My room mate and I have just come up with a basic, beginner’s guide to Russian, all spelt phonetically. This is it: Goodbye [informal] / “pakah” Do you speak English? / “vwe gavoriteh poh angliiski?” No / “niet” Yes / “da” Hello [informal] / “priviet” Thank you / “spasieba” Please / “por ja loosta”. Lesson […]

I’ve been putting off writing this post for a little while, as I didn’t really enjoy Moscow. The hostel might have had something to do with it, which wasn’t particularly friendly, with people not making eye-contact with you, generally barging past and leaving the TV on constantly. St. Petersburg, however, was the complete opposite! After […]

My journey across Moscow was mental. I was going to call this post ‘Mental Russian Trains’, but decided against it. I did not get a good impression of Moscow as I passed through it and this may have had something to do with it. My train from Kiev arrived on time and on the correct […]

I think I had my first travelling ‘experience’ last night. After boarding the train in Poland, I found that I was the only passenger in my cabin. There were two beds (like a bunk), but as I had waited for all 4 stops to pass, I assumed that I was going to be the only […]