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wooden architecture before we have lunch After time for lunch on your own, we’ll visit
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visit a local farm to get a glimpse of rural central square, where you’ll have the option to
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church constructed in the middle of the 19th own tonight.
century by a Russian merchant caught in a Breakfast
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it that when St. Nicholas saved his life, the
merchant had the church built to honor this Day 5 Irkutsk
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and the Decembrists’ House Museum, a
some of the local produce. Dinner is on our
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own this evening.
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to Siberia for their part in the December 1825
Day 3 Overland to Irkutsk revolt against Tsar Nicholas I.
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Then, a local will invite us into their home
hotel. Then, we’ll transfer to the railway
for lunch and to discuss how life has
station for a train journey along a section of
changed since Soviet times. Later, you’ll
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discoveries. Tonight, we’ll reconvene for a
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Farewell Dinner.
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and transfer to our hotel for some time at Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
leisure and dinner on your own.
Breakfast, Lunch
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