It's all foreign to me Took a taxi to Wschodnia station to catch our sleeper train to Moscow. We have treated ourselves to a 2 berth cabin. It's fine - the 4 berths on the Trans Mongolian are going to be fun though. We also seem to have the entire carriage to ourselves. The guard handed us some paperwork that was entirely in Russian. We have done our best to fill it in (the guard doesn't speak English) and will just have to hope for the best when it comes to th...

Rainy days Yesterday it rained non stop from early morning to last thing at night. We headed out towards the old town, but about 20 minutes in and able to wring our trousers out (whilst still wearing them of course) we decided to head back to the hostel. Did I mention that we both have colds? So we figured the rain wasn't going to help. Today was a lot brighter; we went to the Palac Kultury where you can go up to the top (30 floors) and look out over Warsaw....

Day 1 Czesc! Firstly, just to let you know, I'll not be writing an entry for every day of our trip, because, although I may enjoy it, it may become a little tedious for those reading. Plus I have a tendency to get carried away and waffle on a bit so Matt will act as editor. We're staying in a hostel (charmingly named 'The Oki Doki Hostel') although admittedly we are cheating a bit for the first 3 nights as we have a private room. Dorm life starts in Moscow...