Transsiberian railway – Our life on the train

Travelling in „platskarta“, i.e. in fact the 3rd class and the cheapest alternative of travelling by train in Russia, can be quite surprising in more aspects for someone coming from Europe. Basically, we have these areas in mind: life space and interesting fellow-passengers, board, hygiene. During our travel across Russia we collected enough experience in […]

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Our stops on the Transsiberian Railway

Kazan Kazan – the first stop of our Transsiberian railway trip. Kazan made a very good impression from the very first moment. Afterwards we got out of the train, we found ourselves on a modern railway station. We believed it made a better impression than the Vienna International Airport. Show the whole trip on Travel Map Our hotel, […]

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Magic and charming Baikal Lake

We visited Baikal Lake in 2013. The time we spent in this corner was limited since we both worked at that time and we used our days off in order to travel. We lacked information when getting prepared for this trip. We read a couple of travel books and gained just limited information on the web. […]

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How to travel through the whole Russia just in 4 hours?

When planning your travel to Saint-Petersburg, block at least a half-day for visiting the Grand Maket Russia Interactive Museum. Although not leaving the museum you will be able to literally travel through the whole country just in a couple of hours. Grand Maket Russia is a model layout of the country designed on a scale 1:87. On the 800m2 […]

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Where to look for an authentic oomph of Russia

When travelling to Russia we enjoyed the pulse of the modern Russian metropolis Moscow. We were amused by the elegant city of Peter the Great – Saint-Petersburg. However, we found the real oomph of Russia and its history in two small inconspicuous cities located only 200km to the east from Moscow –Suzdal and Vladimir. We […]

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