Through the course of our 26 hours on the train, she makes us a flask full of aromatic jasmine tea using a fancy infuser, makes space on the table diligently when she senses it is time for us to eat, chastises us for buying bad quality and cheap corn chips - signifying her disapproval by making a large cross sign with her arms - and even offers to pay for the ice cream at a scheduled stop as we struggle to tell the vendor on the platform that we don't have exact change. published a lengthy analysis of the risk of COVID-19 transmission among train passengers Without comment, introduce the lesson by playing the lyric version of 'Take the A Train Zhivago where Klaus Kinski has a cameo as an anarchist imprisoned on a train carrying forced laborers All of Me Analysis In the central valley less than 750,000. A somewhat-English speaking Russian from the adjacent berth is called in as a standby as a translator every time the Babushka wants to make doubly sure we understand. All 175 pictures of them! The screen read, 100/175… 160/175 as she continues conversing with us earnestly. Every single photo accompanied by a story. She shows him pictures of the said vacation on a tiny screen of a flip phone. Lovell sits across me, patiently listening to one of the enthusiastic Babushkas talk animatedly about her recent holiday in a Russian city. Usually an articulate and an eager talker, I'm reduced to mumbles and stutters as I try to express myself.
We are yet to figure out how to go about this gap in communication. It's only our first long haul train and only a few days into our journey. We try to answer using animated gestures, a sort of universal sign language. Coffees are usually reserved for the mornings and evenings. The table between four berths become a community cache of candies and sweets brought by everyone to accompany the cups of tea that is consumed continuously, if not every half an hour or so. This means, everyone on the train only needs to bring tea bags, green or black and good conversations. RZD provides you with glass cups with ornate cup holders. Every coach has a samovar at one end, with boiling water available around the clock, for free. Sheepish exclamations of Rooskii ne ponimayu (I don't understand) on our part were met with longer bouts of elaborate conversations in Russian, to which we contributed in the form of big, dumb grins. Russians love conversing with you even when you insist you don't speak the language. Distance travelled by train: 10000+ kmsĪ few things about Russians we learnt along the way.
of cities visited (only using Trans-Siberian trains): 12
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