Ü50 ein Jahr die Welt entdecken!
Ü50 one year discover the world!
Dear Ones,
since so many enquiries come to my knee, here is a small intermediate.
The wound has been sewn with a long thread. The seam is about 4 cm long and runs directly under the kneecap with a kind of loop at each end.
Reiner thinks it looks quite good again. But a… Continue reading “Knee intermediate!”
Today we wanted to see the old town of Kolywan about 50 km away. Novosibirsk is very large! Unfortunately, we failed on public transport, although a supernice Novosibirskerin accompanied us to our transfer point. She drove around with us for about 1 hour, invited us on the first bus ride and then waited with us even though she still had to go to work. Thank you Irina!!! That illuminated the day! After a few attempts it worked quite well to have a small conversation with the translation app "Google Translator".
Unfortunately, several minibuses of line 326 passed by at the Stanislavskogo Square stop without stopping. Since it was very stormy we decided to cancel the trip, have a coffee and take the bus to the hotel. That worked out wonderfully! In the buses, by the way, there is always a conductor who comes around after departure and collects. For the trip with the trolleybus 24 we paid 18 rubles (approx. 0.25 €) each.
In the evening we were again very good food in the restaurant Baranzhar!
Silke
One question frequently asked of us was:
What all do you pack, for a whole year?
Since in the past we always liked to go on bike tours of several days,
with overnight stays and own luggage transport had undertaken, we are not completely inexperienced there.
We had most … Continue reading “What do you pack for a whole year?”
Today at noon we arrived in Novosibirsk in rainy weather. In the evening we were in the city in the restaurant "Puppen Haus"! Very sweet and imaginatively furnished like a large doll's house. Reiner had shrimp skewers on mushrooms with fried vegetables and I had a corn cream soup and baked potatoes with salad!There was also tapped beer and homemade cranberry juice. Everything very tasty and nicely prepared!To find good restaurants, we often follow TripAdvisor's recommendations. It has been worth it a few times.
Silke
Today we continue with the Transsib overnight to Novosibirsk. This time we have the two lower beds! I just lost to Reiner at The Carcassonne! At the moment 4 Russians are playing cards on Reiner's side!
Silke
On the night of 16. – 17. 7.1918, that is, 100 years ago, the last Russian tsar was shot by the Bolsheviks together with his wife and children in Yekaterinburg.
Exactly where the house stood where the execution of the Tsar's family took place, the Russian Orthodox "Cathedral on the Blood" was built in 2002/03.
Yekaterinburg is located east of the Ural Mountains and is thus the border town of Europe to Asia. The time difference to Achim near Bremen is three hours more and the temperature today 9 degrees less. At 13 degrees daytime high and 5 degrees at night we are happy about our thick jackets.
Old and new mix here colorfully mixed up. Tram drivers decorate their cabs with curtains and teddy bears!
Silke
After about 27 hours we reached our first stage destination Ekaterinburg. Sunny 6 degrees!
We had a 4 bed compartment with a literal Russian.
Very nice are the stops with a slightly longer stay.
Many guests and staff get off and walk onto the platform. In Vekova we were offered by "flying merchants" among others blue berries and cranberries, sandwiches and mineral water. Chandeliers, jewellery and stuffed squirrels were also on offer.
in Druzhinino not only the children got vanilla ice cream but also the poodles!
Silke
Here we go! Trans-Siberian Railway First Stage!
This morning on the way to the train we were amazed how thoroughly the streets are cleaned after the Moscow birthday! With water cannon and scrubber!!!
Silke