The nasty Russian dining car

Busman's Holiday

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September 12th 2006
Got on train number 4 bound for Beijing at 21:00, then it left at 21:35. After the evil Tobias at Intourist had sent us 2nd class ticket vouchers, even though we'd paid for 1st class and he'd ignored our complaint letter, we were amazed and delighted to find our 1st class berth. Two beds (bunks), an armchair and table, plenty of luggage space and a shared washbasin room with the couple next door ... 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