Category: Around the World in 60 Days

Tuesday, 11 May 2010 Moscow, Russia Finally, after a number of times trying to enter the Kremlin, I make it. Not Putin’s office obviously. The armoury museum. ‘Kremlin’ means a fortress within a city. Sitting on the bank of the Moskva River it’s a large complex of buildings such as palace, church, museum, armoury, offices,… Read more

Monday, 10 May 2010 Moscow, Russia Despite the hot, stuffy, noisy, bouncy, small, cramped cabin and lumpy bed I must have dropped off at some point as there’s a knock on my door at 0730hrs with LC (our guide) asking if I’d like a cup of tea. No. I’d like some sleep. Like lunch and… Read more

Sunday, 9 May 2010 Minsk, Belarus Warsaw Wschodnia station is grim. Very grim. Very communist era. It’s the departure station for the overnight express to Moscow. For ‘express’ read ‘trundle’. Cabin is small. Thankful it’s just me as I only just fit in. A small wash hand basin is hidden under a table in the… Read more

Saturday, 8 May 2010 Warsaw, Poland Having travelled independently thus far am to meet up with the rest of the Trans Siberian group. One set are also travelling to Moscow by train from London which I could’ve done but wanted to stop off to see Miss Braunschweig. Other set are flying into Moscow. Wait in… Read more

Friday, 7 May 2010 Warsaw, Poland 0300hrs by the time I got to bed last night. General Election in the UK yesterday. Stayed up to watch the results come in. Old friend emailing until the early hours over the results. David Cameron’s Conservatives need a national swing of 7% to win. Awake to discover it’s… Read more

Thursday, 6 May 2010 Berlin, Germany Woken at the crack of dawn by a strange presence in my room. A 5 year old girl. Who greets me in a very posh English accent, “Good morning, Taurean”. Before jumping on me. This is way too early to be playing. Quick waltz around Braunschweig visiting old haunts… Read more

Wednesday, 5 May 2010 Braunschweig, Germany Early departure to Koln on the Thalys train passing through Aachen. Have sentimental attachments to Koln and Aachen. Koln was the first place I worked as I moved to Germany in 1997. Aachen was where the research centre project I worked on was being built. Was only meant to… Read more

Tuesday, 4 May 2010 Brussels, Belgium 0500hrs alarm call. There’s only one 5 o’clock in my day. This isn’t it. Television bursts into life as the alarm. Scares the life out of me. Think I’ve got intruders in my room. Was expecting a phone call. Grumpy little ogre. No sleep you see. Heave 22kg rucksack… Read more

AROUND THE WORLD IN 60 DAYS BLOG – TENTH ANNIVERSARY Well, dear reader, coronavirus lockdown continues so going to bore you with my Around the World in 60 Days trip I did in May and June 2010. This being the blog for the tenth anniversary. Travelled by train from Nottingham, across Europe to Moscow then… Read more