Have you traveled the Trans-Siberian Railway?

[ashling]

Never have I ever … traveled on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
With its 9,259 kilometers, it is the third longest railroad in the world and the main transcontinental line between Moscow and the Russian Far East, namely Vladivostok. A branch even leads to Beijing. In 1890, Tsar Nicholas II blessed the construction of the Far East part of the railway. The Tsar’s Train on the Trans-Siberian Railway was
to serve as mobile office of the Tsar and his subjects. Today, it connects hundreds of cities and villages in the European and Asian parts of Russia and the journey through seven time zones takes you one week, passing through numerous different regions and landscapes.
Have you ever traveled on the Trans-Siberian Railway?

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

1. It's on my bucket list.

When I seriously researched this a couple of years ago I found it very hard to find a reputable site not in Russian where I can get tickets that haven't been grossly upcharged for tourists. My dream journey would take me from Moscow to Beijing, via Mongolia.

Maybe someone on DU has been lucky enough to do this.

[ashling]

3. My daughter is preparing to move to Ukraine

I'm sure she will see places I could never have imagined . . . (sigh)

[Phentex]

4. On my list too. I'm not interested in the

Mongolia or China routes though.

Can't spend much time away from work for another few years!

[OriginalGeek]

2. Nope but

I have seen the Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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It was a great show.

[geardaddy]

5. I have three friends

who did it in 1985. We had just spent our year abroad in Beijing. They did the whole route from Beijing, through Mongolia, the USSR (then), Poland, East German to West Germany.

They got off in Moscow for a couple of days. One of my friends sold his ratty Levi's for about $100.

[geardaddy]

6. Just don't watch the movie "Trans-Siberian" before you go.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transsiberian_(film)

[closeupready]

7. Good film.

Was going to mention that.

[AnneD]

8. Hubby has....

I have not.

[FloridaJudy]

9. No, but

My grandfather helped to build it. Seriously. He did a lot of the custom woodworking for the first-class carriages. This could be his - it looks like some of the furniture he made after he used his employee pass to escape to America during the revolution.

I'd love to see it in person some time.

[sharp_stick]

10. No but here is a really cool picture blog

about a couple of guys, railroad fans, who took it, or at least parts of it from Vienna and then ducked down and traveled by train through North Korea

http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/

and the detailed version.

http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-everything-began.html

It's a really good read.