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****** In Soviet Russia, 'plane crashes YOU!

** Can take the efficient sleeper trains, getting back wednesday, thursday or friday - inelegant

*** Could make it into a 3-week thing, meandering a little through europe - let's say Monday afternoon and Tuesday in Moscow, then overnight to St Petersburg for Wed, then overnight to Minsk for Thur, overnight to Kiev for Fri, overnight to Warsaw for Sat, overnight to Cologne for Sun. Or something like that.

*** I (Smith) am potentially for the sleeper trains, depending on how savage the cuts would be that this would impose on our tripping variety

** Could make it into a 3-week thing, meandering a little through europe - let's say Monday afternoon and Tuesday in Moscow, then overnight to St Petersburg for Wed, then overnight to Minsk for Thur, overnight to Kiev for Fri, overnight to Warsaw for Sat, overnight to Cologne for Sun. Or something like that.

*** Mickey will doubtless end up in jail in Belarus

**** I (Smith) move that the eventual spreadsheet of our itinerary incorporate, as is now traditional, a column detailing the respective ages of consent in the regions to be visited

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* Day 8, Saturday: Day in Beijing, train in the evening

* Day 7, Friday: Bah. Ferry only arrives on a Thursday, leaving on Tuesday midday, so again we only get like 4 days in Japan this way.

~~Is there any mileage in using a sleeper train in place of a night in a city (eg Moscow)?~~

Let's look at it another way: suppose we wanted to go to Japan and other places, how much holiday time would we need?

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 ****** In Soviet Russia, 'plane crashes YOU!
 ** Can take the efficient sleeper trains, getting back wednesday, thursday or friday - inelegant
-*** Could make it into a 3-week thing, meandering a little through europe - let's say Monday afternoon and Tuesday in Moscow, then overnight to St Petersburg for Wed, then overnight to Minsk for Thur, overnight to Kiev for Fri, overnight to Warsaw for Sat, overnight to Cologne for Sun. Or something like that.
+*** I (Smith) am potentially for the sleeper trains, depending on how savage the cuts would be that this would impose on our tripping variety
+** Could make it into a 3-week thing, meandering a little through europe - let's say Monday afternoon and Tuesday in Moscow, then overnight to St Petersburg for Wed, then overnight to Minsk for Thur, overnight to Kiev for Fri, overnight to Warsaw for Sat, overnight to Cologne for Sun. Or something like that.
 *** Mickey will doubtless end up in jail in Belarus
 **** I (Smith) move that the eventual spreadsheet of our itinerary incorporate, as is now traditional, a column detailing the respective ages of consent in the regions to be visited
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 * Day 8, Saturday: Day in Beijing, train in the evening
 * Day 7, Friday: Bah. Ferry only arrives on a Thursday, leaving on Tuesday midday, so again we only get like 4 days in Japan this way.
-Is there any mileage in using a sleeper train in place of a night in a city (eg Moscow)?
 Let's look at it another way: suppose we wanted to go to Japan and other places, how much holiday time would we need?