There was a Xmas party down on the 2nd floor could hear the music here on the 4th floor the people must have enjoyed themselves and why not. We went down to breakfast at 10:00 and the place was busy a lot of the people from the party stayed for the night. It was a smorgasbord type breakfast various cold meats, cheese, rice pudding and semolina, boiled eggs, chips, corn on the cob and some other vegetables. Various types of Russian breads, some cereals dried fruit and yogurts.
Penny was going to dye her hair pink again as it was fading in colour. The room maid arrived to do the room so I went for a walk for an hour and took a bunch of photos. Was about – 10C reached an area where there was a breeze coming from down the valley it made it feel around – 15C. Apparently the maid took a while to do the room so Penny was colouring her hair when I got back. I decided to go for another walk.
The guy at reception I asked him a few questions about what to to do , most things are closed due to the winter. Can go on a snow mobile and go up the cable car, which we might do. He asked where I came from and I told him and he then welcomed me in Maori, (NZ native people language). I was taken back and I said you have spent some time there? He was at Palmerston North at college there for 4 years. He apparently loved it there but could not get residency. He was saying they have had not many Kiwis stay at this hotel.
There were bus loads of Chinese tourists coming into town spending a few hours here and must be heading back to Irkutsk. With tourists all around the world from all countries I wonder how many photos are taken in a 24 hour period? I googled it and they reckon over 14 trillion, 14,600,000,000,000.
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