We continued our progress in the southwest, to recover substantially the latitudes of northern France. This large loop on the north by Russia has allowed us to avoid the western part of Kazkhstan that we had left many bitter memories in our previous journey, by poverty and dilapidated road infrastructure. So we followed the course of the Volga River to the south.
Entry in the Saratov region. Always friendly meetings, people always surprised and appreciative to see this funny modern ship to pass without a sound, no smoke, no exhaust ....
again congratulations ... All along the river, dozens of fishermen sell dried fish. I must say it is enough to make it so huge (the largest river in the European continent, 3700 miles long anyway).
The Volga Saratov.Sur the photo, the bridge joins an island in the river and continues further to reach the other shore. Three miles between the two shores .... sturgeon, pike, catfish, salmon ... In talking with our fishmongers on the roadside, some of us have learned that the good old days they fished sturgeon over 8 feet .... Catfish of 400kgs ... Pike 2.5 m long .... In short, Jaws version freshwater.
Suffice it to a salmon-size .... Perhaps it is the fatigue of travel, perhaps it is mere coincidence, or the vagaries of situations in which we find ourselves, but in recent days have been less obvious (there Has there been any easier ?...). Still, the time spent to make contact to get the famous sesame 380V was significantly longer in recent days. This is even more difficult in large cities, where the inns (where we must "save") seem to still function as Soviet. Authorizations, permissions, audits, opportunities .... Between the arrival of a stage and connecting the car, he spends about 3 hours ....
And then sometimes, everything happens as a cartoon by Walt Disney: we arrive, we explain in two words, and suddenly everything unravels: "Bis Problem" ("No problem") and hop twenty minutes everything is closed.
This was the case with the Armenian community vicinity of Saratov, which was immediately put into four to help us ...
It's always a surprise by opening the hood of the "Shanghai". To celebrate this unexpected encounter, the boss concocts schashlicks us ...
You knew that Kojak was also a pro skewers? Side Police say that .... It gets arrested 2 or 3 times a day , and there is not just out of curiosity ... Having already been fined questionable, I m'escrime now out of the police car without leaving anything other than a sticker Venturi Global Challenges, Mission 2 "(which always small effect).
Then I can go? Answer me! We resumed our course due west, towards the border with Ukraine ...
Geraldine front of the Taj Mahal version Russian countryside .... Finally, in response to Ptit'Mer about my beard is a beard-trophy, which symbolizes the time spent during this journey, each hair represents a galley crowned with success! As soon as I had the opportunity to embrace the CEO of Venturi our arrival (if we) I cut (the beard).
And the best for last: with 10,000 km on the odometer, the distance record in electric vehicle is now in complete autonomy and Citroen Venturi: The mission "Venturi Global Challenges" No. 2 is already a success!
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