The 13th of August
It's the third day of our road. Tomorrow early in the morning we'll come to Abakan. May it come sooner!
We already turned into old residents of the train, it became as our house now. Main part of people of the carrige already got out. Today in Novosibirsk (at 2 am Moscow time, 5 am Novosibirsk time) the carrige became almost empty, only few people remained here - those who go to Abakan. Even those who joined us in Novosibirsk already got out on different stations. We, those who go all the way from Moscow, are already like old chums, we nod to each other and talk though we even don't know each other's names.
In the town Tayga at 6 am Moscow time (they use Moscow time in the time-table of the train) we meet the train which goes back from Abakan to Moscow.
Achinsk. From here our train goes "back". In other words, there is a turn on the railroad and our locomotive is hitched from the first carrige to the last one, so it seems like the train goes back.
In the evening we saw a wonderful spectacle from our windows. An amasing rainbow appeared near us along the railway track. Its arc was seen complitely from the beginning till the end, we even saw fantastically coloured trees and mountains behind it. And suddenly we saw one more rainbow near the first one, its radiance was a little fainter, but it's very beautiful, too. We were surprised, it was quite long. The train began to turn on the road and it seemed that rainbows turned, too. But the most astonishing thing was when our train made a big turn (of course, it's the road made a big turn) - and rode under the rainbows! And it was few long minuites. Our train went under the rainbow arc - and all passengers stiffened in admiration. My fellow traveller - businessman, who was far from belief and spirituality, said suddenly: "I guess this way the gates to Eden look!.. It means that God is with us!.." |
