Day 217: Back on tracks, part 4

We had a late train to catch today, and as no-one had booked our room, the hostel kindly allowed us to stay in it as long as we liked. We had planned to go into town and get some lunch and have a bit more of a look around, but the weather was a bit crazy – alternating hail and sunshine – and we were all a bit tired, so we just hung around the hostel.

Finally, at about 6pm, we loaded up and walked down to the train station. We went into the station itself first to check on our train – and panicked slightly when we couldn't see it on the board... until I remembered the whole Moscow-time thing and then spotted it straight away.

The dinner options were pretty limited - we opted for an Asian-food place just up the road partly because it was big enough that our luggage wouldn't be an issue. Unfortunately, we arrived just after a horde of other train passengers and had to wait for ages to be served. But the food, when we finally tucked in, was good. 

Back at the station we played some cards while we waited and then, at about 9.20pm, we boarded our train, made our beds and drifted off to sleep... and then woke back up again repeatedly as the train jerked and jostled and stopped abruptly.