Irkutsk
Friday 04/08 It was difficult to awaken the kids this morning. Arrival around 6am in Irkutsk. Marina was on the platform to welcome us. We... Read more
Category: Russia
Journey to Irkutsk
Thursday 03/08 We took our train, on schedule as always, at 1am. We quickly fell asleep. Today is a full day in the train, with... Read more
Tomsk
Wednesday 02/08 – Tomsk We have the whole day to visit Tomsk today. Tomsk is not on the Trans-Siberian line and we enjoy being in... Read more
Journey to Tomsk
Monday 31/07 – Train to Tyumen / Tyumen We woke up at 5:30am this morning. The taxi organized by the hotel seems to be the... Read more
Tobolsk
Sunday 30/07 – Tobolsk We arrived at Tobolsk station at 8:30am. We went directly from the train station to get a breakfast (pancakes and... Read more
Yekaterinburg
Saturday 29/07 – Yekaterinburg We started, with our guide Yulia, by the visit of the Church on the blood, built between 2000 and 2003 on... Read more
En route to Maly Turysh + stay in Maly Turysh
Thursday 27 Hearty breakfast at the hotel (eggs and pancakes). Today our driver is Dimitri, an engineer who has one of the biggest dealers of... Read more
Perm
Tuesday 25/07 The 17 hours in the train passed so quickly! We had a relatively good 10-hour night’s sleep, we read a bit, we ate... Read more
Departure from Moscow – First stop of Trans-Mongolian journey: Suzdal
Sunday 23/07 – Departure from Moscow / Vladimir / Suzdal We woke up at 5am for our great departure eastwards. So far we’ve “just” had... Read more
Moscow – Summary
We had a very nice 6-day stay. We were lucky to have a very nice Airbnb. It was our first Airbnb experience and it was... Read more