prenait le transsibérien pour rejoindre le lac Baïkal et leur réponse a toujours été : « Mais vous êtes folles, vous êtes vraiment excitées à l’idée de passer 3 jours dans un ...
Good trip
Ekaterinburg is a fabulous city with a bright character. I am greatly in love with Holy Trinity Cathedral which I could observe every day I stay in the city out of the window of Onegin Hotel. The cathedral made in Classicism style reminds Pushkin times how it seems to me. By the way, the hotel is quite good with friendly staff and all necessary for your business trip.
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Transsiberian Railway Part I
... drunk. After drinking about 3 times on our friendship we finally move to the restaurant. There we meet Sergei. He is about 40 years old, and speaks english. He comes and sits with us, ordering food and Wodka for us..10 hours later we arrive in Ekaterinburg..
more (and pictures) are to follow soon, now we have to take the train from Novosibirsk to Irkutsk - 30 hours..
Yekaterinburg is a nice town and people are very friendly. Right at the train station ...
Last day in Ekaterinburg
... modern shopping mall & ventured no further than the first floor for a coffee. After getting out coffee & sitting at a table Jean was presented with a bill for the milk for here coffee!! Afterwards we went to the supermaket in the mall to have a look at getting supplies for the 3 days on the train. It took us ages as we had to decipher what things were. Incidentally food seems to be pretty expensive in Russia from what we have seen. After our mega shopping excursion we went ...
Ekaterinburg
... etc as well as an indoor one of a spy, Harry Powers, who was shot down near Ekaterinburg in 1961. In the Red Army Square there was a fabulous memorial, called the Black Tulip, to those who lost their lives in the Afghanistan conflict between 1979 – 1989. Black Tulip was the name of the plane that brought the bodies home. The statue comprises of a seated grieving soldier with his head hung surrounded by curved columns representing the tulip leaves. Each column ...
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