Graeme and his russian pot noodle

Train Life

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August 20th 2007
After a suprisingly good sleep we were up and excited to see the sights out of the window. Maybe a bear, a wolf, a Gulag but no, we got trees, trees and more trees and frankly not much else. With the view not so good at the monent (remember the journey is 9000km so it can only get better) we got out our magasines, cards and travel connect 4 and we were set. When the old tummy started to rummble it ... read more

Europe » Russia

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more