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Endless, endless, immense. From West to East across ten time zones. Different from the luxury end of the "third Rome" (Moscow, of course), the European Union, if not Italian, St. Petersburg, passing through small towns where life is still subject to the 70s of last century. For all tastes and pockets.

Now that Russia is no longer an adventure travel (although, if you wish, not missing) is not risky, but it is a plunge into something quite different from the old Europe.
Having overcome the difficulties and lost some 'time for thorough customs checks to enter the kingdom of communism vintage ", now also involved in embassies and consulates are happy to issue a visa (from 26 to 130 euros, we wants maximum one week). The flights are not lacking: codesharing with Alitalia and Aeroflot, only to leave Milan four flights daily direct.

If you were there in the Soviet period, you can not misrepresent your knowledge of the country. Russia has completely changed, especially Moscow, which has become the capital of unbridled capitalism. Even the architect Norman Foster has wanted to build a tower 1,000 meters in Moscow (now revised slightly 'lower, satisfied that both the highest in the world). Thousands of luxury boutiques, major global brands. More hectic in Milan.

But for those who really want to know the country, remains a must the Trans-Siberian: nine thousand kilometers of birches, boundless steppe, rivers, hills, wooden houses. Eight days by train from Moscow to Vladivostok. Beyond the window flowing Volga, the minarets of Kazan, corrugated profiles of the Urals, the waters of Lake Baikal. An epic journey where it is impossible not to make friends with fellow adventure Russian, Dutch, French. Where in the restaurant car you improvise vodka party and leads to talk of life as the sun sets behind the hills of Siberia. At major stops, you can get off, stretch my legs and the legs to buy roasted chicken, sandwiches, meatballs and fruit from "babuschke" (Russian grandmothers) place is on track to earn a couple of euros.