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Trans-Siberian shenanigans
Trans-Sib day 7- 11/180 1st jaunt on the trans-siberian railroad from Moscow to Perm was 20 hours and we were spoiled compared to the train we're currently on which unfortunately is triple the time although much more authentic but I digress. Finding the platform for the train was interesting, we had electronic tickets and were told that's all we …
Monkey Mama and Cat-eyed Woman
24 June 2012, Perm Free city festival zone She was selling cats in cages and when I caught her eye, cats eyes fixed my stare right back as I moved on a time warp between the bustling Perm crowd. She was selling photos with a mischievous monkey near the corner of the street where the crowds milled waiting for the pedestrian traffic lights to turn green. She talks with her monkey, chastising it. Despite the thick crowds she and 'he' had a special ...
Day 8 & 9 - Perm
... in. It turns out that the hospital was built in 1833 by Nicolas I, the Czar at the time, and was originally run by the Order of Public Welfare. Now, it is the largest hospital of the Western Urals. Every year it treats 30,000 people (30,002 once you count us!).
The head doctor at the Perm Regional Clinical is Valery Abramovich Blinov. He is a highly qualified and expert doctor who has been the head of the hospital since 2006. We ...
Perm
... russisk på forsæderne og dansk på bagsædet, så da radioen starter forspillet på Frank Sinatras "New York, New York”, kiggede vi på hinanden med et sigende blik i øjnene, nikker og stemmer højlydt i, da Frank synger den første strofe og stopper først da sangen er ovre. Dette overraskede tilsyneladende vores russiske veninder og efter 5 sekunders målløshed brød de begge sammen af grin. Efter denne ice breaker var stemningen i bilen løftet lidt mere op ...
The Trans-Siberian Railway Begins
... There are 3 English women in the next two cabins to me (Vicky, Linda and Susan doing this as a holiday) and about a dozen or so young Scandinavians in 2nd class further down the train. Other than that the train seems pretty deserted. Our 14 carriages are not needed for so few and we trundle along at an average of 40 mph...!
The train is of course lovely and warm and cosy but outside is a picture of frozen wilderness. ...
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