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18 May 2005
Sightseeing We have an afternoon departure from Irkutsk to Ekaterinburg, so it was a leisurely morning beginning with a hotel breakfast, Russian style. It was a filling spread of eggs, cheese, salad, porridge and lentils. We rested and checked out around 1100 having failed to secure a late check-out beyond the normal time of 1200. […]
17 May 2005
Above: Beautiful wooden lattice-work adorn some Siberian homes. Tatiana prepared a nice breakfast for us, comprising sausage, egg, bread and a sweet. We prepared for Eugene’s pickup which had been indicated as 0930 to 1000. But he turned up at 1045 in an old van for some reason and we had to wait for another […]
16 May 2005
Arriving at Irkutsk The guard or conductor woke us up about an hour before our 0809 arrival at Irkutsk. We packed and checked that we had everything. The train pulled into the station on the opposite side of the river from town. It was a gloomy and drizzly day. We were met by Eugene who […]
15 May 2005
Sukhbaatar to Naushki The train appeared stationary while I was in the dozing hours before I woke properly. I got out of bed around 0830 while we were in Sukhbaatar. We had made a seemingly long stop and the toilets were locked. I had to hop out of the train to use the station toilet. […]
21 June 2004
Tourist trap Today we leave Krakow for London for a one-night stay. We have the morning to kill, so I took the tram to Old Town once again, for one last look. Kim opted to read and relax in the room. Text continues after this gallery. We checked out around 1220 and hopped […]
20 June 2004
Trip to Auschwitz & Birkenau It was a rainy day. Rather heavy rain actually. After breakfast we took the tram and bus to town where we had about five minutes to spare before our bus ride to Auschwitz. The trip took about 1h30 but couldn’t see anything on the outside due to condensation on the […]
19 June 2004
Old Town and Wawel Castle This morning started differently, with band music from across the road. It turned out to be a military band practice for a big event tonight. Breakfast consisted of a huge cold buffet. We took a tram around 0900 towards Krakow’s Old Town. We couldn’t find a kiosk nearby and had […]
18 June 2004
Visiting Tatra National Park Today we’re doing an excursion from Zakopane to the Tatra National Park, before moving on to Krakow. Our host dropped us off at the train station around 0900 where we stored our luggage. We were lucky to get on the bus to Morskie Oko straight away. The road took us through […]
17 June 2004
Moving to Zakopane We woke at 0430 because the sky was bright as, but managed to fall back asleep till 0630. We ate our simple breakfast and returned the apartment key before taking the tram to Warsaw Centralna. Unfortunately, we took the tram that made a turn as we got to that part of town. […]
16 June 2004
It was very windy and cloudy when we woke. It made us feel lazy. After another simple breakfast of muesli and tea, we took the tram and metro to town, using a different route. First stop was the Historical Museum of Warsaw in the old town. Not all exhibits had captions in English so we […]