Undated

Today, after a somewhat fitful night sleep, interrupted by lack of air conditioners because the train was in a lay by, we had our first adventure of the day trying to shower.  Our shower locks from inside and as such locks both doors, limiting access either way.  However, when one tries to exit, it is impossible.  A malfunction I believe. Yesterday when trying the mechanism , I locked myself in and then exited through the neighbour’s cabin, who fortunately were out, especially as they are total strangers.  This a.m.  I found it impossible to use the shower...no water came out...finally discovered the secret only to discover another problem ...how do you get water that wasn’t boiling hot?  Joyce, on the other hand, could only get cold water!  Breakfast was adequate and we then left for the Kremlin in Kazan.  Saw beautiful mosques More walking! 5200 steps.  I forgot to take some Advil and suffering as a consequence!  We wish we had the cheapest accommodation which would have been twin beds...shower and toilet both down the hall. The upper bunk here is impossible to access and now when we would both had liked a rest, only one can lie down.  
We had a wonderful lunch..saw more of Kazan than necessary but interesting that there were flowers, window boxes and hanging planters all over.  Moscow, has nothing like that.  This is a Tartar city with both Russian  and Tartar populations.



Diane Draffin 🌷