All aboard… for the longest train leg yet

Leaving Nizhny Novgorod we were extra excited – not only were we going to Amazing Omsk… well we were not THAT excited about Omsk, no offence – but we were also starting our first (of two) night-day-night train rides. The city distance tool tells me that these cities are 1837 km apart. Quite a trip!

The real start… and even more heat

We’d done so much so far, that it’s difficult to realise that only now, we would start the ‘real trip’, ie the Transsiberia train (which ‘technically/officially’ starts in Moscow)! Ze Train… We made our way to the station feeling a mix of excitement, apprehension… and sore eyes and throats (because of the smog, see previous