Forgot to mention that the lady in the only shop on Svet Island used an abacus to total up our purchases. On it's own, this may seem quaint, but perhaps not totally incongruous. However, the abacus use should be seen in the light of the fact that when we asked to buy a bottle water she opened the bottle fridge with a remote control.
Also forgot to talk about our top museum trip in Tobolsk. The guide book spoke about the eerie former holding prison for Tsarist exiles. We dutifully followed the signs and ended up in a cloakroom and were told we were in the museum. Having deposited our bags, we proceeded up the stairs to the museum proper. It turned out that it was indeed a museum, but it had nothing to do with a prison. It apparently had something to do with a (fairly poorly stocked) town library - given that it was all in Russian, that was our best guess. Numerous people came up to us and gave us (what we can only assume were) interesting facts about what we were looking at, but sadly it was all lost on us - we left as soon as felt polite!
Also forgot to talk about our top museum trip in Tobolsk. The guide book spoke about the eerie former holding prison for Tsarist exiles. We dutifully followed the signs and ended up in a cloakroom and were told we were in the museum. Having deposited our bags, we proceeded up the stairs to the museum proper. It turned out that it was indeed a museum, but it had nothing to do with a prison. It apparently had something to do with a (fairly poorly stocked) town library - given that it was all in Russian, that was our best guess. Numerous people came up to us and gave us (what we can only assume were) interesting facts about what we were looking at, but sadly it was all lost on us - we left as soon as felt polite!
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