Phew! That was a long one! 😅 What the longest train journey you've ever taken? 😄 ❤

@alejandroheld9527

2 ай бұрын

New York - Miami in Amtrack with my own private Roomette. 25 hours

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

@alenjandroheld9527 Oooh thats a long one, and how was it? comfortable? 😊❤

@alejandroheld9527

2 ай бұрын

@@MattandJuliaSuper! i could smell muy own f**ts all the time! jaja. It was very comfortable

@invictus99

2 ай бұрын

I've been on a train from Leningrad to Sochi and back 3 times in early 1980s. It took 48 hours each of the six trips. The Caucasus mountains were fabulous

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

@alejandroheld9527 hahahahaha, i'll let Uncle Sasha know, he will be pleased 😂

I’ve been to Russia in February. When you consider the vast distance, temperature extremes, and logistical challenges, the fact that it runs as well as it does is remarkable. I’ve ridden trains in Russia and I give them a high rating.

@valuetraveler2026

2 ай бұрын

agree. the staff can be a pain at times but great trains and it does not have to be the TSR... plenty of other trains

I went from St. Petersburg to Sochi. It was an amazing trip. I wish that relations were better between the US and Russia because I’d love to go back and travel more of the country. Until then, I can live vicariously through you!

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Oooh we did that trip too! A very beautiful one 😍❤️

@janariviik2634

2 ай бұрын

Only one way to make the relations better: for Russia to stop the genocide and go back home.

@lule363

2 ай бұрын

​@@janariviik2634是美国，美国在全世界干涉，美国如果不在014年干涉乌克兰反俄，就不会有今天

@lule363

2 ай бұрын

​@@janariviik2634让美国军队从全世界回家

@mihailraskin2912

2 ай бұрын

@@janariviik2634 It wasn't Russia who bombed Donbass for eight years or burned people alive in Odessa

Julia, your laughter in the face of that unbearable confinement with your « neighbor » was perfect.

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

It was the laughter a women going slightly mad 🤪😁❤️

Russian trains are great. After watching your videos for years I did the Vlad -Moscow 7 days in January.Wondering how I would cope I surprised how much I enjoyed it.First 3 days I had same cabin on my own then it was full til Moscow.Cant wait to do more Cheers from Australia.

Oh how funny and lovely this video was!! When I saw the notification I thought I had seen it already, not realizing you'd done it again!! I have to tell you, I am 73yo and live in the USA and I realized as I watched that never before today have I seen pictures or video of Siberia *without* snow!! How beautiful the countryside is!! I'm sure you enjoyed your visit but I am overcome with wonder if you went back the same way!?!?! 😊

Delighted to see you back with your Grandma at the end of the video!

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to share the videos with family 🥰❤️

I find that sharing your feelings creates a stronger bond between content providers and viewers. Watching this I felt it, thank you for sharing 😊

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for being with us! 😍❤️

I'm so glad you share even the hard parts. Travel is like that sometimes. I loved watching!

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed it! ❤

Your channel is really unique one and frankly among the very very best. 🎵

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Really appreciate that 🥰🙏🏼❤️

Beautiful landscapes. I'd just stare out the window for 5 days straight 😂

The romantic idea of travelling on the Trans Siberia train versus the reality. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I will never be able to see the vast expanse of Russia or the other amazing places you’ve taken us to, except through your videos.👍🏻

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for coming along with us ❤️🙏🏼

I would have asked that person to please stop talking, but that’s me. I’m not going to sit here and tell you how to live. It was a great reminder that travel can be tough and unforgettable!

Thank you Julia an Matt an Little Sister what a Journey you took us on. I Loved the ending seeing you Gran how I have Missed her.. She is Truly an Amazing Beautiful Person of Pure LOVE. Huge Hugs to all.🌿👍❤️👍🌿 West Coast Canada 🍁

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Can’t wait to share more 🥰 Lots of love to Canada ❤️😘

Blimey, this sounds like the ride from hell, but seeing Julia desperately trying not to lose her shit while describing the old man's shenanigans is just hilariously funny.

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 To be fair, we had a good laugh when editing this one! (But it definitely wasn't at the time 😅)

@dschoene57

2 ай бұрын

@@MattandJulia I have to trouble believing that. I did the opposite direction once, from Berlin to Omsk with a train change at Moscow. I was terminally sick of long-distance train rides after that. 😄

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Hahaha, love it! "Terminally ill from long-distance trains" should be an official disease 😂

This would have me wishing I had bought 4 tickets so I could have the whole cabin

"Welcome schneller" now my favorite expression is 😆

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Mine too 😂😂😂

@jameswolff5200

2 ай бұрын

Mine is SLAVA UKRAINI

@user-oh7sx8qr4t

2 ай бұрын

@@jameswolff5200 Please accept my condolences. 😆

That might have been awful for y'all, but it was a blast for me! You used your irritation to create humor. Good job. Better to laugh than cry! lol Your grandmother looked good. I'm sure she was happy to see you. And I loved her new couch. Thanks for taking us on the train trip from hell to visit Granny! It was fun.

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Haha, thank you so much for being with us! Really glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️

Really glad you shared the video, even when tough.

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! ❤️😘

I was thinking , "they should have bought the 4th Bunk"

I stumbled on your videos over the winter. I absolutely love watching your travels. I may have a bit of a different perspective. I have 3 adopted children who were born in Russia. My daughter is from Krasnoyarsk and my sons were born in Vladimir. I also have friends whose children were born in Chita. My mother and a friend’s traveled across Russia in the trans Siberian in 2014. My kids and I would love to make the trip together some day. So many find memories. Please keep posting. These videos warm my heart ♥️

What a cheerful neighbor you had!

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Indeed he was 😄

I loved this. I travelled the trans Siberian in 1997 when i was 30 from Moscow to Vladivostok in platskart, an experience i winever forget. Drank vodka with russian soldiers, washed my hair using a cup og hot water from ths samavar. Its was unforgettable, highs and lows x

@Ekata-pj8eg

Ай бұрын

lol

As an introverted personality, my wits about me would have run for cover. Bless you for trudging your way through the relationship with Alexander.

Krasnoyarsk---where Дмитрий Хворостовский (Dmitri Hvorostovsky) was born and raised! IMHO, one of the greatest lyric baritones ever, gone far too soon (in 2017 at age 55), revered worldwide for his opera performances and beloved for his renditions of Russian folk tunes ("The Cranes"). He will never be forgotten!

@jameswolff5200

2 ай бұрын

I beg to differ. Also, why didn't he receive his medical treatment in Ruzzia? Oh that's right, they are morons, and many Doctors were already serving in the war of aggression in Ukraine in 2017. "Little Green Doctors". #slavaukraini

You must show this dude so people will know what to expect when they meet him! :))))

That part with your oversharing neighbour traveler was the best one, otherwise it wouldn't be so funny, so cheers to him :)

Uncle Sasha sounds like a total nightmare to be stuck with for days on end ,no matter how sweet he was .

@kossboss

Ай бұрын

can you just tell him to shut up? or what would happen?

The moral of this story is to purchase all four berths in the compartment so you don't have to share!

@xixi3148

2 ай бұрын

😂 Nah, chatting up random people is part of the charm. It's not a train trip without that.

My oh my what a train trip. The train was super modern! The views spectacular. Julia I've never seen you so giggly... something in the water? Matt in shorts on the train with -3 C outside. Cozy train temps! Traveling, especially airports is often "hell". But in the end it is the journey, the people you meet, the crazy things, the smells of a new place, the joy of an adventure. Can't wait for Uzbekistan. See you soon! Linda

I think this was one of my favourite videos you've made. I like my own space, so the thought of sharing a cabin with a complete stranger, who sounds like he could be very inappropriate, would be my worst nightmare, but Julia was very philosophical about it. However, you must've been both physically and emotionally drained, so thank goodness you had that wonderful reunion with your gran, who i think is amazing. I hope we see more of Lera in the future as well, as she's so sweet and looks like good fun.

Matt and Julia - you rock and roll

Loved this! Thank you. You will always remember this.

Thank you for sharing :). Take good care of yourself!

You guys didn't let on! One day I'll be doing this ride by myself and I'll be buying 4 tickets!

Another informative and interesting program even with your talkative cabin mate. I kept asking myself, "why didn't they purchase the 4th bed"? Thanks for telling us you considered it but unfortunately you took the chance of either having it unoccupied or having a pleasant (or awful)cabin mate. I watched a couple who traveled from Moscow to Vladivostok in Second Class but they paid for the other two beds in order to have some privacy. It still was a stressful trip for them. They didn't speak or read Russian and that was an added difficulty for them. I promise you that in the years to come you will see the humor in this "adventure". Julia, it was so wonderful that your sister was able to travel with you. Maybe someday you can have your brother and Grandma accompany you on one of your journeys. Take care. 🫂❤️🙏🕊

You are living my dream! - I would love to travel on that train, - Hop on Hop off for the few days and explore. My fondest wish is to see Lake Bikal - The biggest fresh water lake in the world!

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Really hope you get to do it one day 🥰🙏🏼❤️

Been having a really bad time recently and then ...watching Julia laughing her socks off, did me the power of good. Thanks for the wonderful video, absolutely brilliant Xx

Longest train I have done is the Zephyr from San Francisco to Chicago over three days and even in a private cabin that felt like AGES. I am really bad at sharing my space when I am tired and just want to read for a while, I thought you all handled it in really good humour and it will be one of those stories and experiences that will stick with you. Thank you for sharing as ever!

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Oh wow, a very long one too 😍 Thank you so much for watching ❤️🙏🏼

@mihailraskin2912

2 ай бұрын

You can actually buy the whole cabin all for yourself

@jameswolff5200

2 ай бұрын

RuzzoScum@@MattandJulia

Always book the entire Cabin 🤣🤣🤣 What utter Torture thank you. !!!! X

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂learnt the hard way 😬

@jameswolff5200

2 ай бұрын

The hard way is taking that train to the Donbass region of temporarily-occupied Ukraine. There you will learn how to fertilize the sunflower crop. Your Comrades are fertilizer EXPERTS. @@MattandJulia

@allthecoolnamesaretaken10

2 ай бұрын

​@@jameswolff5200Not a place like that anymore.

Bloody brilliant video....always enjoy watching them

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤️🙏🏼

Always interesting and great to watch, this one made me laugh, I can just imagine what you went through there.

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! 😍❤️

Wonderful journey! Thank you for showing me a place I've only read about and would otherwise never see. And I'm so thankful I have not been held captive with an annoying person 😂😂😂

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Haha, we are really glad too, we wouldn’t want anyone to repeat that 😁❤️❤️

Thanks for this journey. So interesting. Looking forward to the next one!

It is incredible to see Siberia in winter without any snow on the ground. I never knew it can be the case from the snowy St. Petersburg area

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, this was late October, and I think the snow started to come shortly after 😊

Thank you for posting this. Very enjoyable video. Good luck to all 3 of you.

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Joe! ❤️🙏🏼

Thank you for sharing the longest train ride video! Always wanted to go to Vladivostok and enjoyed that video. The train ride experience was priceless to me. Keep on chugging along!

What a story teller what fun lol. You guys are very gracious.

I have rode this train before in 2019 but not all the way to Saint Petersburg but from Vladivostock to Irkutsk to see Lake Baikal

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Ah cool! Still a few days! Baikal is incredible right? 😍❤️

It was a wonderful, enlightening video and glad you shared it

The solution to long distance train travel is to do lots of stop-overs. It may take much longer but each stopover is an opportunity to see a different place rather than just see the train station surrounds. It may take 2-3 weeks but it has advantages.

@MattandJulia you guys are full of humors and possitivity which i most love about your videos even during this whole travel. Thanks for sharing your amazing train journey! Cheers! Godbless you❤

❤Loved it!...Travel-memories are the best when types like 'uncle Sascha' made you wanna wright your own book...Thanks for sharing 3musketeers! ❤from the Netherlands..

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Haha, for sure! Thank you so much, love to the Netherlands 😍❤️

Love you guys, great videos.

I have to admit, "Life in the COLDEST PLACE on Earth (Record-Breaking Cold!) | Yakutsk, Yakutia" was one of my favoritevideos you have done. It was so interesting!

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed it 🥰❤️

Beautiful video. Lovely family. Take care.

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! ❤️

Don't worry about showing some negative feelings. It is life. Thanks for sharing.

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

The first 10mins is epic! Looking forward to the rest of the journey

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you sooo much!!! ❤🙌

Great video....

Thank you for sharing your adventures. I love trains ❤

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! ❤️

Nice video thanks I know is a lot of work have Sam rest big hug 🤗 ❤

I travelled in 1999 No flush loo,a hole on the floor No shower, we used large wet wipes to clean ourselves. Took instant noodles,cup of soups,crackers, cookies, bought fruit and pancakes from traders on the platforms or as they walked through the train. Witch could be called a fortune teller.trans sibertian

@juanitacarrollyoung2979

2 ай бұрын

The Transsiberian? Or somewhere else?

What an exciting journey for you all🙂🤠 thanks for your wonderful mood and warm way of being just you 3 ❤

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it! ❤️🙏🏼

We got to hand it to you guys. To share a cabin with someone that won't stop talking is Shi........! Julia, your sense of humor in all of this is priceless. Did you get to enjoy the landscape ? Thank you so much for sharing it. You deserve the Olympic Gold Medal . Sending you Hugs 🫂 and Kisses 💋 from Harriet, Jim and Yuki Richmond, V

OK, so that video was great! I know those kinds of fellow travelers and it’s tough not to lose it with them!! But, y’all did so well! Glad you made it safely!

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! ❤️🥰

My favourite, video’s about Russia . As for your neighbour’s endless talking and tall stories - some people are simply incapable of knowing when to stop talking .

Great Video

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

We had an experience (nowhere near as bad as yours) when travelling on the Darjeeling Mail overnight sleeper between Kolkata and Siliguri, West Bengal. Like you, there were three of us in a 4 berth AC1 cabin. The fourth member turned out to be a young Bengali guy and he was a nice guy, BUT his phone alarm started to go off at 4am and it kept going every 10 minutes! Trouble is, he was a really deep sleeper and even our attempts to wake him only worked once. His sleepy attempt to switch it off didn't work as it started again within 10 minutes 😂 We thought about booking the fourth berth for future journeys, but apparently there is such a demand that if nobody checks in against that seat, it will be released. I'm not sure if that's correct though. Either way, I don't know how you put up with that for so long!! Kudos to you. Great video and actually the "issues" added to the entertainment value (sorry! 😂)

Ah ! The joys of travelling. Really enjoyed this vid gives you a good insight into the awesome size of Russia, very interesting thanks for posting. 😊

Definitely love your VDO as always and thank you for sharing all aspects of your travelling experiences with us! Julia is super sweet and funny :) I remember sitting on a 5 hour-ish. second-class train from Tbilisi to Batumi and there was a toddler who was constantly yelling and screaming almost all the way until the mother had to calm him/her down with a baby shark-like song played in an incessant loop. Almost drove me nuts but certainly gave me a huge ear worm for days! 🤣 From Thailand with Love XOXO

what a journey...but i really think you summed it up well at the conclusion. i really appreciated this video because it shows what travel really can be like at times. travel is not an instagram post. it can be frustrating, long, dirty, smelly, tiring, and all the things you mentioned. however, the stories and memories that can be looked back on, even the bad ones, create a life considered full. keep up the great work showing the reality of exploring our globe!

Amazing 🤩

Thanks for sharing, the good and the bad. That’s life, after all. Everyone still loves being on the journey with you all! ❤

@jameswolff5200

2 ай бұрын

The "bad" being the massive WAR that these fools seem to not know about? Didn't their grandparents cruise the Autobahn in 1938?

great video

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much Jimmy! 😊❤

I had been planning to do this for years, just plucked up the courage and money, then the pandemic intervened then the Ukraine situation. The room tour took me back to travelling in the 1970s, a little less comfortable back then. What an amazing journey, my sort of thing, having got on the wrong train and ended up in Yugoslavia, by mistake and got arrested, great fun. The longest journey in Europe I have taken was Madrid to Venice, quite short really!

Bless you Julia. I think this is the most uncomfortable I have ever seen you. Good to see you all sticking together. Must of felt suffocating 😢

Oh wow! That sounds like a terrible experience for a roommate! I’m glad you were able to share this content, as so many vloggers show only the beautiful things not the real experiences. It’s great that you can laugh about it all now.

What a great Vlog. You definitely should have bought the fourth ticket! Wonder which poor sods had to put him over the next five days 😂. Heaven help the relative he's visiting 🙈 Great viewing as always. All three of you did an epic trip and gteat work, and I have loved every minute watching your progress. Look forward to seeing the next trip 😊

Great work, team! Please don't stop! And ignore the looneys. I guess. You will survive!

The accomodations look great. Your cabin companion sounds like a nightmare. For a time I forgot Alexander=Sasha. Here in the US, we rarely do trains but I love traveling by train. I have always wanted to do the Trans Siberian. Was the exchange rate about 1 Euro for 100 rubles when you were there? I was looking forward to this episode. Safe travels and kudos to Matt for taking a shower online. 😮

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed it! 😊❤ Yeah, around that as £1 GBP was 117 Rubles. And haha, thanks, there was a lot of careful editing of those shower scenes 😅

Bonito vídeo gracias

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! 😍❤️

I absolutely love Julia and her funny as hell laugh. She's always laughing, which is awesome. What a happy go lucky lady she is!

Great video again. And what's more, KZread textning adds more spice to your narration, as it texts you are travelling through "the tiger ", instead of less adventurous taiga 😂😂

travelling with your sister must have been very special. It'll be a wonderful memory

Was the water wet? That really got me lol. You did amazingly to survive that, and I also appreciate you sharing the unglamorous realities of some journeys. The end credits with Julia really made me laugh too!

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Hahaha, classic uncle Sasha that 😁😩😫😂❤️

Having heard a little about how bad this trip was on your Patreon channel it was good to see this video drop. 5 days in confined quarters with someone who was clearly not all “there”. Yeah…. Umm… wow. Can’t wait to see what’s next!

Thank you, that was well worth watching. Kinda reminds me of a train trip I took in Russia years ago. LOL

Ох ребята, даа, таких дядей Саш у нас много, про личные границы и чувство такта они не слашали. Привычки этого коллективизма передаются из поколения в поколение.

Thank you for this video - it was, so put it bluntly, a solid insight into long-distance train travel. While I love trains and train travel; plus, I love travel in general (at 100++ countries and counting), I now would not do the Trans-Siberian train journey. Why? Because of exactly what I learned from watching your day-4/day-5 segment. I don't want to hit that wall. YET ... I'm so absolutely grateful for all your videos and this one specifically. You have a knack to bring the viewer into your lives and your feelings while also producing great travel videos. Thank you. Thank you. PS: If you are four months behind; I really hope you take some down-time and allow yourselves to catch up.

Makes sense, why Uncle Sasha's son moved literary to the other end of the country and didn't want to see him for 16 years. 🙂

@jameswolff5200

2 ай бұрын

And now he is fertilizer in Ukraine.

The train has the best kind of engineering that I have ever seen lol. Btw it was a great episode!

Sounds like a journey you'll never forget.

There were so many funny moments in your video. That old man would have driven me bonkers also! I was impressed with the shower facility. It was way more spacious than I anticipated. I really enjoyed taking this trip with you. I couldn't believe how big this country is.

You all are sooo brave. Don't think I could face this journey, and I'm not a shy person!!!!

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Glad we could share it ❤️🙏🏼

Happy March! Nice to see you made it safe and sound if not sane.

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Hahaha, thank you 😄❤️

i do really enjoyed watching your vlog I feel like, i already went to that country😂❤

great to have your own storyteller cabin mate

Wow that was some journey, you won’t forget that in a hurry. Thank you stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🥀🥀

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏼❤️

To be honest I really like both of your british accent😊

@MattandJulia

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! 🥰❤️

The food looked good!!