Kolodvor Jaroslavski

Kolodvor Jaroslavski u Moskvi ima zelene i bijele kule i šiljate krovove. Izgrađen je 1902. godine.

Yaroslavsky Station in Moscow has green and white turrets and pointed roofs. It was built in 1902.

Polly je stigla nisko kroz grad. Moskva u lipnju bila je topla. Obišla je kolodvor i sletjela na nadstrešnicu.

Polly came in low through the city. Moscow in June was warm. She circled the station and landed on the canopy.

Transsibirska željeznica počinje ovdje. Proteže se na istok 9,289 kilometara, sve do Vladivostoka na Pacifiku. Linija je završena 1916. godine. To je najduža željeznica na svijetu. Glavni vlak zove se Rossiya. Polazi iz Moskve u jedan popodne. U Vladivostok stiže sedam dana kasnije.

The Trans-Siberian Railway begins here. It runs east for 9,289 kilometres, all the way across Russia. It ends at Vladivostok on the Pacific. The line was finished in 1916. It is the longest railway in the world. The main train is called the Rossiya. It leaves Moscow at one in the afternoon. It arrives in Vladivostok seven days later.

Polly je imala mjesto do prozora u drugom razredu. Njezin kupe imao je dva gornja i dva donja ležaja te mali stol.

Polly had a window seat in second class. Her compartment had two upper and two lower bunks and a small table.

Dva ležaja su bila zauzeta. Na jednom je bila tiha starija žena koja je čitala. Na drugom mladić s prijenosnim računalom. Vidio je Polly i rekao "OK."

Two bunks were taken. One by a quiet older woman reading. The other by a young man with a laptop. He saw Polly and said "OK."

Polly je skočila na stol i pogledala kroz prozor. Peron je bio užurban.

Polly hopped onto the table and looked out the window. The platform was busy.

U jedan sat, vlak je krenuo. Peron je nestajao iz vida.

At one o'clock, the train moved. The platform slid away.

Za pola sata, Moskva se prorijedila do predgrađa. Za sat vremena, do malih drvenih kuća zvanih dače. Za dva sata, do šume.

In half an hour, Moscow had thinned to suburbs. In an hour, to small wooden houses called dachas. In two hours, to forest.

Starija žena podigla je pogled s knjige. "Prvi put?" rekla je. "Dug je put. Smjesti se."

The older woman looked up from her book. "First time?" she said. "It is a long way. Settle in."