A Journal of our Travels

We were living in Chicago until we decided it was time to branch out. See our entries below to find out where we are now...

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Moscow-Tomsk, Russia – 09/11 The Trans-Mongolian Train.

(Michelle) Last night, as we were getting to know our neighbors late into the night, I didn’t realize that TJ had polished off a whole bottle of vodka by himself. He paid for that today, as today the air conditioning was no longer on in the train. It wasn’t hot outside, but with the windows shut (you couldn’t open them in more modern cars where they generally use air con) it got really hot in the train. The scenery on this trip has been simple, yet comforting. We are starting to see some of the Siberian wood houses today – we will have a lot more pictures of these houses in Tomsk and Irkutsk.

(TJ) I forgot to mention drinking is another thing you can do on the train. In my defense the bottle was small and it was not all drunk in one day. Yes the train was hot, but not nearly as bad as being trapped in hot airplane with a killer hangover.

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