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I spent most of my first day on the train people watching and reading a book on my kindle. A person on the upstairs bunk was probably in his 20's (like I am) and we struck up a conversation. He spoke no English, and I spoke some Russian, so we got along ;) I told him about my travels, how the...

The first feelings were very ambiguous. One: Wow. this is actually it! I am here. This is happening! On the other hand, I thought - ok, this is a very tiny area, it is HOT, there is no air conditioning. It was 90F outside (32C), it was crazy. So I didn't know what to think and I just decided...

Day 5, July 28 So there it was - the day arrived for me to embark on the mini-Transsiberian odyssey ;) I have made my way on foot to a subway station and then to Moskva Kazanskaya. Arrived and found the security to be tight, lots of police officers, bag scanners etc., just like in the subway...

Never quite realized that, I've only seen SEPTA with 2 conductors, but I only travel on the Thorndale line and the Airport line.

On the way back, a modernized regional train arrived. The seats were also much more comfortable The view of the Kubinka bus station, adjacent to the train stop. What is interesting is the amount of people they hire to run these trains. I saw four conductors and four security guards on a...

Thank you for very flattering compliments. I don't consider myself to be as organized, but nonetheless, great to hear kind words from everybody! :) Your travelogue is wonderful as well, vv. :) Day 3, July 26 The plan was to go to the train station and catch a regional train to a town called...

Here's my train sitting at a platform. Moscow has 9 stations if I am not mistaken - this is Moskva Belorusskaya (Moscow, Belarussian station). The departure and arrival boards are very nice and have some English on them ;) Exiting the Belorusskaya station, I found the place outside of it...

Upon arriving at the Brest train station platform, the Chechens stormed the customs area. I was almost crowded out and was very confused and not quite sure how to deal with this. There were 10 passport control booths after a very narrow corridor. A Belarussian agent saw my Polish passport and...

Having two hours between the trains, I bought my ticket to Brest and went to explore the 5000 population town. Not much to explore, but there was a small bar located close to the station, so I went in there. Two gentlemen were enjoying a beer outside on the patio. I walked in and felt very...

The regional rail from Dęblin to Terespol is a 93 mile journey taking closer to 3 hours than 2.5 I previously mentioned. The ticket for this distance was $6.25 This is on the inside: Some rural platform on the way... The journey was rather uneventful. It's just a regional train stopping...

Inside of an old compartment, with 8 seats to a room, lies my backpack. Everything I packed fit into this for my ~2 week trip. The corridors look like they do in sleepers. Upon arrival at a small Dęblin station. This is a town which borders the Mazovian Province and Lublin Province, so...

Well, I must admit, vv's report made me actually finally do the long-delayed travelogue from this journey, as I'm sure some will enjoy! So, I will start with the map of the journey - this is by rail: I then flew on the Belarussian airlines from Astana to the capital of Belarus, Minsk, where...

Thank you for remembering! No need to hurry on pictures, it's okay. Just wanted to see if you remembered ;) Question for you: how was communication in terms of language? You mention you have been able to communicate with attendants and border guards - do they speak English or other means were...

Great! I'm glad my tip was helpful. Good to hear you had a good trip to Berlin and again on the Ukrainian wagon. I hope you waved to my hometown, Lublin ;) Border control OK? No problems with either Polish or Ukrainian checks?

Glad things are going well so far. By my estimates, you should be in Moscow now? Very much looking forward to hearing about how was Poland (did you find the supermarket? ;) ) and the train to Kiev as well, and then a bit about Kiev and the tri pto Moscow! How about the borders - both between...

Considering you will be spending significant time in Russia, I would highly recommend learning some basic Russian phrases and the Russian alphabet along with some important words. From my experience, the conductors on the Ukrainian train from Poland to Kiev speak no English, and the same will be...

This is a jaw-dropping, wonderful itienary. You've no clue how jealous I am. Fantastic, have an amazing time, maybe let us know how things are going on a little bit of downtime at hotels. :) And above all, have a very memorable journey!

True. There is a Berlin - Moscow train already running on Talgo. It will be interesting to see when they start this and how it runs, as it should also have seating cars for intra-EU travel. :) I am not. ;)

In terms of the tickets I am interested in the way the tickets look like, the schedule I'd be satisfied with just text version ;) So whatever physical stuff you might have I'll be very interested in seeing! Especially the Ukrainian ticekt to Moscow which you will get in Kiev, but of course...

This is fantastic! Also, thanks to you I have found out that you are now able to book a ticket to Russia from UZ website, which was not the case as recently as the summer. This is clearly new so good stuff. However, there is no automats in Ukraine (at least as of this past summer) so in Kyiv you...