Breaking the vastness of the trip to Yekaterinburg, Russia -
Yekaterinburg has a number of claims to fame, to the Trans-Siberian traveler longer considered point is that it straddles the imaginary line that separates Europe and Asia.crossing the vastness of Russia, it seemed a good place to take a break, to break the train journey to see a city that was not Moscow or St Petersburg.
We took a detour off the main Trans-Siberian route and took
016 express Ural Moscow , this train travels to Yekaterinburg via Kazan.He was smart, clean train and we had a four Kupe cabin berths for us, the quiet happiness.We glided through the forest which opened on scrubland, from small villages of low wooden houses, even inconsistent and messy colorful and charming.Many homes have decorative frames and window panels, tanned and bleached.The occasional agricultural scene appeared, as some discrete oil extraction.the world beyond the window was frozen ponds of ice and snow dusted the ground, completely at odds with the stifling cart.
Yekaterinburg.Yekaterinburg was surprisingly tourist-friendly, a painted red line on the sidewalk guided visitors around all the main attractions of the city, together with a tourist map.We started this self-guided walk to a large computer keyboard monument put in the bank of the river, we passed through the traffic-choked Square in 105, the historic public garden behind the dam the charming
Sevastyanov House of before stopping to
Cathedral on blood .consecrated in 03, the church stands on the site of the house where the last Tsar, Nicolas II and his family were executed in the basement by the Bolsheviks in 1918.Inside I found the church rather sterile, but it was also heavy with sadness. Maybe it was the modernity of the building that left me a little coldBehind the blood of the cathedral is a Soviet statue striding seems to work confidently towards the site .. The two opposite sides Russian history
It was extremely cold and we decided to follow the advice of our guide and visit the "remarkable"
mineralogical Museum , with the air of step winter and strolling around a warm space.How wrong could we be! The single large room was heated stones and "remarkable" exhibitions have been displayed in poorly lit wardrobes. Many precious stones were superb but it was just a shame that they are not highlighted to its full potential as treasures.We stepped back on the street colder than we were when we were led to!
- There are a lot of fun statues in Yekaterinburg
- House Sevastyanov
Sean touches the lucky number
After our visit to cold walk, we returned with Sean in his guest house where we had a wonderful Chinese tea ceremony in the cozy back room of the building. It was a surprise soothing and warming, hot tea was poured on the small porcelain cups by the guesthouse owners. He certainly left us excited to China!The next day we had time to kill before our train, we visited
House of Photography Museum Metenkov which was excellent.He was in the deliciously warm inside, there were a number of small photographic exhibitions that have been well displayed, as well as some old photographs taken by Metenkov, who was a leading photographer and this building was his home and studio.My favorite thing in Yekaterinburg? Someone tried to outdo everyone with love locks on deck!
Tonight, under the lead snow clouds, passed away on the train 002 Yekaterinburg Rossiya to Irkutsk, it would be two nights, three. days and many miles ... Crossing Siberia by train, realize a dream Yekaterinburg in Irkutsk, and a very watered Russian experience. Yes, we sing Bohemian Rhapsody two Russians puzzled. Oh!
Heavenly island Olkhon, Lake Baikal Just the most beautiful place, off the train for a few days and head to the island on Lake Baikal.
Moscow. Lenin, Gorky Park and the Soviet space shuttle! Moscow Exploration and find some surprises.
Arriving in St. Petersburg, Russia Baby! We had very, very drunk on the train. Let's just call an initiation!
Irkutsk, a beautiful place to break One point for Lake Baikal which is pretty different and landing!
From Russia With Love, Red Square in Moscow. is iconic, and it's fantastic!
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