@lewd good luck!
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Enjoying dinner in the
@diningcar service onboard of the 743У "Аврора" inter-city service on my way from Sankt Petersburg to Bologoe during my #FOSSRail trip from Brussels to Bangkok.The three course menu includes some fresh salad with grilled vegetables, a tasty bulgur dish and some fruit pastry, served along with juice, tea, fruits and snacks.
While enjoying the tasty dinner, winter landscapes of Leningrad Oblast are passing by at -20 °C.
Stay safe, warm and take care
!#FOSSRail #TeamNightTrain #SleeperAndEater
@diningcar @lewd Das Geschirr könnte ein tolles Souvenir sein
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Enjoying dinner in the
@diningcar service onboard of the 743У "Аврора" inter-city service on my way from Sankt Petersburg to Bologoe during my #FOSSRail trip from Brussels to Bangkok.The three course menu includes some fresh salad with grilled vegetables, a tasty bulgur dish and some fruit pastry, served along with juice, tea, fruits and snacks.
While enjoying the tasty dinner, winter landscapes of Leningrad Oblast are passing by at -20 °C.
Stay safe, warm and take care
!#FOSSRail #TeamNightTrain #SleeperAndEater
Second sleeper train of my trip completed on day five. Now waiting for 15 minutes for my connecting train from Bologoe to Chelyibinsk. I booked a comfortable sleeper compartmznt for the 32 hours trip over two nights.
The
Аврора service was definitely a luxury experience, the staff was very helpful with my spontaneous reschedule and helped me with everything despite no common language.The railway station in Bologoe has a weird layout : The station building is located in the middle of a field of tracks, there are two main tracks where most trains depart and the other platforms are scrambled over the area. Access via a tunnel only.
I'm looking forwards for a comfy sleeper and finally some time to rest without any hurry for two days.
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Second sleeper train of my trip completed on day five. Now waiting for 15 minutes for my connecting train from Bologoe to Chelyibinsk. I booked a comfortable sleeper compartmznt for the 32 hours trip over two nights.
The
Аврора service was definitely a luxury experience, the staff was very helpful with my spontaneous reschedule and helped me with everything despite no common language.The railway station in Bologoe has a weird layout : The station building is located in the middle of a field of tracks, there are two main tracks where most trains depart and the other platforms are scrambled over the area. Access via a tunnel only.
I'm looking forwards for a comfy sleeper and finally some time to rest without any hurry for two days.
My sleeper arrived : I got a single СЛ compartment for the next 32 hours bringing me via Moscow to the Asian part of Russia in the Ural district, right to the Kazakh border.
The train is comfortable, food is provided (vegan again) and I will already switch my clock to Ural time adjusting my day-night rhythm
.#FOSSRail #TeamNightTrain #SleeperAndEater
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@gommehammer Yes, or if there are any problem. That's normal on Russian trains.
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@tops Yes, the EU sanctions only permit European cash for personal use and the Estonian position on this is personal use means coins only.
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Day four slowly comes to an end : The
Elron train brought me to Narva at the Russian border. The Estonian officials were quite fast but yet strict at the border check : even my remaining 20 EUR bill was not permitted.Walking over the snowy border bridge decorated by NATO fence and tank blockers was quite a weird feeling.
The border is closed for vehicles, officialy due to construction work at the bridge - which has never been carried out. The railway crossing also is no longer in use since the trains from Moscow to Tallinn are paused since the beginning of the COVID pandemic and obviously there is no political willing to reopen it any time soon. So for now, only pedestrians are allowed to cross the border.
@lewd How did you bring money? USD cash?
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@lewd How did you bring money? USD cash?
@artemist I exchanged Russian Rubel in Estonia. Additionally I packed some spare CHF and USD as fallback.
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My sleeper arrived : I got a single СЛ compartment for the next 32 hours bringing me via Moscow to the Asian part of Russia in the Ural district, right to the Kazakh border.
The train is comfortable, food is provided (vegan again) and I will already switch my clock to Ural time adjusting my day-night rhythm
.#FOSSRail #TeamNightTrain #SleeperAndEater
@lewd thanks for sharing. I've spent so much days and nights in Russian trains and I would love to come back one day and continue.
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My sleeper arrived : I got a single СЛ compartment for the next 32 hours bringing me via Moscow to the Asian part of Russia in the Ural district, right to the Kazakh border.
The train is comfortable, food is provided (vegan again) and I will already switch my clock to Ural time adjusting my day-night rhythm
.#FOSSRail #TeamNightTrain #SleeperAndEater
There are red Siemens Desiro and white Siemens Velaro trains outside. Chat, is this Germany ?
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There are red Siemens Desiro and white Siemens Velaro trains outside. Chat, is this Germany ?
It's 10 p.m. local time in Chelyabinsk, my meal from @diningcar was just served : Grilled vegetables and buckwheat with mushrooms along with some beautifully packaged dark chocolate and juice.
The food served in the trains was far too much - good that it's sleeping time so that I can curl up under the comfy blanket and digest my amazing food.
The train is very suitable for working and as a bonus for tomorrow and Sunday morning, we have showers in the carriage.
Dream well and stay strong
!#FOSSRail #TeamNightTrain #SleeperAndEater
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There are red Siemens Desiro and white Siemens Velaro trains outside. Chat, is this Germany ?
@lewd Sapsan is also Siemens, isn't it?
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@lewd Sapsan is also Siemens, isn't it?
@mpsi Yes, that's what I meant with the toot.
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There are red Siemens Desiro and white Siemens Velaro trains outside. Chat, is this Germany ?
@lewd At least no Desiro HC or Mireo.
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Second sleeper train of my trip completed on day five. Now waiting for 15 minutes for my connecting train from Bologoe to Chelyibinsk. I booked a comfortable sleeper compartmznt for the 32 hours trip over two nights.
The
Аврора service was definitely a luxury experience, the staff was very helpful with my spontaneous reschedule and helped me with everything despite no common language.The railway station in Bologoe has a weird layout : The station building is located in the middle of a field of tracks, there are two main tracks where most trains depart and the other platforms are scrambled over the area. Access via a tunnel only.
I'm looking forwards for a comfy sleeper and finally some time to rest without any hurry for two days.
@lewd this country to this day commits genocide agaisnt ukrainian people. what are you even doing here?
