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18 June 2018
We walked to the nearby Sixt rental car desk located in a nearby hotel. At the opening time of 0900, tt was unattended but we managed to ring up the number provided. They couldn’t do us a car till around 1100. That left us with our backup booking with Avis for 0930. We taxied down […]
17 June 2018
We had the same breakfast of muesli and milk before heading to Bucharest’s railway station by taxi. It was a short wait before we could board our train for Brasov. Once in the countryside, the landscape varied between green and brown. We pulled into Brasov 2h40 later and took a taxi uphill to the old […]
16 June 2018
No breakfast was supplied at our hotel so we had some fruit and muesli. I was in a rush to get going. My brain wasn’t functioning and I kept thinking we had to be at the free walking tour at 1000 when it was in fact 1030 at the central city park about 20 minutes […]
4 August 2014
We went through Albanian exit immigration (perhaps we did) and entered Macedonia around 0400. My passport showed no exit stamp from Montenegro, no Albanian stamps at all and an entry into Macedonia. Go figure!? At around 0530 we pulled into Ohrid station. It was light already. I needed a second layer for the first time […]
24 May 2005
We woke early again. it was a combination of our body clock (train lag), noise and light. We dozed and took it easy until breakfast around 0800. Today’s kinda our spare day in case things don’t go smoothly. So we didn’t have any big plans. Perhaps just repeat some sightseeing and explore a bit more. […]
23 May 2005
With a two hour time difference from Ekaterinburg, we woke early. Around 0500 local time, or 0700 where we were yesterday. The breakfast downstairs was quite nice; it was tasty stew of potato and meat, but I went off it when I realised it was kidney and liver. The cabbage stew was tasty with a tinge […]
22 May 2005
Departing Ekaterinburg We were woken by our alarm at 0645. Today we take the final leg of our train journey from Ekaterinburg to Kazan. It’s a relatively short ride today, in fact, just a day-trip. But it is a significant day as we cross from Asia to Europe today. We fuelled up on a breakfast of […]
21 May 2005
Around the city We woke on the sofa bed around 0730 and arranged breakfast for 0900. Our hostess prepared a very nice breakfast of jam-filled blinis, cheese pastry, bread and yoghurt washed down with tea. The blinis were the best I’ve had; crispy on the edges, soft and warm, and filled with jam before being […]
20 May 2005
Above: Our lovely homestay was located in this humble Soviet-style apartment block. Onboard We woke around 1030 Irkutsk time or 0730 Ekaterinburg time after more than 10h sleep! We must be adjusting to the local time. The countryside appeared quite green. Even the birch trees are green. We had breakfast with the Japanese boys. It […]
19 May 2005
Scenery en route We woke around 0830 to a little country mountain town. There was more evergreen conifers her in between the white bald trees. We didn’t quite repeat last night’s dinner and supper for breakfast, but it was closed. We substituted ham for lime-flavoured canned tuna. As we approached Krasnoyarsk, we had a green […]