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Hey everyone,
Me , mum and Claire have been reunited and we spent a few more days in Mongolia (in a ger - like a tent / tippee). We tried some horse riding and enjoyed walking around the wilderness and eating the local food (mutton and mare's milk).
We then jumped on the Trans Siberian express - which would be our home for 5 whole days ! Yes - thats over 100 hours! dear lordie! haha. We became friends with lots of other travellers and spent our time reading, watching movies on my Ipod, playing games and looking through pictures. It was actually really nice, and relaxing - the scenery out the window was beautiful - endless forests of trees and the beautiful Lake Baikal.
Train Food: The food was "interesting", a little overpriced in the food cart so we all tended to just experiment with the food at the train stations - like pot noodles or crazy russian snacks. All very hit or miss. haha.
Train Russians: Each train carriage has an attendant, and each were really quiet feirce. Ours was named Anna and she was a weird but wonderful lady. At one point during the journey she came into the cabin and said "Emma, come" haha - she then lead me into her carriage and fed me beer (in the dark). She then said in a very heavy russian accent "Jessica J?" and I thought - what? and she grabbed her phone and toke 5 minutes searching for something, and then she played me a song called "Casablanca" which I thought might have been Jessie J... but it all sounded a little russian and later I researched it and it turned out the artist was actually called Jessica Jay. haha.
We are now in Moscow, and we are in a lovely hotel -> today we have been and seen the Kremlin, Red Square and St Basil's Cathedral.. all very beautiful - check out the pictures.
Love u.
Emma. xx
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caroline Hey emma this is caroline this all seem very exciting love reading your post. Xxx
Smith Dan What a lovely blog I must say. Though I travel around the world throughout the work because my work gives me this privilege but I do not have the habit of maintaining a blog to share my personal views. Right now I am at Niagara Falls to cover some stories and staying in one of the best Niagara Falls Hotels. I am loving this place. I also visited Moscow last year and it was a sheer pleasure.