No planning means no advanced booking for train tickets.
Buying tickets half an hour before the stimated departure time means paying at least twice the average price.
We wanted to leave Moscow so price did not matter to us.
The rest of the morning was spent in shared sleeping cars chatting and sleeping. I took out a friend's guide and read something on Jaroslavl.. I thought it could have been useful having some infomation on the palce we were going to visit.
After four hours, some hiccuped rest and munched food, we got off the train, bought the ticket back and tried to find the hostel/hotel.
There is one thing to be aware of when travelling around Russia: make sure you perfectly know how to get to wherever you want to go. Asking passers-by is no use. Not cos they aren't willing to help but cos they will give you opposite information.
And you are left there with a big question mark: should I go straight?or turn left?or should I turn right?should I ask someone else?should I cross the street?
What is for sure is that it builds up your diplomatic skills.
Somehow - andafter a considerable walk up and down Jaroslavl, we got to the hotel which was clean, comfortable and welcoming. And very close to the old part of the town.
Buying tickets half an hour before the stimated departure time means paying at least twice the average price.
We wanted to leave Moscow so price did not matter to us.
The rest of the morning was spent in shared sleeping cars chatting and sleeping. I took out a friend's guide and read something on Jaroslavl.. I thought it could have been useful having some infomation on the palce we were going to visit.
So Jaroslavl is the result of a killing of a bear by Prince Jaroslav. It seems like he was such a strong and bald young man that he faced this wild animal only with a axe and killed it with just one hit. What a fearless hero! To make sure such perfomance was not going to fall into oblivion, he built a fortress. And they all lived happily ever after.
After four hours, some hiccuped rest and munched food, we got off the train, bought the ticket back and tried to find the hostel/hotel.
There is one thing to be aware of when travelling around Russia: make sure you perfectly know how to get to wherever you want to go. Asking passers-by is no use. Not cos they aren't willing to help but cos they will give you opposite information.
And you are left there with a big question mark: should I go straight?or turn left?or should I turn right?should I ask someone else?should I cross the street?
What is for sure is that it builds up your diplomatic skills.
Somehow - andafter a considerable walk up and down Jaroslavl, we got to the hotel which was clean, comfortable and welcoming. And very close to the old part of the town.
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