People

This lady joined the train in Habarovsk, on my way from Vladivostok to Irkutsk. She didn't speak any English but we did ok, she managed to teach me some more Russian words. The last night was so beautiful that we turned off the lights and shut the door so we could fully enjoy the sunset on lake Baikal and the million stars on the sky after that.
Here's Max who I spend many days with somewhere between Jekaterinburg and Vladivostok. I do hope that he will come to visit me in Finland with his family!
This lady shared the cabin with me for six days. She and another lady took good care of me onboard. One night I was freezing as the heating did not work and the nights in Siberia can be pretty cold. I woke up under two blankets, the lady who would not look in my eyes for the first 24 hours had got me the extra one. It really takes some days to get to know these people. Like one lady, who spoke good English came to speak to me on the third day. And all the time she wanted to speak to me and knew that I was a foreigner because I smiled to strangers. Russian people never do that, I was told.
Cabin mates of Max's.
No idea who these are. The old man is looking at the timetable which tells when the train arrives to each station and how long the stop will be. You still have to check each time from the provonidzda as the driver might want to catch up if the train has been late. I was surprized how well the trains keep in schedule.
Playing Yatsi. It turned to be a big hit as it was easy to teach with limited Russian skills.

A rock concert I went to see in Moscow. Some girls had dressed as in We Love Helsinki -dance events, and there were some really good dancers.