Admiral Kolchaks house
Took the Trans Siberian train number 2 from Moscow. Duration 7 days to Vladivostok but I am stopping at various cities on the way. I was sharing a compartment with some Russian men, large amounts of food and a large bucket of salted mushrooms! The generosity of these people is great and we managed to communicate with my basic Russian, helped by the phrase book (thanks Quentin!!) and various hand signals.
So through the Urals and Across the Europe - Asia border to Omsk my first Siberin stop - an industrial city founded on the confluence of 2 rivers the Ob and Irtyish. Dostyovsky was exiled here for a 4 years hard labour which nearly killed him and Admiral Kolchak once lived here and proclaimed Omsk the Capital of Russia. He once moved the entire Gold reserve of Russia to a bank on the high st.
Hotel was ok but breakfast less than ideal. An Ibis hotel has just opened here which would have been nice to know - useful for next time!
Lots of old wooden houses - traditional Siberian architecture which is quaint. There are plenty of concrete monsters also!
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