On our last evening in Moscow, we boarded a train for a three day journey through Russia and Kazakhstan and into Uzbekistan - the longest stretch of the whole trip home. We had the 4 berth cabin all to ourselves (yippee!...well, we just had to share with all the loot that was being smuggled across the border by the conductors!!), so we were able to fully relax and make ourselves at home.
There was still snow everywhere on the first day but the sun was out and the scenery was beautiful. The huge frozen lakes and rivers looked amazing.
We crossed the boarder into Kazakhstan early on the second day and then watched the snow and ice gradually get more and more patchy and try to find a way to escape the very flat landscape as it melted.
By the third day the snow was gone and it was actually feeling warm! Add in the huge open spaces and sparse vegetation and we were starting to feel much closer to home. Another boarder crossing into Uzbekistan in the evening and we finally arrived in Tashkent.
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