Lake Baikal and Listvyanka

Kasia and I were up and off to Baikal by 11 o’clock after walking round to the cash point. Alena picked up her brother-in-law, Alexander, on the outskirts of Irkutsk and after about 40 minutes we reached the museum of Russian life and architecture, set on the bank of the River Argana after it flowsContinue reading “Lake Baikal and Listvyanka”

The Trans-Siberian train from Moscow to Irkutsk

It’s now Sunday April 17th (Happy birthday Maddy!) and a lot has happened in the last few days. So this will be a long post – or maybe I’ll make it two… We got on the train a few days ago in Moscow, had 4 nights on board and were actually quite comfortable. Until theContinue reading “The Trans-Siberian train from Moscow to Irkutsk”