Aoife at Platform kiosk

On the night train

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September 29th 2007
Four nights on a train. Are we mad or what? Possibly. To cross Europe overland until Asia. A lifetime goal come to reality. To feel the space of the map as a physical reality. Gather your noodles, instant coffee, tea-bags, chocolate, crisps, maybe bread or fruit. Anything that can be cooked using the boiling water from the Samovar at the end of each carriage governed by the Provodnist ... 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