Alexander Blok
Travel Blogs from Moscow
Pot Noodles on the Transiberian Express
... than the others.
I was kept occupied for literally hours trying to spot a kilometre post to see where we were, unfortunately the train had a tendency to speed up so I couldn’t read them and then I would also get distracted looking at trees and houses and babushka’s foraging in the forest and forget what I was looking for. I made it my mission to try and take a photo of a kilometre post and finally after more than 4000km I got one, a ...
Rushing around Russia
... people in each. We made a stop in Red Square and got some awesome pictures at night. This was the best part of the trip. The limo ride back to the hotel was fun but also a bit of a torture because the champagne cocktails I’d had were catching up with me and I desperately needed to pee. The limo’s pulled up next to a park and most of the girls and some of the guys ran out to have a pee in the bushes (this is Russia, there was no proper ...
Moscow
... makes no sense at all to me, I could do that at home. One of the girls in my room only goes out for meals and clubing at night.
Today I had a mission to get a train ticket to St Petersburg. This meant I had to go on the Metro and change stations. The metro is huge and has about 12 lines all interconecting. some stations have 2 or 3 stations on different lines above and below each other. I managed to find my way even thou it was not ...
This is it!
... luppanasti Englantia väkertävä mies kertoi minulle uudet lentoajat, jotka tekevät Delhissä suoritettavan vaihdon melko haastavaksi ajan suhteen. Sain uuden aikatauluja koskevan puhelun Intiasta muutama tunti sitten kun olin päässyt Shermetyevon transfer zonen turvatarkastuksen läpi. Eipä olla esim. Finnairilta ikinä soitettu ja tiedotettu lentoaikataulujen muutoksista. Syy tähän tuskin johtuu siitä, että työvoima olisi halvempaa Intiassa? Vai johtuuko? Anyways, ...
Moskou
... en ook goed te doen binnen één dag. Jammer wel is dat Moskou echt ongelooflijk duur is. We hebben in 1.5 dag in Moskou ruim 180 euro uitgegeven! En hebben alleen maar het broodnodige gekocht, zelfs bij de MacDonalds gegeten omdat al het andere 3x zo duur was. Beetje jammer dus, maar we hopen de komende dagen nog genoeg mogelijkheden te hebben om Russisch te eten. Én drinken natuurlijk! Na-Zdrovje!
Vanavond vertrekt de Trans-Siberian eindelijk!
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