We spent a while in Astrakhan. Just after crossing the Volga we saw this attractive new building occupying a full city block and not yet complete. We didn't find out what it was, perhaps a new city hall, in front of it is a kiddies playground and across the street some more modern looking buildings that could be some sort of administrative offices but all this is only conjuncture on Lyn’s part, she hasn’t a clue really, any more than I do and I’...

Episode 6 That place where Lyn posted the last blog entry was Voronez. She couldn't think of it at the time and didn’t have the map with her. David had spotted a very large shopping centre and we had pulled it. It was an Auchan centre, this is a French company and we shopped in their supermarket in Dunkerque. This brand new centre had 100’s of shops, many leading brand names, and at one end there was WIFI available in some cafes that sold coffee for ...