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1 day in Yekaterinburg
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23 July
We arrived at half 3 in the morning (local time) and we continued our sweet dreams at the concourse until half 9 in the morning. After dropping off our bags at the storage at the station, we walked to the town centre started our exploration. We started visiting the Church of the Blood which commemorates the family of Nicholas II (the last royal family) killed by the communists near Yakerterinburg. We then bumped into ...
MonuMENTAL Russia
... it was another milestone for our return but the border also seemed to underline Yekaterinburg's place in Russia - it's really the spot where traditional Russia ends and the Urals/Siberia begins. The architecture underscores it - many of the buildings that are in the Soviet constructivist style sit alongside older classical style and modern/western buildings. The whole place seems to feel divided, in a way reminiscent of Berlin.
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Trans-Siberian moves slowly to Ekaterinburg
... hours and weren’t in a hurry to go to bed but we were knackered, so we crashed out with the light on, they left at 4am.
The next day began with another Russian sunrise and yet more trees and fields and eventually another Russian called Yuri joined us. To Donna’s disappointment, this gentleman could neither speak English, play chess, cards or looked the type to crack open the vodka with but she did manage to force him to view the family ...
Dog sledding
... more closely at the ice sculptures, which are amazingly intricate in their detail. After a coffee to warm up we did something that graham thinks we will never be able to do in Edinburgh......... Took the tram....... It cost 18rubles each (about 40p) and was a good experience. Now just 4 hours to find something to entertain ourselves with, with no hotel room, before pick up for our train this evening to ...
Better be prepared
... much about it, but we stayed at the place for one night and got us, polite as Germans are [;-)], out of the situation, the next morning. As we looked for another place to stay for the night, so many locals helped us to find the way and to find a hotel as we discovered that the only Hostel was closed! Thanks a lot! Since we had no other choice as to go to a hotel and pay a little bit more for ...
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