Yal Mini-Hotel Kazan
ulitsa Orenburgskiy Trakt 20 Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Privolzhsky, Russian Federation
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Tataristan Republic
... of the roads were completely ripped up and under construction. There were no signs up pointing pedestrians were to walk or fences to keep general control of what was happening. People just walked straight through the construction site over the rocky 'roads’ and went about their day. We arrived at our lunch stop, a little restaurant with wooden interior. Kate ordered for us a traditional Tataristan meal. We didn’t realize it but we were now ...
First real russian city
... Museums, Lake Nizhny Kaban
Spent the morning looking at flights out of russia and ended up not leaving the hostel til after lunchtime since I ended up chatting with an Aussie guy who was doing the trans siberian with his mother. Seems he works in the UK and his mum planned to visit him via the trans siberian but planned to do this within 2 weeks. He said that this was to short and would be a waste so decided to join her for a longer trip.
Once again headed to the ...
Friggin freezing!
... in Moscow and wrapped up well before exiting the train. We checked into the hotel, thankfully they had a room we could use, grabbed a bite to eat and relaxed before our city tour this afternoon at 1pm Boy did we need the relaxing, our tour this afternoon was a frogmarch/run around Kazan. Our guide knew a lot, but boy did she like to walk fast. I felt very much taken back to surgical ward rounds as a house officer, where the consultant and possibly one of the regs who ...
Poolhall junkies
... oli kiireiselle aikataulullemme liian pitka. Kulutimme pelin parissa aavistuksen liian pitkaan niin etta meille tuli kovakin kiire vieda Alsu tanssiharjoituksiin, hakea Arthurin tyttoystava Leea ja meidan rinkat ja viela ehtia juna-asemalle. Onneksi juna oli myohassa vaikka olisimme siihen aikataulussakin nipinnapin ehtineet.
Kaikenkaikkiaan Kazan oli kaupunkina erittain siisti ja viihtyisa. Kokokin oli sopiva silla matkat ...
Kazan (catch up)
After an overnight train, we arrive in Kazan. Our next city guide (or Honcho as Vodkatrain calls them) is on the platform to greet us. Her name is Natalia, 23, and to no surprise she is another typically pretty Russian girl. A student, studying psychology I think and her English is good, but still a little broken. She takes groups around once a month or so. One of her friends joined us for the day who was also thinking about working for Vodkatrain ...
This small hotel was formerly known as: Yal



