Cough
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Cough.] I’m sick. I caught Amy’s cold. I hate being sick. The only thing worse than being sick is being sick on a train. It ruins the experience. Blech. Sniff
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Amy, communications superstar!
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Amy, communications superstar!.] So, sitting in the only internet connection in all of Krasnoyarsk (or seemingly so), Amy dove into one of the sites she used extensively …
A little story about Ekaterinburg
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: A little story about Ekaterinburg.] Ekaterinburg (Soviet name, a much harsher “Sverdlovsk”) is a wonderful little place to spend an afternoon. Assuming you …
A (hopefully) brief stop in Krasnoyarsk
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: A (hopefully) brief stop in Krasnoyarsk.] Krasnoyarsk. I think it’s Russian for “ass end of the country”. There ain’t much here. This is the most utilitarian …
The internyet
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: The internyet.] Okay, just a general bitch about Russia. Where the hell are all the internet cafes?? Our guides are out of date — we accept that. But do we have to …
The language barrier
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: The language barrier.] Okay, we finally hit the wall. It took us a while. Kazan is far enough away from Moscow that you’ll be hard-pressed to find much English. The most …
Russian trains
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Russian trains.] A few of you are probably wondering about the Russian train system. (Okay, I imagine not really wondering about the system, but about why I haven’t …
Half-way, sorta
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Half-way, sorta.] We’re now halfway home. Sort of. Ekaterinburg is roughly halfway around the world from Calgary. (It’s also in Asia — we crossed the Europe/Asia divide …
Kazan kicked butt
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Kazan kicked butt.] Okay, a HUGE thumbs up to Kazan. Wow. Such an amazing little city. I’m sure Kazan itself is quite large, but the “main” area is …
Finding the Academy of Geology Hotel
[This entry originally posted on How To Get Lost: Finding the Academy of Geology Hotel.] When the Lonely Planet books fall a little short…So here’s the description of the Academy of Geology Hotel here in …