Where will we be next? (Russia Plans)

Hi,
Here are our plans for Russia. Please remember that we may or may not have internet or phone access between July 21st and July 31st. As always, if you have an emergency and need to contact your student you may call Karen Billingsly at the Honors College (412 624 6880). Otherwise I will try to force all of the students to write or call home before we leave Mongolia.

We will be traveling with Hongorzul Sodnom from the National University of Mongolia. She attended University in Moscow in the 1970's and has taken this train route back and forth between Moscow and Ulaan Baatar several times (and she is fluent in Russian, which is a great help). Currently, Hongorzul directs the Mongolian Center for American Studies at the National University of Mongolia.

So here are our plans:
July 21st depart Ulaan Baatar at 9.10pm on train 363
July 22nd arrive Ulaan Ude
Ulaan Ude accommodation at Baikal Ethnic Hostel
www.baikalhostel.com -
We will be visiting with students from the University of Buryiata and see Lake Baikhal

July 26 depart Ulaan Ude at 10.22 am local time on train 7
July 26 arrive Irkutsk at 17.17 local time
accommodation at Irkutsk Downtown Hostel
www.hostel.irkutsk.ru

July 27 depart Irkutsk at 16.10 local time on train 9
July 30 arrive Moscow at 16.42 local time
accommodation at Mini-Hotel Sukarevka
www.suharevkahotel.ru

July 31 depart Moscow for the US!

We'll be home soon! - Allison