walking to the wagon We chose deliberately in the winter to travel from Moscow to Yaroslavsky. In my defense, we kinda had to use the holiday a little bit. If we're waiting for the good weather, it probably not gonna happen for 3 months and then nothing again. So this trip was taken on February 2026. So we've decided to take a few days off going from Moscow to half of the golden ring. The name ring, means literally ring. Refers to a few cities that used to be very important in the past. Starting from Moscow city (where which we're coming from, technically). I have to mention the cities here anyway; Sergiyev Posad, Pereslavl Zalessky, Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Vladimir, and Suzdal. there will be info about the train We took the train trip from Moscow. I would say it's the "normal type" of train. So we sat next to each other. Two seaters next to each other. I think my husband took the non-economy one. He booked the train from the app, tutu. T...
Akhir-akhir ini sedang menyelesaikan bacaan Tetralogi Buru yang mana itu (menurut gw) merupakan buku wajib untuk dibaca orang Indonesia. Semacem buku sejarah tapi bentuknya nggak keliatan kalo lagi bahas sejarah. Bahkan kata Soesilo Toer aja bilang "Pram itu, bikin buku sejarah non fiksi tapi dibikin kayak fiksi. Nah yang fiksi dia bikin kayak non fiksi. Tau Minke kan? Dia itu nyata, tokoh asli, tapi Pram aja bikinnya kayak fiksi". Statement ini semakin menguatkanku mengidolakan Nyai Ontosoroh sepenuhnya. Diawal-awal emang krasa banget kebimbangan seperti "Ini buku kisahnya beneran nggak sih? Nyata nggak sih tokohnya?" Perlahan tapi pasti jadi mikir "Ah nggak lah kalo ini fiksi, semua cerita-cerita tentang negeri ini pernah gw baca dan datanya cocok kok". Penggunaan bahasanya pun cukup sekali, tidak terlalu tua tidak terlalu muda. Standar tapi tetap kerasa klasiknya. Terjemahan Bahasa Inggrisnya pun juga asik nggak kaku seperti buku-buku lawas. Ya m...