We were a little rushed at the Internet Cafe last night so I am back again today to outline the next few days of our trip. We managed to make the Bolshoy Theatre last night but only for the last 10 minutes of Giselle. The show was a sell-out so we waited outside the theatre until a couple of gentlemen came out. I offered to but their tickets from them but they just handed them over and said 'run'. Although we missed most of the show it was great to get a look around the theatre. In the evening we hung around Manezhnaya square next to the Kremlin and had some food and beer.
Our train leaves at 5:16 this evening and here is a quick outline of the route.
- Sunday: Through Sergiev Posad, Yaroslavl and Danilov.
- Monday: Through Vyatka, Perm (a military town formally closed to foreigners), the Ural Mountains and across the imaginary border between Europe and Asia and into Siberia. Yekaterinberg is the first big town, home of Boris Yeltsin, then Tyumen.
- Tuesday: On and on through Siberia and the town of Omsk and the city of Novosibersk. Wednesday: Through Taiga, Mariinsk and Krasnoyarsk.
- Thursday: Past the Western Sayan Mountains and on through Tayshet, Zima (whose name means Winter), and then to Irkutsk.
This morning we said goodbye to Veronica and Erika after spending the best part of the last four days with them. They are heading back to London tomorrow evening. It's been great traveling with them not in the least because of safety in numbers, but also to share some of our other travel stories.
Next mail will come from Siberia.
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