Sadly no real @diningcar but the newrest conductor could serve me some actually tasty pasta before going to bed onboard of this 
service to Berlin 😋😴 !
On my way to the Matrix Community Summit !
😴
A last glance at the ice sculpture park in Chelyabinsk and ready to board my train to Petropavl in Kazakhstan.
Petropavl is an interesting railway station since it's served by inner-Russian trains following the south junction of the Trans Siberian Railway. While passengers leaving the train there are formally leaving Russia in Petukhovo, passengers traveling onwards to Omsk and further east remain in Russia as transit traffic - a new visa for foreigners is thereby not necessary.
I'm happy to finally be in the train to 
Kazakhstan for my part and will enjoy the next 8 hours in a comfy old Купе /Kupe/ upper berth getting gently shaken into sweet dreams.
Stay strong ✊🏽🌈 !
Good morning ! It's 6 a.m. and after round about 32 hours, my comfortable 
sleeper is slowly approaching in Chelyabinsk next to the Kazakh border.
The ride was fading in time, it feels like I just boarded despite spending two days in the train 🥰.
We arrived in Moscow late in the evening. I had an excellent night and slept like a baby until 11 a.m. - after a shower it's now time to grab some late breakfast in the @diningcar : fresh potato wedges with mushrooms and the mandatory black tea.
Side note : The have amazing chocolate onboard, I enjoyed already the second bar 😋.
Day six of my journey will be all trains : I woke up in the train and since my sleeper is only going to arrive tomorrow morning, I will spend the next night in my comfortable compartment as well.
It's 10 p.m. local time in Chelyabinsk, my meal from @diningcar was just served : Grilled vegetables and buckwheat with mushrooms along with some beautifully packaged dark chocolate and juice.
The food served in the trains was far too much - good that it's sleeping time so that I can curl up under the comfy blanket and digest my amazing food.
The train is very suitable for working and as a bonus for tomorrow and Sunday morning, we have showers in the carriage.
Dream well and stay strong ✊🏽🌈 !
My sleeper arrived : I got a single СЛ compartment for the next 32 hours bringing me via Moscow to the Asian part of Russia in the Ural district, right to the Kazakh border.
The train is comfortable, food is provided (vegan again) and I will already switch my clock to Ural time adjusting my day-night rhythm 😴.
Second sleeper train of my trip completed on day five. Now waiting for 15 minutes for my connecting train from Bologoe to Chelyibinsk. I booked a comfortable sleeper compartmznt for the 32 hours trip over two nights.
The Аврора service was definitely a luxury experience, the staff was very helpful with my spontaneous reschedule and helped me with everything despite no common language.
The railway station in Bologoe has a weird layout : The station building is located in the middle of a field of tracks, there are two main tracks where most trains depart and the other platforms are scrambled over the area. Access via a tunnel only.
I'm looking forwards for a comfy sleeper and finally some time to rest without any hurry for two days.
Enjoying dinner in the @diningcar service onboard of the 743У "Аврора" inter-city service on my way from Sankt Petersburg to Bologoe during my #FOSSRail trip from Brussels to Bangkok.
The three course menu includes some fresh salad with grilled vegetables, a tasty bulgur dish and some fruit pastry, served along with juice, tea, fruits and snacks.
While enjoying the tasty dinner, winter landscapes of Leningrad Oblast are passing by at -20 °C.
Stay safe, warm and take care ✊🏽🌈 !
Whereas the 
"Aurora" did not happen for this year, the still operate their 743У "Аврора" running from St. Petersburg to Moscow as a daytime inter-city train - in good Soviet manner featuring 1st class sleeper compartments for sure.
I'm taking this train for two hours to Bologoe-Moskolkoe where I'm going to catch my long distance sleeper to the Kazakh border - further away from scary western Russia.
Surprise to my vegan soul : The menu of the first class catering includes an entire page dedicated to plant-based food and I'm looking forwards to some dinner in a moment.
Good morning !
The night was short but I finally arrived in Russia and made my way to St. Petersburg. I got all my connecting tickets and I'm looking forwards to spending the rest of the day in a comfortable wagon-lits compartment sleeping my way to the Kazakh border.
At this point, the mandatory reminder : Do not travel to Russia as a European citizen. We are in a difficult political conflict. Border and diplomatic regulations can suddenly change at any time, it's therefore not safe and reliable to travel between Europe and Russia these days.
Also a brief reminder : This is a publicly visible thread and I'll therefore limit my contributions to railway postings rather than writing any other content related to the current situation.
I hope despite the situation you will enjoy my travel report 🌈 !
My trip finally begins : Tonight, the 
453 will bring me in a comfortable wagon-lits to Berlin, the first stop of my #FOSSRail trip from 🇧🇪 Brussels to 🇹🇭 Bangkok connecting the FOSDEM with the FOSSASIA by train.
I will spend the next two weeks on trains across 12 countries and 11.000 km on rails.
May the games begin ✊🏽.
#FOSSRail #FOSDEM #FOSSASIA #CrossBorderRail #TeamNightTrain
And one more night train : Southbound by comfortable modernized 
couchette comfort compartment bringing me to #Karlsruhe right next to the French border.
Today was definitely an exciting day, apart from the early morning in Malmö, the launch of the amazing new 
Talgo 230 
EuroCity, I still spent the evening in the #MiWuLa model railway exhibition where I could admire the adorable #H0 replica of #Padborg st in memories to the ICE TD service linking Denmark and Germany using high-speed rail in past.
And as most good travel days : The day ends in a comfortable couchette dreaming me closer to my destination.
Good night Fedi !
Traveling by night train is a unique experience. How much so ever you are used to long-distance sleeper journeys, each and every morning leaving a night train in the early morning feels magic.
You wake up, half of your train still sleeping. Pale light from the reading lights in the other compartments. Nothing but the gentle noise from the wheel sets on the tracks and switches. You leave the train, see sleepy faces, families lifting their luggage from the old voyage wagons. Train attendants assisting, some business managers with trolley suitcases. Everyone silently walking towards the main hall of a dark station, all share in common they arrived from a night train from abroad for different purposes.
It's a magic experience. This is the true kind of travels I love.
Good morning Scandinavia !
