I've been on a train from Leningrad to Sochi and back 3 times in early 1980s. It took 48 hours each of the six trips. The Caucasus mountains were fabulous
I’ve been to Russia in February. When you consider the vast distance, temperature extremes, and logistical challenges, the fact that it runs as well as it does is remarkable. I’ve ridden trains in Russia and I give them a high rating.
I went from St. Petersburg to Sochi. It was an amazing trip. I wish that relations were better between the US and Russia because I’d love to go back and travel more of the country. Until then, I can live vicariously through you!
I would have asked that person to please stop talking, but that’s me. I’m not going to sit here and tell you how to live. It was a great reminder that travel can be tough and unforgettable!
Russian trains are great. After watching your videos for years I did the Vlad -Moscow 7 days in January.Wondering how I would cope I surprised how much I enjoyed it.First 3 days I had same cabin on my own then it was full til Moscow.Cant wait to do more Cheers from Australia.
Oh how funny and lovely this video was!! When I saw the notification I thought I had seen it already, not realizing you'd done it again!! I have to tell you, I am 73yo and live in the USA and I realized as I watched that never before today have I seen pictures or video of Siberia *without* snow!! How beautiful the countryside is!! I'm sure you enjoyed your visit but I am overcome with wonder if you went back the same way!?!?! 😊
I stumbled on your videos over the winter. I absolutely love watching your travels. I may have a bit of a different perspective. I have 3 adopted children who were born in Russia. My daughter is from Krasnoyarsk and my sons were born in Vladimir. I also have friends whose children were born in Chita. My mother and a friend’s traveled across Russia in the trans Siberian in 2014. My kids and I would love to make the trip together some day. So many find memories. Please keep posting. These videos warm my heart ♥️
That might have been awful for y'all, but it was a blast for me! You used your irritation to create humor. Good job. Better to laugh than cry! lol Your grandmother looked good. I'm sure she was happy to see you. And I loved her new couch. Thanks for taking us on the train trip from hell to visit Granny! It was fun.
The romantic idea of travelling on the Trans Siberia train versus the reality. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I will never be able to see the vast expanse of Russia or the other amazing places you’ve taken us to, except through your videos.👍🏻
Thank you Julia an Matt an Little Sister what a Journey you took us on. I Loved the ending seeing you Gran how I have Missed her.. She is Truly an Amazing Beautiful Person of Pure LOVE. Huge Hugs to all.🌿👍❤️👍🌿 West Coast Canada 🍁
My oh my what a train trip. The train was super modern! The views spectacular. Julia I've never seen you so giggly... something in the water? Matt in shorts on the train with -3 C outside. Cozy train temps! Traveling, especially airports is often "hell". But in the end it is the journey, the people you meet, the crazy things, the smells of a new place, the joy of an adventure. Can't wait for Uzbekistan. See you soon! Linda
I think this was one of my favourite videos you've made. I like my own space, so the thought of sharing a cabin with a complete stranger, who sounds like he could be very inappropriate, would be my worst nightmare, but Julia was very philosophical about it. However, you must've been both physically and emotionally drained, so thank goodness you had that wonderful reunion with your gran, who i think is amazing. I hope we see more of Lera in the future as well, as she's so sweet and looks like good fun.
Longest train I have done is the Zephyr from San Francisco to Chicago over three days and even in a private cabin that felt like AGES. I am really bad at sharing my space when I am tired and just want to read for a while, I thought you all handled it in really good humour and it will be one of those stories and experiences that will stick with you. Thank you for sharing as ever!
I loved this. I travelled the trans Siberian in 1997 when i was 30 from Moscow to Vladivostok in platskart, an experience i winever forget. Drank vodka with russian soldiers, washed my hair using a cup og hot water from ths samavar. Its was unforgettable, highs and lows x
Been having a really bad time recently and then ...watching Julia laughing her socks off, did me the power of good. Thanks for the wonderful video, absolutely brilliant Xx
You are living my dream! - I would love to travel on that train, - Hop on Hop off for the few days and explore. My fondest wish is to see Lake Bikal - The biggest fresh water lake in the world!
The solution to long distance train travel is to do lots of stop-overs. It may take much longer but each stopover is an opportunity to see a different place rather than just see the train station surrounds. It may take 2-3 weeks but it has advantages.
❤Loved it!...Travel-memories are the best when types like 'uncle Sascha' made you wanna wright your own book...Thanks for sharing 3musketeers! ❤from the Netherlands..
hahaha sometimes it is impossible to tell if Julia is crying or laughing or both. I think you should just live stream and stay with Alex the entire journey :D Hopefully a wizard or flying Donkey doesn't tell him to eat you. Fun times
OK, so that video was great! I know those kinds of fellow travelers and it’s tough not to lose it with them!! But, y’all did so well! Glad you made it safely!
Wonderful journey! Thank you for showing me a place I've only read about and would otherwise never see. And I'm so thankful I have not been held captive with an annoying person 😂😂😂
Another informative and interesting program even with your talkative cabin mate. I kept asking myself, "why didn't they purchase the 4th bed"? Thanks for telling us you considered it but unfortunately you took the chance of either having it unoccupied or having a pleasant (or awful)cabin mate. I watched a couple who traveled from Moscow to Vladivostok in Second Class but they paid for the other two beds in order to have some privacy. It still was a stressful trip for them. They didn't speak or read Russian and that was an added difficulty for them. I promise you that in the years to come you will see the humor in this "adventure". Julia, it was so wonderful that your sister was able to travel with you. Maybe someday you can have your brother and Grandma accompany you on one of your journeys. Take care. 🫂❤️🙏🕊
@MattandJulia you guys are full of humors and possitivity which i most love about your videos even during this whole travel. Thanks for sharing your amazing train journey! Cheers! Godbless you❤
We had an experience (nowhere near as bad as yours) when travelling on the Darjeeling Mail overnight sleeper between Kolkata and Siliguri, West Bengal. Like you, there were three of us in a 4 berth AC1 cabin. The fourth member turned out to be a young Bengali guy and he was a nice guy, BUT his phone alarm started to go off at 4am and it kept going every 10 minutes! Trouble is, he was a really deep sleeper and even our attempts to wake him only worked once. His sleepy attempt to switch it off didn't work as it started again within 10 minutes 😂 We thought about booking the fourth berth for future journeys, but apparently there is such a demand that if nobody checks in against that seat, it will be released. I'm not sure if that's correct though. Either way, I don't know how you put up with that for so long!! Kudos to you. Great video and actually the "issues" added to the entertainment value (sorry! 😂)
I have to admit, "Life in the COLDEST PLACE on Earth (Record-Breaking Cold!) | Yakutsk, Yakutia" was one of my favoritevideos you have done. It was so interesting!
We got to hand it to you guys. To share a cabin with someone that won't stop talking is Shi........! Julia, your sense of humor in all of this is priceless. Did you get to enjoy the landscape ? Thank you so much for sharing it. You deserve the Olympic Gold Medal . Sending you Hugs 🫂 and Kisses 💋 from Harriet, Jim and Yuki Richmond, V
Thank you for sharing the longest train ride video! Always wanted to go to Vladivostok and enjoyed that video. The train ride experience was priceless to me. Keep on chugging along!
Krasnoyarsk---where Дмитрий Хворостовский (Dmitri Hvorostovsky) was born and raised! IMHO, one of the greatest lyric baritones ever, gone far too soon (in 2017 at age 55), revered worldwide for his opera performances and beloved for his renditions of Russian folk tunes ("The Cranes"). He will never be forgotten!
I beg to differ. Also, why didn't he receive his medical treatment in Ruzzia? Oh that's right, they are morons, and many Doctors were already serving in the war of aggression in Ukraine in 2017. "Little Green Doctors". #slavaukraini
What a great Vlog. You definitely should have bought the fourth ticket! Wonder which poor sods had to put him over the next five days 😂. Heaven help the relative he's visiting 🙈 Great viewing as always. All three of you did an epic trip and gteat work, and I have loved every minute watching your progress. Look forward to seeing the next trip 😊
The hard way is taking that train to the Donbass region of temporarily-occupied Ukraine. There you will learn how to fertilize the sunflower crop. Your Comrades are fertilizer EXPERTS. @@MattandJulia
Was the water wet? That really got me lol. You did amazingly to survive that, and I also appreciate you sharing the unglamorous realities of some journeys. The end credits with Julia really made me laugh too!
I am seeing this long after it was posted but loved every minute... Such a trip would be amazing, minus the neighbor. 20/20 hindsight and it could have just as easily have been someone 180° the opposite. Glad each of you survived, though! I must catch up on several months of stories... UA-cam's algorithm often sucks because it hides many of the few channels to which I am subscribed for whatever reason. Happy New Year from a past video lol :)))))
what a journey...but i really think you summed it up well at the conclusion. i really appreciated this video because it shows what travel really can be like at times. travel is not an instagram post. it can be frustrating, long, dirty, smelly, tiring, and all the things you mentioned. however, the stories and memories that can be looked back on, even the bad ones, create a life considered full. keep up the great work showing the reality of exploring our globe!
I travelled in 1999 No flush loo,a hole on the floor No shower, we used large wet wipes to clean ourselves. Took instant noodles,cup of soups,crackers, cookies, bought fruit and pancakes from traders on the platforms or as they walked through the train. Witch could be called a fortune teller.trans sibertian
The accomodations look great. Your cabin companion sounds like a nightmare. For a time I forgot Alexander=Sasha. Here in the US, we rarely do trains but I love traveling by train. I have always wanted to do the Trans Siberian. Was the exchange rate about 1 Euro for 100 rubles when you were there? I was looking forward to this episode. Safe travels and kudos to Matt for taking a shower online. 😮
Really glad you enjoyed it! 😊❤ Yeah, around that as £1 GBP was 117 Rubles. And haha, thanks, there was a lot of careful editing of those shower scenes 😅
I'm actually impressed by the space in your compartment 😂 I once went on a school trip to Russia in 2005 and went overnight by train for about 10 hours in a much older and smaller compartment with 3 other guys from St Petersburg to Moscow. There were no cupboards, the bunk beds were tiny and the toilet was a metalled hole in the floor that was guarded by a fierce babushka collecting rubles. Still, looks like yours was much longer and more scenic!
Ох ребята, даа, таких дядей Саш у нас много, про личные границы и чувство такта они не слашали. Привычки этого коллективизма передаются из поколения в поколение.
I had been planning to do this for years, just plucked up the courage and money, then the pandemic intervened then the Ukraine situation. The room tour took me back to travelling in the 1970s, a little less comfortable back then. What an amazing journey, my sort of thing, having got on the wrong train and ended up in Yugoslavia, by mistake and got arrested, great fun. The longest journey in Europe I have taken was Madrid to Venice, quite short really!
Definitely love your VDO as always and thank you for sharing all aspects of your travelling experiences with us! Julia is super sweet and funny :) I remember sitting on a 5 hour-ish. second-class train from Tbilisi to Batumi and there was a toddler who was constantly yelling and screaming almost all the way until the mother had to calm him/her down with a baby shark-like song played in an incessant loop. Almost drove me nuts but certainly gave me a huge ear worm for days! 🤣 From Thailand with Love XOXO
That was a good video and such a laugh and the end it was the duo stare that cracked me up !! Got to say Matt watched C Palace the other day and that felt like 5 days !! Haha but joking aside love your channel and the travel info we are really watching all the old ones and all subbed up !! Take care Go Well and Safe both of you !!! From Old Blighty Andy x
Thank you for this video - it was, so put it bluntly, a solid insight into long-distance train travel. While I love trains and train travel; plus, I love travel in general (at 100++ countries and counting), I now would not do the Trans-Siberian train journey. Why? Because of exactly what I learned from watching your day-4/day-5 segment. I don't want to hit that wall. YET ... I'm so absolutely grateful for all your videos and this one specifically. You have a knack to bring the viewer into your lives and your feelings while also producing great travel videos. Thank you. Thank you. PS: If you are four months behind; I really hope you take some down-time and allow yourselves to catch up.
Oh wow! That sounds like a terrible experience for a roommate! I’m glad you were able to share this content, as so many vloggers show only the beautiful things not the real experiences. It’s great that you can laugh about it all now.
My Dad was one of those people who would tell the same tall stories to anyone who would listen (and anyone who wouldn't!). I rarely had meaningful conversations with him and he would often take over a social situation. But he's been gone 4 years, and I miss him despite his annoying ways. He meant well and I can't show him anything to make him laugh now.
Right from when I was young I always wanted to do the trans Siberian railroad trip . Won’t ever do it now so thanks for sharing. Can’t imagine though being trapped with someone like that on your trip. The stuff of nightmares. 😢
My favourite, video’s about Russia . As for your neighbour’s endless talking and tall stories - some people are simply incapable of knowing when to stop talking .
Fantastic. Video guy’s 👍😂🙌 yes I think I would have gone nut’s as well! But like you say it Shows true life as it is! And from time to time you will get fruit cakes 🤣 I hope we will still see your sister as I think she has been a star🌟 also in these adventures 👍😃 Cheers guy’s and good luck on the next one 🫶🥂
Great video again. And what's more, UA-cam textning adds more spice to your narration, as it texts you are travelling through "the tiger ", instead of less adventurous taiga 😂😂
Have you ever considered visiting Florida,it's nice this time of year!!There's even a St. Petersburg there which was named after the Russian one,check it out!You can even travel by train on Amtrak through the US,it has it's ups and downs.I think they give monthly passes,don't quote me on that,just refrain from using the Greyhound Bus.
Phew! That was a long one! 😅
What the longest train journey you've ever taken? 😄
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New York - Miami in Amtrack with my own private Roomette. 25 hours
@alenjandroheld9527 Oooh thats a long one, and how was it? comfortable? 😊❤
@@MattandJuliaSuper! i could smell muy own f**ts all the time! jaja. It was very comfortable
I've been on a train from Leningrad to Sochi and back 3 times in early 1980s. It took 48 hours each of the six trips. The Caucasus mountains were fabulous
@alejandroheld9527 hahahahaha, i'll let Uncle Sasha know, he will be pleased 😂
I’ve been to Russia in February. When you consider the vast distance, temperature extremes, and logistical challenges, the fact that it runs as well as it does is remarkable. I’ve ridden trains in Russia and I give them a high rating.
agree. the staff can be a pain at times but great trains and it does not have to be the TSR... plenty of other trains
I went from St. Petersburg to Sochi. It was an amazing trip. I wish that relations were better between the US and Russia because I’d love to go back and travel more of the country. Until then, I can live vicariously through you!
Oooh we did that trip too! A very beautiful one 😍❤️
Only one way to make the relations better: for Russia to stop the genocide and go back home.
@@janariviik2634是美国，美国在全世界干涉，美国如果不在014年干涉乌克兰反俄，就不会有今天
@@janariviik2634让美国军队从全世界回家
@@janariviik2634 It wasn't Russia who bombed Donbass for eight years or burned people alive in Odessa
I would have asked that person to please stop talking, but that’s me. I’m not going to sit here and tell you how to live. It was a great reminder that travel can be tough and unforgettable!
Russian trains are great. After watching your videos for years I did the Vlad -Moscow 7 days in January.Wondering how I would cope I surprised how much I enjoyed it.First 3 days I had same cabin on my own then it was full til Moscow.Cant wait to do more Cheers from Australia.
Oh how funny and lovely this video was!! When I saw the notification I thought I had seen it already, not realizing you'd done it again!! I have to tell you, I am 73yo and live in the USA and I realized as I watched that never before today have I seen pictures or video of Siberia *without* snow!! How beautiful the countryside is!! I'm sure you enjoyed your visit but I am overcome with wonder if you went back the same way!?!?! 😊
Julia, your laughter in the face of that unbearable confinement with your « neighbor » was perfect.
It was the laughter a women going slightly mad 🤪😁❤️
Je to hysterická kráva
I'm so glad you share even the hard parts. Travel is like that sometimes. I loved watching!
Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it! ❤
I find that sharing your feelings creates a stronger bond between content providers and viewers. Watching this I felt it, thank you for sharing 😊
Thank you so much for being with us! 😍❤️
Delighted to see you back with your Grandma at the end of the video!
Can’t wait to share the videos with family 🥰❤️
Your channel is really unique one and frankly among the very very best. 🎵
Thank you so much! Really appreciate that 🥰🙏🏼❤️
Beautiful landscapes. I'd just stare out the window for 5 days straight 😂
I stumbled on your videos over the winter. I absolutely love watching your travels. I may have a bit of a different perspective. I have 3 adopted children who were born in Russia. My daughter is from Krasnoyarsk and my sons were born in Vladimir. I also have friends whose children were born in Chita. My mother and a friend’s traveled across Russia in the trans Siberian in 2014. My kids and I would love to make the trip together some day. So many find memories. Please keep posting. These videos warm my heart ♥️
That might have been awful for y'all, but it was a blast for me! You used your irritation to create humor. Good job. Better to laugh than cry! lol Your grandmother looked good. I'm sure she was happy to see you. And I loved her new couch. Thanks for taking us on the train trip from hell to visit Granny! It was fun.
Haha, thank you so much for being with us! Really glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️
The romantic idea of travelling on the Trans Siberia train versus the reality. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I will never be able to see the vast expanse of Russia or the other amazing places you’ve taken us to, except through your videos.👍🏻
Thank you so much for coming along with us ❤️🙏🏼
Thank you Julia an Matt an Little Sister what a Journey you took us on.
I Loved the ending seeing you Gran how I have Missed her.. She is Truly an Amazing Beautiful Person of Pure LOVE.
Huge Hugs to all.🌿👍❤️👍🌿
West Coast Canada 🍁
Thank you so much! Can’t wait to share more 🥰 Lots of love to Canada ❤️😘
Really glad you shared the video, even when tough.
Thank you so much for watching! ❤️😘
My oh my what a train trip. The train was super modern! The views spectacular. Julia I've never seen you so giggly... something in the water? Matt in shorts on the train with -3 C outside. Cozy train temps! Traveling, especially airports is often "hell". But in the end it is the journey, the people you meet, the crazy things, the smells of a new place, the joy of an adventure. Can't wait for Uzbekistan. See you soon! Linda
I think this was one of my favourite videos you've made. I like my own space, so the thought of sharing a cabin with a complete stranger, who sounds like he could be very inappropriate, would be my worst nightmare, but Julia was very philosophical about it. However, you must've been both physically and emotionally drained, so thank goodness you had that wonderful reunion with your gran, who i think is amazing. I hope we see more of Lera in the future as well, as she's so sweet and looks like good fun.
This would have me wishing I had bought 4 tickets so I could have the whole cabin
Longest train I have done is the Zephyr from San Francisco to Chicago over three days and even in a private cabin that felt like AGES. I am really bad at sharing my space when I am tired and just want to read for a while, I thought you all handled it in really good humour and it will be one of those stories and experiences that will stick with you. Thank you for sharing as ever!
Oh wow, a very long one too 😍 Thank you so much for watching ❤️🙏🏼
You can actually buy the whole cabin all for yourself
RuzzoScum@@MattandJulia
I loved this. I travelled the trans Siberian in 1997 when i was 30 from Moscow to Vladivostok in platskart, an experience i winever forget. Drank vodka with russian soldiers, washed my hair using a cup og hot water from ths samavar. Its was unforgettable, highs and lows x
lol
Uncle Sasha sounds like a total nightmare to be stuck with for days on end ,no matter how sweet he was .
can you just tell him to shut up? or what would happen?
Remind me of Jason Statham on SPY movie
Been having a really bad time recently and then ...watching Julia laughing her socks off, did me the power of good. Thanks for the wonderful video, absolutely brilliant Xx
What a cheerful neighbor you had!
Indeed he was 😄
Always interesting and great to watch, this one made me laugh, I can just imagine what you went through there.
So glad you enjoyed it! 😍❤️
You are living my dream! - I would love to travel on that train, - Hop on Hop off for the few days and explore. My fondest wish is to see Lake Bikal - The biggest fresh water lake in the world!
Really hope you get to do it one day 🥰🙏🏼❤️
You guys didn't let on! One day I'll be doing this ride by myself and I'll be buying 4 tickets!
The solution to long distance train travel is to do lots of stop-overs. It may take much longer but each stopover is an opportunity to see a different place rather than just see the train station surrounds. It may take 2-3 weeks but it has advantages.
❤Loved it!...Travel-memories are the best when types like 'uncle Sascha' made you wanna wright your own book...Thanks for sharing 3musketeers! ❤from the Netherlands..
Haha, for sure! Thank you so much, love to the Netherlands 😍❤️
It is incredible to see Siberia in winter without any snow on the ground. I never knew it can be the case from the snowy St. Petersburg area
Yeah, this was late October, and I think the snow started to come shortly after 😊
hahaha sometimes it is impossible to tell if Julia is crying or laughing or both. I think you should just live stream and stay with Alex the entire journey :D Hopefully a wizard or flying Donkey doesn't tell him to eat you. Fun times
Matt and Julia - you rock and roll
That part with your oversharing neighbour traveler was the best one, otherwise it wouldn't be so funny, so cheers to him :)
OK, so that video was great! I know those kinds of fellow travelers and it’s tough not to lose it with them!! But, y’all did so well! Glad you made it safely!
Thank you so much!! ❤️🥰
As an introverted personality, my wits about me would have run for cover. Bless you for trudging your way through the relationship with Alexander.
Wonderful journey! Thank you for showing me a place I've only read about and would otherwise never see. And I'm so thankful I have not been held captive with an annoying person 😂😂😂
Haha, we are really glad too, we wouldn’t want anyone to repeat that 😁❤️❤️
I have rode this train before in 2019 but not all the way to Saint Petersburg but from Vladivostock to Irkutsk to see Lake Baikal
Ah cool! Still a few days! Baikal is incredible right? 😍❤️
The train has the best kind of engineering that I have ever seen lol. Btw it was a great episode!
I was thinking , "they should have bought the 4th Bunk"
Another informative and interesting program even with your talkative cabin mate. I kept asking myself, "why didn't they purchase the 4th bed"? Thanks for telling us you considered it but unfortunately you took the chance of either having it unoccupied or having a pleasant (or awful)cabin mate. I watched a couple who traveled from Moscow to Vladivostok in Second Class but they paid for the other two beds in order to have some privacy. It still was a stressful trip for them. They didn't speak or read Russian and that was an added difficulty for them. I promise you that in the years to come you will see the humor in this "adventure". Julia, it was so wonderful that your sister was able to travel with you. Maybe someday you can have your brother and Grandma accompany you on one of your journeys. Take care. 🫂❤️🙏🕊
Bloody brilliant video....always enjoy watching them
Thank you so much! ❤️🙏🏼
What a story teller what fun lol. You guys are very gracious.
@MattandJulia you guys are full of humors and possitivity which i most love about your videos even during this whole travel. Thanks for sharing your amazing train journey! Cheers! Godbless you❤
"Welcome schneller" now my favorite expression is 😆
Mine too 😂😂😂
Mine is SLAVA UKRAINI
@@CerryPomo Please accept my condolences. 😆
Thank you for sharing :). Take good care of yourself!
Nice video thanks I know is a lot of work have Sam rest big hug 🤗 ❤
We had an experience (nowhere near as bad as yours) when travelling on the Darjeeling Mail overnight sleeper between Kolkata and Siliguri, West Bengal. Like you, there were three of us in a 4 berth AC1 cabin. The fourth member turned out to be a young Bengali guy and he was a nice guy, BUT his phone alarm started to go off at 4am and it kept going every 10 minutes! Trouble is, he was a really deep sleeper and even our attempts to wake him only worked once. His sleepy attempt to switch it off didn't work as it started again within 10 minutes 😂 We thought about booking the fourth berth for future journeys, but apparently there is such a demand that if nobody checks in against that seat, it will be released. I'm not sure if that's correct though. Either way, I don't know how you put up with that for so long!! Kudos to you. Great video and actually the "issues" added to the entertainment value (sorry! 😂)
I have to admit, "Life in the COLDEST PLACE on Earth (Record-Breaking Cold!) | Yakutsk, Yakutia" was one of my favoritevideos you have done. It was so interesting!
Really glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️
I absolutely love Julia and her funny as hell laugh. She's always laughing, which is awesome. What a happy go lucky lady she is!
You must show this dude so people will know what to expect when they meet him! :))))
Beautiful video. Lovely family. Take care.
Thank you so much! ❤️
We got to hand it to you guys. To share a cabin with someone that won't stop talking is Shi........! Julia, your sense of humor in all of this is priceless. Did you get to enjoy the landscape ?
Thank you so much for sharing it. You deserve the Olympic Gold Medal . Sending you Hugs 🫂 and Kisses 💋 from Harriet, Jim and Yuki Richmond, V
Thank you for sharing the longest train ride video! Always wanted to go to Vladivostok and enjoyed that video. The train ride experience was priceless to me. Keep on chugging along!
The first 10mins is epic! Looking forward to the rest of the journey
Thank you sooo much!!! ❤🙌
Krasnoyarsk---where Дмитрий Хворостовский (Dmitri Hvorostovsky) was born and raised! IMHO, one of the greatest lyric baritones ever, gone far too soon (in 2017 at age 55), revered worldwide for his opera performances and beloved for his renditions of Russian folk tunes ("The Cranes"). He will never be forgotten!
I beg to differ. Also, why didn't he receive his medical treatment in Ruzzia? Oh that's right, they are morons, and many Doctors were already serving in the war of aggression in Ukraine in 2017. "Little Green Doctors". #slavaukraini
What a great Vlog. You definitely should have bought the fourth ticket! Wonder which poor sods had to put him over the next five days 😂. Heaven help the relative he's visiting 🙈 Great viewing as always. All three of you did an epic trip and gteat work, and I have loved every minute watching your progress. Look forward to seeing the next trip 😊
Loved this! Thank you. You will always remember this.
Always book the entire Cabin 🤣🤣🤣 What utter Torture thank you. !!!! X
😂😂😂learnt the hard way 😬
The hard way is taking that train to the Donbass region of temporarily-occupied Ukraine. There you will learn how to fertilize the sunflower crop. Your Comrades are fertilizer EXPERTS. @@MattandJulia
@@CerryPomoNot a place like that anymore.
@@CerryPomo cry a river
The moral of this story is to purchase all four berths in the compartment so you don't have to share!
😂 Nah, chatting up random people is part of the charm. It's not a train trip without that.
Thank you for posting this. Very enjoyable video. Good luck to all 3 of you.
Thank you Joe! ❤️🙏🏼
Great work, team! Please don't stop! And ignore the looneys. I guess. You will survive!
Was the water wet? That really got me lol. You did amazingly to survive that, and I also appreciate you sharing the unglamorous realities of some journeys. The end credits with Julia really made me laugh too!
Hahaha, classic uncle Sasha that 😁😩😫😂❤️
Thank you for the video. Very nice.
Bless you Julia. I think this is the most uncomfortable I have ever seen you. Good to see you all sticking together. Must of felt suffocating 😢
I am seeing this long after it was posted but loved every minute... Such a trip would be amazing, minus the neighbor. 20/20 hindsight and it could have just as easily have been someone 180° the opposite. Glad each of you survived, though!
I must catch up on several months of stories... UA-cam's algorithm often sucks because it hides many of the few channels to which I am subscribed for whatever reason. Happy New Year from a past video lol :)))))
what a journey...but i really think you summed it up well at the conclusion. i really appreciated this video because it shows what travel really can be like at times. travel is not an instagram post. it can be frustrating, long, dirty, smelly, tiring, and all the things you mentioned. however, the stories and memories that can be looked back on, even the bad ones, create a life considered full. keep up the great work showing the reality of exploring our globe!
Don't worry about showing some negative feelings. It is life. Thanks for sharing.
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I travelled in 1999
No flush loo,a hole on the floor
No shower, we used large wet wipes to clean ourselves. Took instant noodles,cup of soups,crackers, cookies, bought fruit and pancakes from traders on the platforms or as they walked through the train. Witch could be called a fortune teller.trans sibertian
The Transsiberian? Or somewhere else?
Видео о поездке на поездке в Якутск было первым, которое я посмотрел на вашем канале. Рад, что вы снова в деле 😅! Вы классные
The accomodations look great. Your cabin companion sounds like a nightmare. For a time I forgot Alexander=Sasha.
Here in the US, we rarely do trains but I love traveling by train. I have always wanted to do the Trans Siberian.
Was the exchange rate about 1 Euro for 100 rubles when you were there?
I was looking forward to this episode. Safe travels and kudos to Matt for taking a shower online.
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Really glad you enjoyed it! 😊❤
Yeah, around that as £1 GBP was 117 Rubles. And haha, thanks, there was a lot of careful editing of those shower scenes 😅
Thanks for this journey. So interesting. Looking forward to the next one!
Great video....
Thank you for sharing your adventures. I love trains ❤
Thank you so much for watching! ❤️
It was a wonderful, enlightening video and glad you shared it
I'm actually impressed by the space in your compartment 😂 I once went on a school trip to Russia in 2005 and went overnight by train for about 10 hours in a much older and smaller compartment with 3 other guys from St Petersburg to Moscow. There were no cupboards, the bunk beds were tiny and the toilet was a metalled hole in the floor that was guarded by a fierce babushka collecting rubles. Still, looks like yours was much longer and more scenic!
Ох ребята, даа, таких дядей Саш у нас много, про личные границы и чувство такта они не слашали. Привычки этого коллективизма передаются из поколения в поколение.
I had been planning to do this for years, just plucked up the courage and money, then the pandemic intervened then the Ukraine situation. The room tour took me back to travelling in the 1970s, a little less comfortable back then. What an amazing journey, my sort of thing, having got on the wrong train and ended up in Yugoslavia, by mistake and got arrested, great fun. The longest journey in Europe I have taken was Madrid to Venice, quite short really!
Ah ! The joys of travelling. Really enjoyed this vid gives you a good insight into the awesome size of Russia, very interesting thanks for posting. 😊
What an exciting journey for you all🙂🤠 thanks for your wonderful mood and warm way of being just you 3 ❤
So glad you enjoyed it! ❤️🙏🏼
great video
Thank you very much Jimmy! 😊❤
Travelling on the Transsiberian is such a treat. I did it 8 years ago and enjoyed every bit of it.
Thanks for sharing, the good and the bad. That’s life, after all. Everyone still loves being on the journey with you all! ❤
The "bad" being the massive WAR that these fools seem to not know about? Didn't their grandparents cruise the Autobahn in 1938?
Definitely love your VDO as always and thank you for sharing all aspects of your travelling experiences with us! Julia is super sweet and funny :) I remember sitting on a 5 hour-ish. second-class train from Tbilisi to Batumi and there was a toddler who was constantly yelling and screaming almost all the way until the mother had to calm him/her down with a baby shark-like song played in an incessant loop. Almost drove me nuts but certainly gave me a huge ear worm for days! 🤣 From Thailand with Love XOXO
Great Video
Thank you 😊
That was a good video and such a laugh and the end it was the duo stare that cracked me up !! Got to say Matt watched C Palace the other day and that felt like 5 days !! Haha but joking aside love your channel and the travel info we are really watching all the old ones and all subbed up !! Take care Go Well and Safe both of you !!! From Old Blighty Andy x
12:44 Out of all the stories that never happened, this never happened the most. 😆 Thank you for the video!
You all are sooo brave. Don't think I could face this journey, and I'm not a shy person!!!!
Glad we could share it ❤️🙏🏼
Thank you for this video - it was, so put it bluntly, a solid insight into long-distance train travel. While I love trains and train travel; plus, I love travel in general (at 100++ countries and counting), I now would not do the Trans-Siberian train journey. Why? Because of exactly what I learned from watching your day-4/day-5 segment. I don't want to hit that wall. YET ... I'm so absolutely grateful for all your videos and this one specifically. You have a knack to bring the viewer into your lives and your feelings while also producing great travel videos. Thank you. Thank you. PS: If you are four months behind; I really hope you take some down-time and allow yourselves to catch up.
Oh wow! That sounds like a terrible experience for a roommate!
I’m glad you were able to share this content, as so many vloggers show only the beautiful things not the real experiences. It’s great that you can laugh about it all now.
My Dad was one of those people who would tell the same tall stories to anyone who would listen (and anyone who wouldn't!). I rarely had meaningful conversations with him and he would often take over a social situation. But he's been gone 4 years, and I miss him despite his annoying ways. He meant well and I can't show him anything to make him laugh now.
СОВЕРШАЛ ДЛИННОЕ ПУТИШЕСТВИЕ, ОТ МИНСКА ДО КАМЧАТКИ ,ЕТО БЫЛО ДАВНО ,Я ЖИВУ ПОРТУГАЛИИ РЕБЯТА ,УДАЧА ВАМ ВОВСЁМ❤🎉
Спасибо большое! 🤗❤️
Right from when I was young I always wanted to do the trans Siberian railroad trip . Won’t ever do it now so thanks for sharing.
Can’t imagine though being trapped with someone like that on your trip. The stuff of nightmares. 😢
Love you guys, great videos.
My favourite, video’s about Russia . As for your neighbour’s endless talking and tall stories - some people are simply incapable of knowing when to stop talking .
Fantastic. Video guy’s 👍😂🙌 yes I think I would have gone nut’s as well! But like you say it Shows true life as it is! And from time to time you will get fruit cakes 🤣 I hope we will still see your sister as I think she has been a star🌟 also in these adventures 👍😃 Cheers guy’s and good luck on the next one 🫶🥂
Haha, fruit cakes indeed 😄 Thank you so much! Really appreciate it 🥰❤️
Great video again. And what's more, UA-cam textning adds more spice to your narration, as it texts you are travelling through "the tiger ", instead of less adventurous taiga 😂😂
Have you ever considered visiting Florida,it's nice this time of year!!There's even a St. Petersburg there which was named after the Russian one,check it out!You can even travel by train on Amtrak through the US,it has it's ups and downs.I think they give monthly passes,don't quote me on that,just refrain from using the Greyhound Bus.
Bonito vídeo gracias
Thank you so much!! 😍❤️
Oh my goodness you poor souls!😄I suppose it made reaching home even better eh xx