This morning we woke up from our little comfy beds and went down to Russian porridge and tea...not really to my taste but not bad. I couldn't be more at home here in Russia though the language barrier can be difficult generally they appreciate the effort we put in.
We decided to take a 3 hour cruise on the lake today, we roped in Bart from the other tour group to give him a break from the over 40's. The girls and I bought some cheese, salami and tomatoes and had a little lunch on board.
After an hour we docked at a look out which also coincidentally we had actually passed a couple of nights before on the train as the tracks led straight through it to Irkutsk. Talitha and Bart braved the water and jumped into the freezing water from the shore.....they looked so cold!!!!!! We just dipped our feet in and were like NOPE!!! NOT HAPPENING!!!!!
Soaking up the warm sunlight we just relaxed for a while before getting back o the boat, it was really choppy getting back so it's definitely a good thing that we did not sit at the front or we all would have potentially gone flying into Lake Baikal for an involuntary swim.
We decided to take a 3 hour cruise on the lake today, we roped in Bart from the other tour group to give him a break from the over 40's. The girls and I bought some cheese, salami and tomatoes and had a little lunch on board.
After an hour we docked at a look out which also coincidentally we had actually passed a couple of nights before on the train as the tracks led straight through it to Irkutsk. Talitha and Bart braved the water and jumped into the freezing water from the shore.....they looked so cold!!!!!! We just dipped our feet in and were like NOPE!!! NOT HAPPENING!!!!!
Soaking up the warm sunlight we just relaxed for a while before getting back o the boat, it was really choppy getting back so it's definitely a good thing that we did not sit at the front or we all would have potentially gone flying into Lake Baikal for an involuntary swim.
This evening we went down to the 'beach' (big rocks) and hired a little hut to sit, have dinner and watch the sun go down together. Of course we had to feed the stray dogs that followed along and sat with us in the sunset....beautiful puppy, she followed us home and ended up waiting for us the next morning she was still there tail wagging with a goofy smile. Apparently she is a regular follower and even goes on hikes with visitors up into the forest.....
We enjoyed a quiet night in and low and behold amazingly we have all found that we have more room in our bags......master class packing skills apparently we have picked up along the way :) Yay more room to buy things!!!!!!
The sunlight dips out of sight from the mountains.......so glad we have two full days here, it's a stunning place.
Our New Best Mate
Lake Baikal
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