Thursday and still no internet. I’m verkempt! We are in Siberia today and all the landscape looks like Alberta. Amazingly so.
We had a somewhat restful day yesterday although the night before was terrible. The train was so rough. It was like we were going very fast and hitting turns and it was bucking and rocking. I certainly wouldn’t recommend this trip to anyone unless they were pretty fit. Certainly the contortions one has to do to get into bed, especially for Joyce are not to be believed. We basically have no room to move and I’m in the same clothes for three days because the suitcases are at the end of the hall and buried so I need the porter to move them down for me to get in to it.
Food is interesting. Much like home cooking. Not like a cruise ship. There are three dining cars and each has its own kitchen which possibly serves 40 people. There are two wait staff. One girl who is so pretty and runs her feet off. The other fellow seems to not be as active but who knows. Last night we four all had the same thing and three looked the same and fourth one was totally different..vegetables different and the pork chop was breaded unlike ours. Coffee served in lovely cups...metal sleeve with glass inserts. Silver, pewter maybe? We were supposed to have a day on the train today but instead we are off for four hours until lunch this afternoon at 1:30 on the train. We have a vodka tasting this afternoon at four, on the train. Last night a fellow came through our dining car playing the violin with some well known pieces finishing with a famous Russian piece, which I don’t know the name of. We had a couple of small bottles of vodka in our room which we got some tonic for and enjoyed. We have a bowl of fruit in our room and water is provided and no water from tap is to be used. Toilets don’t flush when we are in the station.
Weather is slightly cooler and tomorrow we stay in a hotel in Irkutsk..the Marriott..maybe I’ll have internet so all these letters I have written might go.
Diane Draffin 🌷
We had a somewhat restful day yesterday although the night before was terrible. The train was so rough. It was like we were going very fast and hitting turns and it was bucking and rocking. I certainly wouldn’t recommend this trip to anyone unless they were pretty fit. Certainly the contortions one has to do to get into bed, especially for Joyce are not to be believed. We basically have no room to move and I’m in the same clothes for three days because the suitcases are at the end of the hall and buried so I need the porter to move them down for me to get in to it.
Food is interesting. Much like home cooking. Not like a cruise ship. There are three dining cars and each has its own kitchen which possibly serves 40 people. There are two wait staff. One girl who is so pretty and runs her feet off. The other fellow seems to not be as active but who knows. Last night we four all had the same thing and three looked the same and fourth one was totally different..vegetables different and the pork chop was breaded unlike ours. Coffee served in lovely cups...metal sleeve with glass inserts. Silver, pewter maybe? We were supposed to have a day on the train today but instead we are off for four hours until lunch this afternoon at 1:30 on the train. We have a vodka tasting this afternoon at four, on the train. Last night a fellow came through our dining car playing the violin with some well known pieces finishing with a famous Russian piece, which I don’t know the name of. We had a couple of small bottles of vodka in our room which we got some tonic for and enjoyed. We have a bowl of fruit in our room and water is provided and no water from tap is to be used. Toilets don’t flush when we are in the station.
Weather is slightly cooler and tomorrow we stay in a hotel in Irkutsk..the Marriott..maybe I’ll have internet so all these letters I have written might go.
Diane Draffin 🌷
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