Day 11 Listvyanka and Lake Baikal

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Hi All,



So we woke to a Russia breakfast of omelet and cucumber. Our honcho decided not to turn up in the morning and so we all went for a long walk in our group of six. We took some great photos down on the Lake. On our return she had a bit of a sulk because we wanted to go early.



We then headed into Irkursk where our honcho showed us the cities main sites.

A list of the sites she showed us include…



· Raising of the Cross Church

· The Saviours Church

· The statue of TSAR Alexander the III

· Lenin Statue

· Yuri Gagarin Statue

· Angara River and banks

· An impressive mall

· London Pub-with pints of good Russian beer



We went to a ropey café for lunch everyone had something but Neil, and Vicky had the honey pancakes (sweet tooth). We then walked all the way across town to a café shop, which was closed which sucked because it was freezing and we walked past about 10 coffee shops on the way lol!!!



We ran into 2 French guys as well, these guys gave us bread, cheese and Salami on the train!!!!



We got to the train station about 9pm, our two-night train left for Ulaanbaatar at approximately 10pm. We had 2^nd class this time, which was luxury compared to 3^rd. We watched a Spooks episode with everyone before bed.





Goodbye for now, Love N&V X

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