Ryan Johnson Hotel Kazan
ulitsa Uritskogo 15 Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Privolzhsky, 420030, Russian Federation
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Birthday at a Bus Stop
... loaded with shopping bags we made our way back to the hotel. We said our good byes to Kate who had decided she wasn’t coming to the train station with us despite that being the main reason all six of us had booked with Vodka Train because a Russian speaker did all the transfers and made sure we were on the right train at the right time but that’s another story.
We had checked out earlier that before morning and had to pay to store our bags, ...
Yekazanerinburg
... de Russie sont à l'heure de Moscou et Iékatérinbourg a une heure d'avance. Mais on a réussi à ne pas se planter...
Off we go on the Trans-siberian then! Well almost, as Kazan, our first stop, isn't actually on the Trans-siberian route, but many people had recommended it to us and it's worth a stopover. To save money, we travelled in seater class. Not too comfortable and it was freezing, for some reason ...
An atheist in Kazan
... inside, covered in gold decoration. We also went into the spring, where 'holy' water comes out of the taps, it's meant to make you look 20 years younger if you put it on your face (and you survive the freezing secondary to this when you step outside....) and have special healing powers if you drink it. So graham put it on his face, and I filled up my water bottle and we headed back towards Kazan. We stopped at many places on the way back to the hotel, so ...
Poolhall junkies
... tehtavana oli ottaa heti selville mina paivina paasisimme lahtemaan kohti Irkutskia. Rautatieasemia oli kolme noin 50 metrin paassa toisistaan. Kukin myi lippuja eri paikkoihin ja eri tavoilla. Saapuma-asemamme kioski ilmeisesti oli vain internetista ostettujen lippujen lunastamiseen, seuraava lahiseuduille meneviin juniin ja kolmas kaukojuniin. Paiva oli mukavan lammin ja aurinkoinen. Saatuamme selville Irkutskiin lahtevan Minskista ...
A whistle stop tour
... extent and this was only made worse by the fact we only had only one day in the city and had to catch a train in the evening. This meant that although we had a hotel, there were not intentions we would spend the night there. As a result, we were in a very grotty and not the best quality establishment. It served its purpose well enough though.
The traffic in Kazan was even worse than in Moscow and we were told that the standard would ...



