6 articles tagged with siberia
There's something primordial about standing on nearly a meter of transparent ice, gazing into the crystalline depths of the world's deepest lake. *Che meraviglia!* The first time I stepped onto Lake Baikal's frozen surface, I felt like I'd landed on...
The first time I heard the ice of Lake Baikal sing beneath my feet, I understood why Siberians speak of this place with such reverence. *Baikal não é apenas um lago, é um oceano congelado de histórias* — Baikal isn't...
The morning light filters through intricate wooden latticework, casting geometric shadows across my notebook as I sit in a 19th-century courtyard in Irkutsk. The air carries the scent of cedar and the distant aroma of freshly baked bread. Having documented...
The rhythm of my running shoes hitting Toronto's pavement couldn't be further from the crisp Siberian air that filled my lungs last summer in Irkutsk. There's something about cities with deep imperial histories that makes my marathon-trained legs itch to...
I've always believed that the most transformative journeys are the ones that push us beyond our comfort zones, and my two-week solo adventure along the Trans-Siberian Railway to Lake Baikal certainly qualifies. After years of traveling with my husband (who...
There's something profoundly transformative about standing on a metre of solid ice, knowing there's over a kilometre of water beneath your feet. The crystalline silence of Lake Baikal in winter – broken only by the occasional otherworldly groan of shifting...