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Main hall at Kazansky Train Terminus, one of 9 long-distance train terminals in Moscow. There are obscure booths here n there providing train services.
Trains and People
Train platforms at Kazansky, where is my train…?
Ah there it was! Clearly marked АДЛЕР (Adler/आद््ल्यर)
Diesel engines!
Platform No. 1, my train
See the lady in the uniform with a drag-queen hairstyle? She was the Provodnitsa, the attendant, of my compartment.
My Train
Chai, in a beautiful vintage cup and cup noodles
On board restaurant. I ate chicken here.
Platzkartny Wagon. Very crowded and noisy but social and fun!
Samovar, a vessel that makes hot water. Young or old, Russians drink tea ALL the time.
Some train station on the next morning.
First glimpse of the Black Sea. So blue!
Sochi Train station. Ready for taxi drivers and hotel agents lingering outside.
Interesting graffiti inside a scary 2-people elevator leading up to my room.
Petr Pervyi (I don’t know who he is)
Viewing gallery
Cranes at the port. One can take a ship to Georgia, Turkey etc. from here.
Sunset at Sochi dock, on the Black Sea
Sochi… glittering up for 2014 Winter Olympics
Дендрарий (Dendrariy) – The Arboretum entrance
The timer function on a camera is a very useful one. The water body is the Black Sea.
So green, so blue!
Yeah I had to wait for a while to get that shot.
Statue
Statue
“Don’t walk on the grass.” Is that a socialist thing? I notice such signs in India, but never heard any in North America.
Blatant PDA!
A Marshrutka in Sochi
Bus Stop
Bus
Marshrutka stopping at a bus stop
Russian Abacus, used to calculate the bill. The last time I used an abacus must have been over 20 years ago!
Finally, that’s what I got. I was starving and I enjoyed every bit of my food.
People stand in a queue while babushkas serve you what you ask for.
The Grand Dining Room
Ship
Khachapuri (Georgian food) – Bread filled with cheese.
My train ticket: Moscow to Adler. Impossible to understand unless you look carefully and know some Russian 
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