PolenWoiwodschaft KleinpolenKrakauKleparzBahnhof Kraków Główny50°3’53” N 19°56’44” E
8. August 2017 in Polen ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Krakow, former Polish capital and probably the most touristy city in the entire of Poland. 7 hours are not enough to discover this gem, this Eastern Europe version of Salamanca. However, tickets and aWeiterlesen
UkraineKiew50°27’6” N 30°31’10” E 9. August 2017 in Ukraine ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
After 4 hours of border control and 11 hours of bus riding I met Dasha, a classmate of mine from Hohenheim, and her Columbian boyfriend Edwin. She showed us the Ukrainian Kiev in a way I'll neverWeiterlesen
UkraineOblast SumyMar”yanivka51°24’51” N 33°8’25” E
10. August 2017 in Ukraine ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
The second day in Kiev I spent loosely to get ready for the overnight border crossing to Russia. The train was heated up by standing under the hot sun which turned every movement in the train intoWeiterlesen
RusslandMoskau55°44’55” N 37°36’34” E
11. August 2017 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Moscow, an ever-growing giant of steel and concrete, pulsating home and workplace for millions of inhabitants. Buildings, roads, bridges, cars and everything else are so big one doesn't noticeWeiterlesen
RusslandMoskauRoter Platz55°45’27” N 37°37’14” E
12. August 2017 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Tonight at 23:55 our train leaves to Irkutsk. We spend time in Moscow while everything else is ready for the 72-hours train ride. What will it be like?
RusslandRegion PermZagar’ye57°59’2” N 56°15’15” E
13. August 2017 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We share a compartment with Tilman, a German PhD student heading to Hong Kong. We get along together very well and exchange a lot of stories and travel advice while our wagon no. 1 smoothly leavesWeiterlesen
RusslandOmskaya Oblast’Topolinyy54°59’14” N 73°18’51” E 14. August 2017 in Russland ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
You think 48 hours on a train never pass? So, so wrong. I can't explain how the last two days could pass so quickly. There wasn't even time to start reading one of my three books I brought here. Oh,Weiterlesen
RusslandIrkutskaya Oblast’Posëlok Vtoroy52°13’53” N 104°20’41” E
15. August 2017 in Russland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Time to say goodbye. A melancholic mix of sadness and excitement dominates my feelings. This train was my beloved home for 4 nights. Playing Russian cards games and Chinese chess, watching theWeiterlesen
RusslandIrkutskaya Oblast’Khuzhir53°11’35” N 107°19’34” E 16. August 2017 in Russland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
From Irkutsk train station we somehow find our way through the cirrilic labyrinth to the central bus station. There we take a 6-hours bus to Khuzir on the island Olchon which is situated at lakeWeiterlesen
RusslandIrkutskUshakovka52°17’52” N 104°17’47” E
17. August 2017 in Russland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We decide to take a seat in a Uasik bus which takes us to the far north of the island. No other car would be more suitable to race down these heavily washed-out sand tracks leading through steppe andWeiterlesen
