6.10.14, 11.20-11.40 AM, The best Hostel Irkutsk, Ulitsa Karla Marksa 41 — by Mikko on

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Back at the hostel in Irkutsk, we gathered together a most ordinary breakfast on the tv table. It included: cookies, crackers and...

5.10.14, 11.00-11.40 AM, Ulitsa Lesnaya 7, Bolshie Koty — by Mikko on

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Regrettably for the diversity of this blog, we requested the same breakfast also for our last day in Bolshie Koty . However Ljuba, wh...

4.10.14, 10.15-11.00 AM, Ulitsa Lesnaya 7, Bolshie Koty — by Mikko on

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Another spectacular, brisk morning on the patio, breathing in the silence above the village. Today we would explore more of Baikal...

3.10.14, 11.00-11.30 AM, Ulitsa Lesnaya 7, Bolshie Koty — by Mikko on

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The first “eat out” breakfast of the trip! The guest house we are staying in is a small cluster of simple and incredibly cozy cabins ...

2.10.14, about 9,00-9.20 AM, The Best Hostel, Ulitsa Karla Marksa 41, Irkutsk — by Mikko on

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We stayed in Irkutsk for just one full day, but will be back on Sunday. The time in between we spend Bolshie Koty, a village of roug...

1.10.14, 12.30-13.15 PM (local time), The Best Hostel Irkutsk, Ulitsa Karla Marksa 41 — by Mikko on

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The biscuit-coffee breakfast provided by the hostel was a bit light, so we topped it up with: oatmeal porridge with raspberry jam...

30.9.14, 9.00-9.20 AM (Moscow time), train E44 from Tyumen to Irkutsk — by Mikko on

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By now we had lost track of the time zones: on the train everything happens in Moscow time. The local time must have been 3 or 4 ho...

29.9.14, 11.15-11.30 AM local time, train E44 from Tyumen to Irkutsk — by Mikko on

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A Platskartny breakfast just after the train left from Novosibirsk. All in all, the train ride from Tobolsk to Irkutsk took 53 hours...

28.9.14, 8.50-9.00 AM, Mikrorayon 3B, Tobolsk — by Unknown on

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A quick cocktail breakfast, as we didn't want to get any more dishes dirty. Yes, we were leaving Tobolsk , with a mid-day train to ...

27.9.14, 12.25-12.50, Mikrorayon 3B, Tobolsk — by Unknown on

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In Kazan, our host Ija introduced us to a berry that in Russian is called kalina , which she and her daughter ate straight from the bush...

26.9.14, 11.55-12.30, Mikrorayon 3B, Tobolsk — by Unknown on

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This breakfast included things we managed to obtain from a “Produkti” shop , where groceries are ordered from behind the counter – mean...

25.9.14, 12.50-13.20 Tobolsk time, Mikrorayon 3B, Tobolsk — by Unknown on

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Breakfast in the Tobolsk apartment's kitchen. For the first time, we have the whole apartment for ourselves. It's a nice 2-room,...