G - Reporting
Sightseeing day, so nice slow start got to make the most of a real bed when you can, so we tried a couple of Irkutsk’s museums, they were OK but as no of the captions are in English and they are small we got round them in double quick time, plus in the 2nd the curator followed us all round, unecessarily polishing the cabinets - something she did not do to the Russians!
Late Lunch was at a posh restaurant in downtown B had a ceaser salad with salmon and I had posh borsch both where great but the beer with all the hot sun was maybe not the best idea so we retired for a little siesta before heading to the main square to meet Olga a Russian we had meet in the Ulan-Ude hostel and said we would meet up for drinks.
It was good to chat and get some insight into Russian life but she could not stay too long as she was looking after three 5 year old boys for a friend! After we went for dinner at traditional Russian restaurant, it was really good. I had a beef dish called meat – beat!!s and B had a fish dish "with slabs of potato" (chips!) - both delicious. When leaving the restaurant, we discovered it was pouring down rain, like a monsoon! We dashed back home and stayed in, so I could sort out some bits and pieces on the laptop.
Sightseeing day, so nice slow start got to make the most of a real bed when you can, so we tried a couple of Irkutsk’s museums, they were OK but as no of the captions are in English and they are small we got round them in double quick time, plus in the 2nd the curator followed us all round, unecessarily polishing the cabinets - something she did not do to the Russians!
Late Lunch was at a posh restaurant in downtown B had a ceaser salad with salmon and I had posh borsch both where great but the beer with all the hot sun was maybe not the best idea so we retired for a little siesta before heading to the main square to meet Olga a Russian we had meet in the Ulan-Ude hostel and said we would meet up for drinks.
It was good to chat and get some insight into Russian life but she could not stay too long as she was looking after three 5 year old boys for a friend! After we went for dinner at traditional Russian restaurant, it was really good. I had a beef dish called meat – beat!!s and B had a fish dish "with slabs of potato" (chips!) - both delicious. When leaving the restaurant, we discovered it was pouring down rain, like a monsoon! We dashed back home and stayed in, so I could sort out some bits and pieces on the laptop.
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| Irkutsk is 350 Years old ! |
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| One of the many great older Buildings in downtown |
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| Russian wedding parade. |
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| The shutters and windows are always painted the rest not so much! |
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