Zolotaya Dolina Novosibirsk

... chicken, some bread, cheese and beef, apples, pot noodles and chocolate to eat on the train.
To our amusement the carriage had been filled with super size television screens just won by football players who were on their way back home. For the first time we were on a train with the absence of the English language (apart from the women in the restaurant carriage who could only tell us that there was salad, fish soup and beef with potatoes each time we visited).
Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russian Federation miffyanddougle

... Fett), Käse und getrockneten Fisch. Bei den längeren Zwischenstopps kann man außerdem aussteigen und bei den Babuschkas was zu Essen kaufen. Es gibt Krautsalat, Faschiertes und Pelmeni. Trotzdem haben wir es geschafft, dass wir Samstag Abend doch noch Hunger bekommen haben. Aber alles kein Problem. Alexej hat beim Zwischenstopp in seiner Heimatstadt Nowosibirsk jede Menge Essen von seiner Mutter mitbekommen und uns ...

... kurze und koerperbetonte Kleider :-) Unsere Gast-Mutter hat uns jeden Tag mit einem super Fruestueck ueberrascht. Es war so gross, dass wir den ganzen Tag davon zerren konnten und erst am Abend wieder etwas zu Essen brauchten. Heute geht es weiter Richtung Irkusk (Baikalsee). Dies sind erneut 40 Stunden Zugfahrt.Wir freuen uns schon darauf und sind gespannt mit wem wir dieses mal das Abteil teilen werden.

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... som faktisk hadde 100,000 innbyggarar (ikkje verst for ein planlagt universitetsby). Det var veldig store avstandar og svaert breie gatar med mykje skog og groentareal. Naar du gjekk langs gata var det faktisk nesten saann at du ikkje saag nokon bygningar! Alle var skjult inni skogen! Bading i Ob-sjoen var neste ting paa programmet. Lite hadde me venta oss sydenstemning midt i Sibir! Badetemperaturar paa over 20 grader, stor ...

... how cold it is outside by the amount of steam you can create. Slept well. 25th Feb Heard England beat France (6 Nations). Went to the restaurant car in the afternoon for coffee - then back later with Gemma and Daniel for Champagne and Borcsh as you do! Time seems to be going very quickly. 26th Feb Last full day on this train before arriving at Irkutsk. Tony has new ...

... one of the most impressive Soviet buildings I've seen. Apparently the city has arguably the best nightlife in the region (along with tons of Irish pubs), but I'm not really going to have the time to investigate that. Tonight I'm off on a double overnighter to Irkutsk and Lake Baikal. So rather than go check out the booze scene, I need grab dinner, stock up a little on groceries and then be at the station before my train at 10pm (19:09 Moscow time - if I haven't mentioned ...

... and he jumped and bent his knees and stomped on the stage. Two long-black-haired girls stood up, down the aisle, and swayed/rolled through the jam. I would've danced, but no one else was dancing, and I was alone - those aren't good excuses. The first encore song was, "Chto Takoe Osen" (What is this Autumn). Without being simple, it's catchy; at least, I'd had it in my head for weeks. We all sang: In autumn, I haven't been with you for a long time. And the ...

... death versus the bears. And there are quite a lot of cars. - Sergei, a peaceful man who liked to talk, drove us in his brick-hauling truck at twenty-one miles an hour. We passed empty fields. He said, fifteen years earlier, people used to work those fields. But, now it's easier to sit and sell something in the "rinok" (bazaar). Sergei also said that only the big stores are going to survive. He summed up capitalism: "Prodat; kupit." (Sell ...

... is due south . I have a 'shower' in the wash room and quickly feel like I need another one. The train is centrally heated and we bask in the heat wearing tee shirts and pyjamas. Flip flops and bemused smiles. Smoking is permitted , but only in the join between carriages . Where there is no heating. It's like entering an arctic blizzard with snow and ice well and truly stuck to the insides of the doors and the steel floor . Thus a fag break ...