tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post8101143910581537984..comments2024-03-27T05:18:53.795-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Trans-Siberian.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-91580362652851993222009-08-11T17:06:44.162-07:002009-08-11T17:06:44.162-07:00Thanks for taking me along on such a remarkable ad...Thanks for taking me along on such a remarkable adventure. I can hardly wait to read the next!Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-80002885823967261542009-08-11T08:28:21.740-07:002009-08-11T08:28:21.740-07:00Thank you for the comments - I am sure things are ...Thank you for the comments - I am sure things are very different today. When we went with the Russian tour company "Intourist" I think the cost was eight hundred pounds each. I see an advert for a great rail journey on the Trans Siberian today which costs almost six thousand pounds. Things have certainly changed.I am glad you enjoyed the trip - everyone in our writers' group is writing about rail transport, so i am ressurecting some of my rail journeys. Hope you enjoy them all.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-33617969372829611232009-08-11T06:03:39.715-07:002009-08-11T06:03:39.715-07:00Hello Weaver,
What an intrepid explorer you are! ...Hello Weaver,<br /><br />What an intrepid explorer you are! I have travelled overnight on the old Blue Train in South Africa and two nights on the Eastern & Oriental Express from Malaysia to Thailand. I'm not sure how I would fare on the Trans-Siberian!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861397533660827678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-28412281258743913332009-08-11T01:20:40.811-07:002009-08-11T01:20:40.811-07:00oh that's lovely - I have aspirations to go on...oh that's lovely - I have aspirations to go on this journey too.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076349937962262361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-37978812104342113732009-08-10T20:20:42.466-07:002009-08-10T20:20:42.466-07:00More please - there's nothing I like more than...More please - there's nothing I like more than a good travel story, and this is a good one.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-640437539547044882009-08-10T20:10:56.307-07:002009-08-10T20:10:56.307-07:00This was wonderful! Hope there are more travel sto...This was wonderful! Hope there are more travel stories to come.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-45383388461075543862009-08-10T20:08:55.157-07:002009-08-10T20:08:55.157-07:00Dear Weaver of Grass,
Wonderful introduction to y...Dear Weaver of Grass,<br /><br />Wonderful introduction to your trip and to your memories. <br /><br />I've never been on this rail jaunt, but the Heroine in my house went just a couple of years later than you, and she speaks with great warmth of her memories, although she went in the opposite direction.<br /><br />BTW, I think that you give P.T., whom you have previously extolled, a run for his money in his this selection of your travel thoughts.<br /><br />Tschuess,<br />ChrisSepiru Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600130405222535830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-45396182719732391182009-08-10T18:28:38.625-07:002009-08-10T18:28:38.625-07:00You are such a multi talented lady Weaver. This w...You are such a multi talented lady Weaver. This was a delight, I was with you all the way. Your descriptive skills are superb. More please.<br /><br />Oh and your letter arrived this morning. Your 2 ATCs are simply wonderful, I especially love the gold one. I will blog them tomorrow. Thank you so much and for the lovely letter too.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-6819362790482808312009-08-10T16:14:57.008-07:002009-08-10T16:14:57.008-07:00I really enjoyed that, Weaver! I felt I was there ...I really enjoyed that, Weaver! I felt I was there too. Look forward to hearing more of your journey.Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53930489541542116482009-08-10T14:51:35.288-07:002009-08-10T14:51:35.288-07:00well weaver, i know you a bit better now. thesiger...well weaver, i know you a bit better now. thesiger makes much more sense now and don't ask me how, he just does. this is riveting writing. rich, poetic, colourful and dancing around the whole piece of being a traveller which you most assuredly are!!!! have a lovely evening. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-48949322425895439702009-08-10T14:25:51.210-07:002009-08-10T14:25:51.210-07:00I'm utterly jealous of you taking this trip.
T...I'm utterly jealous of you taking this trip.<br />There is an excellent article in last week's "NEW YORKER" by a man who drove across Siberia in 2001.<br />You might want to look it up on line.<br />I was really interested.<br />Did not make me want to go there!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-80969586746842556922009-08-10T13:53:59.648-07:002009-08-10T13:53:59.648-07:00This is just so readable and vivid. A wonderful pi...This is just so readable and vivid. A wonderful piece, and I hope one to be followed by others from the same journey.Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-85458552237617430972009-08-10T13:47:23.400-07:002009-08-10T13:47:23.400-07:00Very evocative writing. I think things have got b...Very evocative writing. I think things have got better since then. I have a Russian DIL who comes from Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. The Trans Siberian stops there on one of the routes. It is my ambition to visit her family there and get there on the the railway. As it hapens they live in North Yorkshire, in RiponDihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08548354462928773229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-57474609993421385392009-08-10T13:36:53.308-07:002009-08-10T13:36:53.308-07:00What talent you have. Please provide more. I agr...What talent you have. Please provide more. I agree it is the beginning of a wonderful novel.CHummelKornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862056292807754590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-66761305423196745652009-08-10T13:00:50.902-07:002009-08-10T13:00:50.902-07:00Oh great piece of writing Weaver - I do love the i...Oh great piece of writing Weaver - I do love the imagery, from the browns of the ladies in the fields to the passengers wearing their pyjamas and getting off the train to buy breakfast - this I particularly liked - humans are funny creatures.gleanerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826401785165112918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-71273840815115169772009-08-10T11:43:27.964-07:002009-08-10T11:43:27.964-07:00What a wonderful train journey you have taken us o...What a wonderful train journey you have taken us on Weaver. That must have been a very cold first night in your hotel. We have grown soft here since central heating became the norm for so many homes.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-88675848374482838972009-08-10T11:34:37.710-07:002009-08-10T11:34:37.710-07:00A great post as if I was in that train. I was in M...A great post as if I was in that train. I was in Moscow at a Women's conference in 1987 and I saw and heard Gorbachev. He was impressive when he spoke about glasnost and perestroika. It was great! What a man!<br />Thanks for your visit! Yes the Friesians are originally Dutch cows.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7537823920431959882009-08-10T11:17:03.090-07:002009-08-10T11:17:03.090-07:00Not "Buy" I meant "But" comput...Not "Buy" I meant "But" computer is spelling wrong again! ;) Gigi Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092019687497845746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-87142256959350459122009-08-10T11:15:36.636-07:002009-08-10T11:15:36.636-07:00Very interesting. I wonder if things are any bette...Very interesting. I wonder if things are any better now? I guess a lesson learned, is to bring along a sleeping bag to keep warm at night. Buy realize that would be impossible. Gigi Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092019687497845746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-89402456493162222572009-08-10T10:51:51.544-07:002009-08-10T10:51:51.544-07:00Weaver of Grass: This was riveting. I did not w...Weaver of Grass: This was riveting. I did not want it to stop. It felt like I was there with you embarking on an adventure - or - at the beginning of a lucious, new novel. I hope there are many sequels to come!!!Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-66045311421661672762009-08-10T10:45:27.786-07:002009-08-10T10:45:27.786-07:00I'm shivering!! Lovely.I'm shivering!! Lovely.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-47295910598480434472009-08-10T10:11:45.775-07:002009-08-10T10:11:45.775-07:00lovely writing,wish I could write like that.lovely writing,wish I could write like that.Michala Gyetvai (Kayla coo)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05120726257649689149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-46890999748869197602009-08-10T09:39:02.187-07:002009-08-10T09:39:02.187-07:00Lovely piece of writing, Pat...Lovely piece of writing, Pat...The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.com