Tidssoner

På den fjerde morgenen var toget vest for Novosibirsk. Polly så på klokken. Den viste 06:30. Klokken hadde ikke endret seg siden Moskva.

On the fourth morning, the train was west of Novosibirsk. Polly looked at the clock. It said 06:30. The clock had not changed since Moscow.

Hele toget går på Moskva-tid. Det endrer seg ikke på syv dager. Du kan ikke kjøre et langt tog med forskjellige tider på hver stasjon.

The whole train runs on Moscow time. It does not change for seven days. You cannot run a long train with different times at each station.

Men lokal tid utenfor var 10:30. Solen hadde vært oppe i seks timer.

But local time outside was 10:30. The sun had been up for six hours.

Polly gikk for å finne spisevognen. Den var tre vogner unna. Hun hoppet langs korridoren.

Polly went to find the dining car. It was three carriages away. She hopped along the corridor.

Konduktørene i grønne uniformer leste aviser mellom stasjonene. De virket ikke overrasket over å se en papegøye.

The conductors in green uniforms read newspapers between stations. They did not seem surprised to see a parrot.

Spisevognen hadde lyseblå vegger og blondegardiner. Polly satte seg ved en bås ved vinduet.

The dining car had pale blue walls and lace curtains. Polly perched at a booth by the window.

En kelner kom med en meny. Hun vippet hodet på skrå. Han tok menyen tilbake. Så kom han med en liten tallerken. Brød, smør og mørk sild.

A waiter brought her a menu. She tilted her head. He took the menu back. Then he brought her a small plate. Bread, butter, and dark herring.

"Med hilsen fra kjøkkenet," sa han.

"Compliments of the kitchen," he said.

Silden var salt. Brødet var surt. Russerne har spist dette på tog i hundre og tjue år.

The herring was salty. The bread was sour. Russians have been eating this on trains for a hundred and twenty years.

Utenfor hadde skogen blitt til åpent gressland. Kyr beitet nær et lite hus. En mann på sykkel ventet ved en jernbaneovergang.

Outside, the forest had become open grassland. Cows grazed near a small house. A man on a bicycle waited at a railway crossing.