The train I am travelling on has just passed the 4500km mark, this stage of my journey is Moscow to Irkutsk; we reach Irkutsk tomorrow morning. The train (and therefore us) runs on Moscow time. Which is confusing. Got up at 8am this morning (your time 5am, local time 1pm. As soon as we reach Irkutsk and we get off the train we will go onto local time. We have to get up at 3am (my time) or 8am (new time) and your time in England midnight. It's getting dark now, my time is 6pm; it'll be totally dark at 6.30pm.... that's midnight. Or 4pm for you... I think!!
We are not eating in the dining car (it's a bit expensive) and have bought stores from a local MYNMARKT: starters fried squid flavoured crisps; main course POVVTOH KYPUHAR MaMWA (very salty herby type pot noodle) and MAXAPNIIIH cakes for afters (fairy cakes with strawberry jam and cream in the middle)
I bought potato dumplings from a baboushka yesterday. Imagine a jam doughnut filled with mashed potato and no jam and no sugar. Delicious!!! Not. Yuk!!
Am fine; really feeling a long way from home now. Have had four and a half continuous days on the train, be so pleased to walk on steady land tomorrow.
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