Rewind

We didn't have access to internet in Russia, so here's a quick rewind with some updates about our time in Russia. St Petersburg was a lovely city to walk around in and we enjoyed the 2 days we had there.
Next we got to Moscow very early in the morning, after a very claustrophobic overnight train ride. We went to the Kremlin and saw the beautiful churches and cathedrals. We did a lot of walking and a lot of trying to explain ourselves, which was both interesting and frustrating. The funniest thing we saw was at one of the metro stations. There's a statue of a soldier with a dog and the colour on the dog's nose, hindleg and paw are worn away, because everyone that walks past there, queues up to rub these parts for good luck.
From there we got on the Trans Siberian train for another 4 nights to get to Lake Baikal. The journey actually went pretty quickly, it was good to be with a group or it could have been a lot longer.
We had a guide meet us at Irkutsk and she gave us some interesting information about the city and the lake. We had a day by the lake, which was really cold, but would you believe Colin still managed to get a little sunburnt as the sun was very bright. Beforehand we were determined to go for a swim, but Annastasia tested the water with her feet and could only stand 2 seconds before her foot started aching and cramping up. We did drink the water fresh from the lake and it was very pure, nice and icey cold. We then had a day in Irkutsk before getting back on the train to Ulaan Bator, Mongolia.

Here's a few photos of us in Russia.