The Trans-Siberian Express
July 16th 2010 The biggest challenge when catching a train in Russian is getting to the station on time!!
Russia spans 9 time zones but irrespective of where you are the railway runs on Moscow time. So when our ticket says the train departs Vladivostok at 13:20 that means we need to be at the station at 20:20 local time. This is going to make it interesting as we go across the time zones on our way to Moscow
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