Market scenery at train station

Lake Baikal - Wodka connecting people!!!

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August 9th 2011
Hallo again!! Just for all nationalities, we start to write in English. After a very funny night with 4 nice Germans in the Bierhaus/Irkutsk (we met the strawberry king of Irkutsk - Stefan - mi Erdbeere es su Erdbeere) we found finally our way to Lake Baikal after a bumpy busride and ferrytrip. It was a fantastic week camping in the forest with beach acces directly in front of our tent. Sandy w ... read more

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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