2 days, 3 nights, and 4 timezones
There's just something about a train. Seeing the world rush by at ground level is so much more real than the God's eye view you get flying.
60 hours on the Trans-Siberian took us from Moscow, through the Urals, the Siberian plains, and finally to Kemerovo, Olya's hometown. A first class ticket bought us a cabin to ourselves, and almost exclusive access to a the "toilet," which is best left in quotation marks and undefined. But the food was great (if you're into Mayo), we slept fine, read books and watched movies and passed the time.
The big towns we passed were unmemorable, but the view was lovely. We saw the great plains the Mongols used to terrorize, and beatiful black & white Birch forrests peppered with cute wooden dachas.
By the end we were tired and stinky, but hadn't killed each other - a testament to the strengh of our marriage! :)
- Piero
60 hours on the Trans-Siberian took us from Moscow, through the Urals, the Siberian plains, and finally to Kemerovo, Olya's hometown. A first class ticket bought us a cabin to ourselves, and almost exclusive access to a the "toilet," which is best left in quotation marks and undefined. But the food was great (if you're into Mayo), we slept fine, read books and watched movies and passed the time.
The big towns we passed were unmemorable, but the view was lovely. We saw the great plains the Mongols used to terrorize, and beatiful black & white Birch forrests peppered with cute wooden dachas.
By the end we were tired and stinky, but hadn't killed each other - a testament to the strengh of our marriage! :)
- Piero
posted by Piero & Olya Friday, June 30, 2006
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