Day #22: Nizhny Novgorod

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Another long day waiting for a night train, having nearly run out of things to do in Nizhny after yesterday's failures. Spent most of the day walking around Kremlin and city. We did have an excellent lunch at a Ukrainian restaurant. I have a new favourite meal, the Russian name of which translates as "herrings in fur coats": salted herring under layers of potato, beetroot, egg and mayonnaise. I think it must contain almost every essential nutrient, like beans on toast supposedly does. It's a popular dish on Russian menus and I have had it 3 or 4 times and now order it whenever I see it, in search of the perfect version. So far, today's is winning!

In other experimejntal eating news, we went for a drink at a Czech bar last night and I tried a new drink: green tea with mint liqueur, served hot. Tasted mostly of sugar and not sure I'd have it again, but it all disappeared!

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Photos

"Herrings in fur coats"
Tastes better than it looks