Zolotaya Dolina Novosibirsk

... very, very well &#8211; which leads me to think that this is not the first time our friend Saffa has done this. He turned out to be a rather lovely guy and the many beers and three bottles of cognac he apparently had drank, made him a little misleading at first, but at least compared to the rest of Russia &#8211; he never stopped smiling! <br><br>· Woke up on day three to a white blanket of snow everywhere &#8211; Siberia really was ...

Oje, oje. Die letzten Tage sind vergangen wie im Flug. Wir haben Edi, den Offizier, Sergej und Vladik, die Mechaniker bei der Eisenbahn sind, und Edis Soldaten, Alexej, Sergej und noch ein paar andere Russen kennengelernt. Seit dem gibt es keine ruhige Minute mehr. Wir unterhalten uns mit Händen und Füssen auf russisch, polnisch, deutsch, englisch und wie Edi festgestellt hat auch po kristinski. Natürlich fließt jede Menge ...

... en retard mais je m'y mets. Peut etre est-ce une mauvaise direction, Que dans 6 mois, je manquerais d'action, Alors moi seul prendrais la decision, De reprendre du service ou non. D'main, je rentre du cote de la France, C'est deja la fin des vacances, D'main, le futur m'appartiendra j'pense, Merci a la vie pour toute cette chance. Man'U *(faut prnoncer -er mais ya pas d'accent sur les claviers russes)

Nach ueber 50 Stunden Zugfahrt sind wir in der Hauptstadt Sibiriens angekommen und sind nun in Novosibirsk (1.5 Mio. Einw.). Wie geplant wurden wir auf dem Bahnsteig von unserer Gastfamilie in empfang genommen. Mit dem Auto fuhren wir dann in Richtung Stadtrand wo es unzaehliege Plattenbauten gibt. Tja, von aussen sehen diese nicht gerade einladend aus. Als wir aber durch die Panzertuere in die Wohnung ...

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... langs skinnene. I guideboka eg har staar det kva med passerar etter kor mange kilometer me er fraa moskva saa dette var ein interessant aktivitet. Me ankom Novosibirsk stasjon og hadde faatt vita av Milana, dattera til Arkady (som har jobba mykje med onkelen min Hans og ogsaa vore paa besoek hjaa oss paa Hella), at han Arkady kom for aa moeta oss paa perrongen. Det gjorde han ogsaa og hans blide vesen sjarmerte oss alle ...

... after a while and the long distances between everything get awfully tiring. Thing is, I kind of expected all this. I was well aware of the city's reputation long before coming, but for some reason I really wanted to hit it on my itinerary. Something about the name "Novosibirsk" and its curiously isolated spot on the map has attracted me for a long while, so I had to fit it in. I initially had the notion of spending the day here and then moving on to nearby Tomsk for the ...

... notes that reminded one of being in a downpour that doesn't end. A good, new song was called "Moskva" (Moscow). All the instruments eventually clashed together in the wonderful end, and Shevchuk - referring to the big-city noise - yelled, "Nichego neponimayu!" (I don't understand anything!) They played one of their many songs about autumn, and said that autumn has a "dozdlivoe serdtse" (rainy heart) and "tyomnaya dusha" (dark soul). Shevchuk played a song ...

... but it was delicious! After having lunch we spent the time looking through the window the last landscapes before arriving at the frontier. When we arrived at the frontier we could went out of the train during 2 hours. Our wagon was separated from the rest to check all the ...

... advance your watch and live by regular daylight hours instead. So what becomes of the start and finish times in the restaurant car ? And what's the time gap to the international clock ? The railway line actually spans 8 time zones. Add into the mix the Russian alphabet and unlimited quantities of vodka and you'll see how the journey soon becomes a rolling state of permanent confusion. Next ; The Baikal , part 2