After the excitement of the departure, it's time to measure the nerves of the 'provodnista' (the wagon manager). She already starts to get annoyed when some of us ask her one after the other why the toilets are locked (the train has to leave completely the Moscow agglomeration before the tracks can host the passengers' waste).
At midnight exactly, we are all gathered together in one compartment of the wagon (20 people in a place already a bit small for 4 people). We are making a surprise to Guillaume, who turns 25 on the 29th, and of course celebrate that with some vodka, but also whisky (brought from Scotland by Leo) and music played by Julien on his tiny guitar. For sure there's a little bit of noise, but the 'provodnista' -and later on the train conductor- get angry beyond expectations. Even some passengers complain. According to Shura (who is Ukrainian), there would not be so much fuss if we were Russians. A little expression of xenophobia or not, we are threaten of disembarkation from the train in the middle of the night. Nijni-Novgorod is certainly a nice city but our first destination is supposed to be Yekaterinburg...
Luckily for the group, unluckily for our future 'provodnistas', three of us will have their birthdays during the journey, and by chance we'll always be on train at these times. After Guillaume on the 29th, it will be up to Iris on the 2nd and to Matthieu on the 8th.
At midnight exactly, we are all gathered together in one compartment of the wagon (20 people in a place already a bit small for 4 people). We are making a surprise to Guillaume, who turns 25 on the 29th, and of course celebrate that with some vodka, but also whisky (brought from Scotland by Leo) and music played by Julien on his tiny guitar. For sure there's a little bit of noise, but the 'provodnista' -and later on the train conductor- get angry beyond expectations. Even some passengers complain. According to Shura (who is Ukrainian), there would not be so much fuss if we were Russians. A little expression of xenophobia or not, we are threaten of disembarkation from the train in the middle of the night. Nijni-Novgorod is certainly a nice city but our first destination is supposed to be Yekaterinburg...
Luckily for the group, unluckily for our future 'provodnistas', three of us will have their birthdays during the journey, and by chance we'll always be on train at these times. After Guillaume on the 29th, it will be up to Iris on the 2nd and to Matthieu on the 8th.
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