Day 49. We dry out. Astrakhan is the objective.
Day 47. We are leaving Volgograd?
Day 45. Volgograd (Stalingrad) and it’s HOT!

We are just back from walking the monuments and memorials to that dreadful battle for Stalingrad in 1942-3. Russia have done a brilliant job of both portraying the essence of the battle and enshrining the memories for later generations. The circular Pantheon, housing the eternal flame, with the names of…
Day 43. Friday 29th. Saratov to a camp on the Volga.
Day 41. Samara, on the Volga.
Day 39. Heading back South West. 25th June. 6 months to Christmas..:)
Day 38. Yekaterinburg. The Romanovs.
Day 37. Kungur to Ekaterinburg
Day 35. Perm.
Two hours further ahead. I meant to tell about an interesting thing we saw yesterday. A big flat deck truck loaded with ceramic roof tiles, parked deep in mud about 50m off the road. Driver walking around scratching his head. The tracks from the road suggest he went to sleep,…