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Published: December 9th 2004
Guy on Horse
This is a guy on a horse outside red square, handsome fella and no mistake!
Thanks to 'Steve' who informs me that the guy on the horse is: Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov, the Soviet Marshal who won the war for Russia against Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.Right So my trans-siberian adventure starts in moscow (obviously) Spent a few days there its enormous, lots going on and lots to see- then one evening i realised id seen enough and was itching to become an intrepid adventurer, so i headed on over to the train station, arriving at 9:15, after a couple of minuites i decoded the Cyrillic timetables (with the help of lonely planet of course) and discovered the train to Novgorod left at 9:20. so, after a moment of feeling smug that i had timed my arrival at the train station well i realised i need a tiket. cue mad rush to 'kacca' to buy ticket and 15 minute queue. never mind i thought, and with the help of russian english student i took the next train east to Vladimir- which is about half way to novgorod. thought it was a 12 hour trip so i went to sleep sharpish in the (short) beds. Im travelling 3rd class to save dosh so im not sure what the other classes' beds are like but im sure that they are wonderful and huge and comfortable. Anyway, iam rudley awakened by the train lady who said something that i didnt
St Basils
St basils cathedral, most famous thing in Russia i reckon! understand but i assumed was 'wake up englisher and get off my train' so i did and found myself in Vladimir at 1am with no where to go and the numerous residents of the train station being not all too friendly. so i explore Vladimir, which has some pretty churches and not much else as far as i could see, then i looked for a hotel and was told they were full, (which i dont believe for one moment) and then popped back to the station and got on the 5am Moscow -> Vladivostok and hopped off at Novgorod.
Managed to get a couple of hours sleep on the train but 4 hours sleep in 2 2 hour chunks is not nearly enough for your lathargic narrator so i headed straight for a hotel, (6 pounds, bargain) and went to sleep, feeling slightly guilty at sleeping at 9am when there was city to see but i was awful tired. anyway woke up at 8pm, wondered a bit- the Kremlin here actually has tanks and planes in, i trust theyre not real working ones, but i could be wrong, mabye novgorod is planning a coup..
Will upload photos soon,
Lenin mosaic
Mosaics of Lenin and the greatness of being a communist adorne the stunning metro at every oppertunity! cheerio.
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How Cool
Hey chris, its robyn. just wanted to say, i love your website and it reminded me how much you make me smile. you seem to be having one hell of an adventure,take care xx