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* Day 15 (Sun) - fly home

The Cologne-Moscow sleeper takes two days, so we'd need to leave on Sunday. (Well, that's not entirely true; if we really wanted maximum train density we could get an early morning Eurostar to Cologne, spend the day going to Warsaw by conventional train, then get the Warsaw-Moscow sleeper which only takes one night) I feel if we're leaving Monday/Sunday we might as well leave Saturday and spent a few days in interesting places, at least for those of us who're conventionally employed (options would either be getting a second day in Moscow, or taking a slower combination of sleepers that would give us days in Warsaw and Kiev - see my plan near the top of the page). Also note that the ferry doesn't arrive in Osaka until Thursday.

That's annoying re ferry - I (Smith) now see what you mean about this getting us annoyingly small amounts of Japan. In that case I will concede both your points and the resulting outline, I believe, becomes something like this:

==== A modest and viable proposal for training out and flying back by Smith ====

* Days 1-4 (Sat-Tues) - Assemble in London, make our way to Moscow (in time to catch the Tuesday TSR) by $MEANS following $ROUTE.

* Days 4-8 (Weds - Sun) - Miles and miles of godless fascist taiga

* Day 9 (Mon) - Arrive Beijing, depart for Shanghai on the Beijing-Shanghai sleeper

* Day 10 (Tues) - Arrive Shanghai, board ship for Osaka

* Day 11 (Weds - Miles and miles of akitsumikamiless democratic ocean

* Days 12-14 (Thurs - Sat) - Japan

* Day 15 (Sun) - fly home

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 * Day 15 (Sun) - fly home
 The Cologne-Moscow sleeper takes two days, so we'd need to leave on Sunday. (Well, that's not entirely true; if we really wanted maximum train density we could get an early morning Eurostar to Cologne, spend the day going to Warsaw by conventional train, then get the Warsaw-Moscow sleeper which only takes one night) I feel if we're leaving Monday/Sunday we might as well leave Saturday and spent a few days in interesting places, at least for those of us who're conventionally employed (options would either be getting a second day in Moscow, or taking a slower combination of sleepers that would give us days in Warsaw and Kiev - see my plan near the top of the page). Also note that the ferry doesn't arrive in Osaka until Thursday.
+ That's annoying re ferry - I (Smith) now see what you mean about this getting us annoyingly small amounts of Japan. In that case I will concede both your points and the resulting outline, I believe, becomes something like this:
+==== A modest and viable proposal for training out and flying back by Smith ====
+* Days 1-4 (Sat-Tues) - Assemble in London, make our way to Moscow (in time to catch the Tuesday TSR) by $MEANS following $ROUTE.
+* Days 4-8 (Weds - Sun) - Miles and miles of godless fascist taiga
+* Day 9 (Mon) - Arrive Beijing, depart for Shanghai on the Beijing-Shanghai sleeper
+* Day 10 (Tues) - Arrive Shanghai, board ship for Osaka
+* Day 11 (Weds - Miles and miles of akitsumikamiless democratic ocean
+* Days 12-14 (Thurs - Sat) - Japan
+* Day 15 (Sun) - fly home