Hey, Have just come back from two days at a siberian chillout village on Lake Baikal. A welcome relief after 3 days on the train. That wasn't too bad although we did have to share our cabin with a smelly Mongolian man!! We spent most of our day eating to pass the time and talking (think the man resorted to sleeping to stay away!!) The toilets were quite bad but have taken a photo so sometime I will show you all hehehe!! The cillout village was lovely and s...

Hey, Still in Moscow. Very cold here but sadly no snow. Have been to see Lenin (all 30 seconds they give you) and Red Square. Lots of pretty catherdrals here as well. Had a wlaking tour of the city and seen more random sights like the surviving wooden buildings and the only tree to survive the fire in 1812?!! Tried some Russian Borsch soup yesterday (actually not too bad and preparation for train food!) Very scared by the prospect of the next 4 days with the ho...

We've now moved on to Moscow via the overnight train. The toilets were a very 'interesting' experience and I think we amused the Russian lady in our cabin by talking so much. Its seems very different to St Petersburg. Much bigger and less snow. The snow is starting to melt everywhere so standing on any pavement gives you either an ice or water shower - lovely! We're off to the kremlin this afternoon. Hopefully we'll make it all the way round after being woken up ...

My first entry! Its very cold here, spent the morning walkign round the city on a guided tour in English! Have lots of pretty photos like the one attached of the winter palace which we visited this afternoon. Haven't sampled any Russian food yet but I think that's our plan for tonights meal.