Ah, the old four-thirty express from Moscow to Saint Petersburg — I am getting quite used to this five-and-a-half hour commute! I'm on my way back to our temple in Saint Petersburg again, after spending two days in Moscow.
Now here is something unusual on this trip: we pass another passenger train. I grew up with trains (I used to ride to school every day with a quarterly season ticket) and I have already traveled quite a bit in Russia on the trains, but I don't ever remember overtaking another train traveling in the same direction...
As night begins to fall, I alternately read and drowsily watch the forests flit by my window. Every so often I see:
By the time we reach Saint Petersburg, it has begun to snow. Until earlier this year, I had never seen snow (other than on a Christmas card!).
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