After the army had left, I couldn't fall back to sleep, so I started  to pack my stuff preparing for moving out from the train. So did Giorgi who was the only one passenger at that section of the train. He found some sweets left behind by the army and he was nudging to give it to the staff of our…

The officer's presence meant mainly three things. Firstly it effected the army's cleaning habits... When they brushed the train they didn't anymore brushed the remaining part under the bed that Olga had befor. Secondly it effected the army's and my social life. It almost wiped out. It's not that the…

The third morning when I woke up and looked at my phone I was a bit disappointed, cus I thought that for some magical reason we'd all wake up early, all rested of course and once for the last time I could hear the jingling sounds of the spoons as everyone is stirring their tea or coffee for the…

I slowly stood up and started to follow the crowd, supposedly to the platforms. A minute after I got out from the building I started to feel a bit chilly. I wanted to go back and just leave in the last minute, but the crowd was too big, I had no chance to make it. People were pushing eachother for…

Expect the cup of yoghurt that I bought a day before (unbelievably) I managed not to add to the list that includes items I forget to pack after leaving hostels (Amsterdam - Mr. Nice book, Helsinki - metal mug). Eventhough I was quite low on social energy in the past days I tried to be friendly to…

Indeed I didn't take the the wrong subway but it was going to the wrong direction. "Ne problema" just walked to the one opposite where I got off. Guess what! In Moscow opposite subway lines are usually not the same lines to opposite direction. I was on the brown line. I realized this in one stop so…

On the train before Russia the Finns checked the passports and visas. They also gave a  migration form to fill. It had two sheets. They were almost identical but one had written arrival and the other one had departure or leaving or something like that. I filled the arrival page only as I saw that…