Hotel DeLuxe Novosibirsk

... on a show! The entire mood of the trip had changed and by this stage the landscape was moody, isolated, desolate and imposing. All rather exciting yet haunting and absolutely no way I would want to be stuck in one of the places we passed. An existence I feel not for the faint hearted!<br><br>· At one stop we were blown away by the food on display. Local men and women were selling dried fish, blinis, potatoes, eggs and lots of ...

... aber wir haben auch ein neues Getränk kennengelernt: Balsam. Schmeckt ähnlich wie Jägermeister und wird mit einer gezuckerten Zitronenscheibe getrunken. Gestern haben wir überhaupt schon um halb 12 mit Cognac angefangen. Wir essen aber ständig etwas dazu, so dass wir recht konstant einen gewissen Pegel haben ohne dass uns irgendwie komisch wird. Die Jungs haben Unmengen von Essen mit und versorgen uns mit Brot, Speck ...

... wurden wir positiv ueberrascht. Alles war sehr huebsch eingerichtet und sauber. Wir fuehlten uns sofort wohl. Novosibirsk hat nicht so viel zu bieten wie Moskau. Dennoch ist es interessant zu sehen wie man im uebrigen Russland so lebt. Es gibt nette Cafes und die Menschen sind offener und freundlicher als in Moskau. Im Sommer ist Sibirien nicht so kalt wie man es sich vorstellt, die Frauen tragen alle ...

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... ein gong. Dei hadde fiksa leilighet for oss, men det var ikkje lett pga ein vitenskapeleg messe som gjekk av stabelen neste dag. Me budde i Akademgorodok (Academic Town) som er ein 100% planlagt by utanfor Novosibirsk bygd rundt forskningsmiljoet. Standarden var saa som saa, men det var likevel fascinerande aa sjaa korleis vanlege russarar i blokkar bur. Neste dag hadde Arkady planen klar for heile dagen! Foerst ein liten rundtur i ...

24th Feb Great Day on the train - even got a free hot meal at lunchtime. Decided not to partake of smoked fish sold by vendors on the platform. Great scenery - even though it didn't change much for 500 miles! Loos really amazing - to flush just press the pedal and the base opens up and it drops onto the track! and a cold blast of air fill the room - this is also a good way of ...

... Unfortunately, Tomsk lies off on a spur train line from the city of Tayga a little further down the main Trans-Siberian line, so it proved tricky to arrange. And with the other problems I had putting my itinerary together properly, there just wasn't any time to do both. So Novosibirsk - for the sake of both curiosity and simplicity - won out. I'm still glad I came. Though not a highly engaging place, it's still interesting to see, and the Opera &amp; Ballet Theatre is ...

... war, unaccompanied by the band, alone with his accoustic guitar, calling war many things: "golaya, vesyolaya, uzashnaya, spravadlivnaya, ..." (naked, fun, horrible, just, ...) The best song, live, was the song that sings: Mom, this is Rock 'n Roll. Rock, this is me. Shevchuk left his stool half-way through. The band, including the rapid, battering trumpeter, led by the exploding electric guitarist, played a jam so beautiful. Shevchuk extended his arms and glided ...

... well we cross our fingers and we decided to walk to see the village. Then we had to go into the train and during 3 hours more, we were waiting but we arrived at the Mongolian frontier and other 2 hours more to wait ... Finally, after 7 hours waiting, we were in Mongolia!!!!!!!!!!

Continued from ; The Baikal part 1 10th February 2004 We crossed the Urals last night which means that we are still confused , but confused in Asia. This is the beginning of Siberia . We have checked out of Europe. Thus we spring-clean the compartment and tuck into another breakfast of bread , cheese, salami and pickles. The scenery is snow and birch trees , few people or vehicles , just the occasional settlement of gingerbread houses ...