The countryside looks like Alberta. Lots of birch tres and evergreens. Every one lives in apartments. Train goes like a bat out of hell. Lots of fields of potatoes. We had an interesting starter for dinner last night. It was a square of sliced potato on the bottom and theFirst impression on Siberia is one of lots of swampy pools on water on the side of the tracks. The night was one of extremely bumpy tracks. Like being on a gravel road. Train speeding along to make time for the 1580 km trip to Novosibirsk. We arrive at 3;30 and then will have a city tour. We have a tea party this a m 

Sent from my iPhone🌸n some sardines perhaps and then mayonnaise and chopped egg white and sifted egg yolk on top. Most didn’t like it. I didn’t think it was too bad but would venture to say the dining isn’t haute cuisine.