| For four days we looked forward to the stops the train made at stations along the way. We would pour out and check out the food vendors. The prices were cheap. A loaf of bread for 15 rubles (10 cents). Prices in the restaurant ("pectopah" -- as Barbara called it) weren't bad either. One of my dinners ran 91 rubles. Of course, you pretty much had to take what they had to offer. Usually only one item per page was available at any given time. |
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Our Provodnik -- the car attendant. She kept hot water in the samovar -- a water container in each car and locked our doors for us when we got off the train during the brief stops. When we arrived in Moscow on Wednesday, she had to remain on duty for the train back to Irkutsk. No break for her. I gave her a $5 tip. |
| Jim, Barbara, and Sean with Elya, Marina, and Ania. |
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