At Love's Long Last

Red Square Moscow. Where one beer costs 9 pounds. We kid you not.


Almost there...ish


The geographical centre of Europe. About 26km north of Vilnius. We were sceptical too.


Lithuanian money.



OK.
I am going to have to do away with the format of dates and so on because, to be honest, we are very quickly losing track of where we were and when it was exactly. In summary we went to Vilnius from Poland and stayed three days waiting for my passport which eventually arrived(thank the lord). From there we headed north to a town in Latvia called Daugavpils. Then into Russia and one long long long long long road from the border to Moscow. 613 kilometres long to be completely exact. We stayed in Moscow for three days where we booked the train to Novosibirsk and then took said train. 50 hours on the train followed and then a three day stay in Novosibirsk, from where we took another train to Irkutsk in order to maximise our visa in Russia. From Irkutsk we cycled north to an island on Lake Baikal named Olkhon. From there we returned to Irkutsk today. And here we are.

I am not really sure what to mention as highlights in this time that we have spent, but what is certain is that the train ride from Mosocow eastward is one that everyone should experience. Completely unlike anything we have ever done really.

Lake Baikal is so amazing that I have afforded it a post of its own.

Basically, to summarise, we are alive and all is well apart from the terrible roads which are becoming more and more of a feature in our lives. If I can think of anything else then it will be added at a later point. Internet is becoming harder and harder to come by so perhaps this is the last time before Beijing...