Trans-Siberian Railway

This month I have travelled from Japan to Germany by surface transportations, without flights. Most of the time I was on the train in Russia. It was the Trans-Sieberian railway that I had been eager to take since I read a picture book in my childhood. It takes a week from Vladivostok to Moscow with a direct train. In addition, if you get across the sea of Japan by ferry, it takes 2 nights. As I hopped on and off the train at the several stations on the journey, it took 24 days from Tokyo to Goettingen. It would be impossible for Japanese workers to take the journey. A 2 months interval between work and study let me take the journey. I have met lots of nice locals and travellers. It is no doubt that they made my journey amazing and impressive. It was the most amazing journey I have ever taken. I would like to take the Trans-Siberian route again. The experience is by far affluent than a flight. It is worth trying the journey if you like travelling or trains.

sunset at the lake baikal

Yesterday, I visited a lakeside village Listvyanka. The lake Baikal was so huge that I could just say that it is like a sea not a lake. The world's deepest lake and largest lake by the amount of water, its water is so pure, I realised that the lake is one of the most precious heritage in the world, so Russian and people in the world must keep its beauty for the future.

Vladivostok

I am in Vladivostok, Russia. I took a ferry to the city from Fushiki, Toyama. The city is so beautiful and looks like San Francisco or Istanbul. I like this city.