Eli, you are an ambassador of Russia. I think government should pay you and I think your videos will be an inspiration to everyone who watches your videos to travel even to the most remote places of Russia. Because at the same time you're showing us how beautiful and interesting of a place that could be to even think about traveling there and have a journey in real Russian winter. That's amazing! Keep up the good work!
Reza Morarami, indeed Eli, is a Russian treasure. What I like are her incredible energy, talent and positive attitude. I appreciate that she avoids run-down places, which no doubt exist in Russia as they exist worldwide. Eli always makes me happy. In Canada, the winters are long, cold, wet, and days are short. And in our Beautiful British Columbia, we also have broken sidewalks, potholes in the streets and blocks of homeless people in hour major city. So Eli, please continue showing us beauty.
Hello from Finland. Long time ago I used to live near to the Russian border and I visited Sortavala dozens of times in the 1990's and had many friends there. Of course I drove there via Ruskeala every time. My first trips to Sortavala were when it was the Soviet Union. Things have changed a lot since then. BTW, "Ruskeala" is Finnish and it can be translated as "brown village".
I live in Cherepovets, it's about the same place, according to our concepts, but we've already forgotten how it translates... "Mountain and tribe" is possible and so.
Well, the whole of Karelia WAS Finnish eighty years ago, and was taken from you by force from the Soviet Union (i.e., occupied), just like part of Ukraine is these days by the Russian Federation. - Maybe the Russians want to give it back to you some day?
@@Jobst_van_Delft actually not the whole Karelia. A half of it has never been territory of Finland as it's quite big. Russians will never want to give that part that used to be Finland back. They have the attitude that what has one day been Russia, it will always be Russia. And in fact we Finns don't even want it back because it has been totally ruined in those decades after Russia stole it from us.
Actually both of my parents lost their homes that time, but my mother has said that let them keep that area because they have turned it to a shit. It's too late now.
You are so lucky to be able to ride on the Ruskeala Express, thank you for taking us along on your journey. I have long admire the significant role the railroads have played in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, especially during the Great Patriotic War.
The steam locomotive seems so romantic, the chugging of the engine, the steam whistle, and the clickety-clack of the tracks, so cool. I imagine it would give such a sense of nostalgia. I love those tea cups too.
Hello, Eli. I fell upon your channel last weekend while battling a nasty COVID infection, and my family and I watched a dozen of your videos in one day (some videos I watched twice!). Your content is superbe. Thank you so much for your work.
Funny I just saw the video and now it is August 2022, And I'm at the tail end of a nasty bout with covid 19, which I had avoided until recently. What a pleasure to wake up in the middle of the night and get to Enjoy seeing and learning a little about your perspectivesAnd travels.
Loved this video, Eli! I am falling in love with Russia through your videos. Such a beautiful mesmerizing place, like a fairyland or Narnia! And the train ride was so luxurious. You have improved your video-recording and cinematography skills as well. Keep the awesome videos coming! Love from India!
Thank for braving the cold to share your adventure with us. Many of the people living in Wisconsin came from Northern Europe in the late 1800's and they truly enjoy their winter sports! Cross country skiing, ice fishing and even camping in the snow. Topped off with time in the sauna and later beer with friends.
Nice drone shots, very cool! And the story telling is top notch always, I especially appreciate the use of music!! Thank you, Eli for another little bit of Russia 🥰
Eli your work is remarkable. I'm from the Philippines. Through your videos, I got a glimpse of Russia. For most of us Filipinos, the US is fascinating but after watching several of your blogs, I realized that your country has so much to offer. I am always fascinated by what you are sharing. Good luck to you and may you continue to educate your audiences.Hugs from the Philippines!
Some of the places you visited, looks like as if they were taken from a fantasy movie, fantastic, artistic, fascinating there's many words to describe these places
OMG what a cool adventure. I luv steam trains and their unique whistles. You were right, the trip was to short. The marble mine was beautiful and awesome. Thanks so much for sharing your travels. Can't wait for the next video. Be safe and stay warm. Your friend seems very nice.
Other than the environmental concerns, I LOVE the multi-era beauty and charm of this train!!! Thank you so much for taking us on this trip with you, Eli. Maybe times will get better and some day I can bring a friend to ride this train with me and explore all these marvelous places. Bright blessings.
What a great video, Eli !! Thanks so much for sharing and will look forward to more of your Northern travels. Stay warm the best you can, and keep that beautiful smile. Carry on, and give us more !! Cheers!!
The things I see in Russia are so homely, the cat, the apartment decorated in the traditional old style as your grandmothers living space. RUSSIAN society looks so refined . Today one has to pay a fortune to live such a grand life style of yesterday year. One must travel to RUSSIA to experience RUSSIAN culture. I have been to Haerbin in CHINA PRC to see what the strong influence of RUSSIA there. Thanks for sharing !
I'm so impressed with your Channel and Russia too, this old German/Canadian man cannot wait to see all that you post about your magnificent country...Thanks so much!🥰🥰🥰👍
Winters are hard in Russia and its gotten several Russian RUclipsrs down. So, I appreciate your positive attitude and energy. I've learned a lot about Russia thanks to your channel.
This was utterly fantastic Eli! So well done, informative, interesting all topped by your charming presentation! Keep up the good work and lookig forward to your travels.
As a railway enthusiast, your simple explanation of a steam locomotive was actually more informative and easy to understand than most legitimate ones! Thanks Eli! I hope you are enjoying yourself on your travels!
This is amazing. I’m American and have a Fiancée that is Russian, and your channel is helping me get to know the country and culture better. Thank you! And also the quality of your videos is getting so so good! Keep it up!
Привет Эли! Большое спасибо за это отличное видео. На керрелию интересно смотреть, и она очень красивая. Я изучаю русский язык по нескольким каналам RUclips в течение последних 3 или 4 лет, но я далек от беглого, поэтому я использую Google переводчик, чтобы сэкономить время. Надеюсь, перевод не слишком ужасен. Вы отличный посол России, и мне нравится узнавать о языке, людях, местах, обычаях и еде, и так же, как здесь, на северо-западе Флориды, в США, русские люди, похоже, живут хорошо, и я думаю, что у всех нас есть много общего и много общего. мы не можем учиться друг у друга. Береги себя и удачи. Михаил страйкбольный призрак
Eli, I like your travel blogs very much, especially from Russia. Hope you show us lots more from this magnificent country with all its cultures and varied nature and wildlife. 🥰😁👍
WOW. Another wonderful adventure! Your videos are so well done. I loved that beautiful train! I would like to visit Russia just to ride in that train. Our Amtrak trains in American pale in comparison. The food looks so delicious there. Here's a correction. When you wrote in the subtitle "blood warm," it should be spelled bloodworm for the animal. Looking forward to your next video!
You see ! This is Russia ! A magical beautiful country with a world of nice people. I remember I read a book few years back where the main story was located in Russia. In this book you could read about stuff we see in videos from Eli. My dream was and still is to once be able to experience this on my own. Once all the bad stuff stops.
Your presentation is excellent, improving all the time. Draws viewer in. And who said Russians don't smile? You seem to be able to not only get people to smile with you or even laugh.
Unbelievable!!! My Wife and I love trains so much and we have essentially no trains in our area. Fantastic video. I have heard of Karelian Marble...and Karelian Bear Dogs. Thanks Eli ❤️.
Thank you, Eli, for venturing out into the icy hinterlands to show these jewells of russia. a steam engine too - felt like you were a character, in a time travel, from a dostoyefsky, tolstoy, or pasternak novel!
Карелия стала росийской только в результате захвата территории Финляндии.Это произошло в результате Второй мировой войны. Это не русская земля и не русская культура. Народ живёт бедно. Область не развивается.Красивая природа но бедные люди.
От куда вы такие беретемь здесь? Вернее я знаю от куда. Тоже с русской земли ) Карелия, это русская земля, потому что есши вы прочитаете истрию, Финляндия вообще была Шведской и фины у шведов были в оаьаз и не имели никаких прав. Когда в результате войны с Швецией Россия получила права на эти земли, Финляндия сразу получила автономный статус, свою конституцию и государственность. Посое 1917 СССР дал полную независимость. Впервые в истории финского народа. Так же, на этих землях, когда образовалась Русь вокруг Новгорода и Ладоги, эти земли входили в тёмные интеграционные процессы коренных народов. Племён, которые населяли эти земли. Говорят, что Рюриковичи были из этих земель.
I am old enough to remember regularly traveling on steam trains, the smell and sounds will always stick with me. Also standing on a railway bridge when a train went through and you'd disappear into a cloud of steam. Wonderful.
Love that old train very elegant inside nice of the engineer to let you in cab. That would not happen here. Keep going I am watching your videos one after another.
Most names in the region are still in Finnish as it is a ceded territory, Ruskeala means like a brown place which propably got the name from a brown lake in the area. Sortavala means a place of slash-and-burn farmers, a very common farming technique among eastern Finns. Good video, you should visit the Valaam monastery (Valamo in Finnish) that's nearby.
Really enjoyed this video! I love train travels, my trips to Russia have always involved trains but this one is amazing! I hope I can take this steam train one day :)
Your videos are top notch Eli!!!! Some sights gave me teara of joy. I used to stereotype Russia and Russians in general by only getting "western propaganda" Russia is a wonderland. I aet myaelf a goal to someday visit Russia but before that I want to be able to at least speak decent Russian. Nothing is impossible if you set your mind!!!
I was born in the North of Chile in Iquique and surrounding by the Atacama Desert the driest desert in the world. It never rains 365 days dry. I never have met a Russian but I love your classical music, the ballet .I was around when Nureyev dance in London, his high jumps were amazing, he could fly. Nice show I am subscribed. Thank you
That steam train is magically beautiful : like you were in a historical movie ! And so was the marble quory - I wonder if the sound was the actual natural reverb: woooow !!!
Very cool! The engine really reminds me of some of the Soviet era engines that we saw when we visited Cuba. We even got to take a trip on one, to the sugar fields. So much fun.
I just love you and your channel, you seem so nice, genuine, calm and positive. Cheers from Quebec, Canada. Here too we have great distances and cold weather! 💜
I'm a sucker for Soviet retro style, so this video is much appreciated, Elina. Spasibo bol'shoe. In Bratislava, they had (I don't think it exists any longer, unfortunately) 'Hotel Kyjiv', which was a Soviet retro style hotel right in the city centre. I had the pleasure of staying there for a night back in 2010, and it was quite an interesting experience. Your guest house in Sortavala certainly appeared to have a similar feel to it. By the way - it was interesting to see how the locals had put their wash out to dry (?) in temperatures which clearly were (well?) below freezing 😃 they can't have been in a hurry to get it dried.
That was so beautiful and this train just magical ,didn't think that some were still in operation.Remember seeing one in James bond Golden Eye and was my dream to ride one.Thank you for this pearl and I plan one day to get one of your little Russian dolls.This a very cute and lovely tradition that you started.Thank you.
Eli, you are an ambassador of Russia. I think government should pay you and I think your videos will be an inspiration to everyone who watches your videos to travel even to the most remote places of Russia. Because at the same time you're showing us how beautiful and interesting of a place that could be to even think about traveling there and have a journey in real Russian winter.
That's amazing! Keep up the good work!
Don't think the Russian government is all too interested in Russia's image right now tbh
@@ElifromRussia I hope so too, you pretty comfortably have the best RUclips channel covering Russian life and tourism
Reza Morarami, indeed Eli, is a Russian treasure. What I like are her incredible energy, talent and positive attitude. I appreciate that she avoids run-down places, which no doubt exist in Russia as they exist worldwide. Eli always makes me happy.
In Canada, the winters are long, cold, wet, and days are short. And in our Beautiful British Columbia, we also have broken sidewalks, potholes in the streets and blocks of homeless people in hour major city. So Eli, please continue showing us beauty.
Eli, please continue showing us interesting beautiful places.
Yeah, specially on Karelia which Russia stole from Finland in WW2. Fuck this.
Hello from Finland. Long time ago I used to live near to the Russian border and I visited Sortavala dozens of times in the 1990's and had many friends there. Of course I drove there via Ruskeala every time. My first trips to Sortavala were when it was the Soviet Union. Things have changed a lot since then. BTW, "Ruskeala" is Finnish and it can be translated as "brown village".
I live in Cherepovets, it's about the same place, according to our concepts, but we've already forgotten how it translates... "Mountain and tribe" is possible and so.
Well, the whole of Karelia WAS Finnish eighty years ago, and was taken from you by force from the Soviet Union (i.e., occupied), just like part of Ukraine is these days by the Russian Federation. - Maybe the Russians want to give it back to you some day?
@@Jobst_van_Delft actually not the whole Karelia. A half of it has never been territory of Finland as it's quite big. Russians will never want to give that part that used to be Finland back. They have the attitude that what has one day been Russia, it will always be Russia. And in fact we Finns don't even want it back because it has been totally ruined in those decades after Russia stole it from us.
Actually both of my parents lost their homes that time, but my mother has said that let them keep that area because they have turned it to a shit. It's too late now.
Thank you for the insights!@@oh2mp
You are so lucky to be able to ride on the Ruskeala Express, thank you for taking us along on your journey. I have long admire the significant role the railroads have played in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, especially during the Great Patriotic War.
I would love to take that train ride . Blessings to all, stay safe and warm ❤
The steam locomotive seems so romantic, the chugging of the engine, the steam whistle, and the clickety-clack of the tracks, so cool. I imagine it would give such a sense of nostalgia. I love those tea cups too.
One of those things you can take for granted once being acclimated to a major metropolitan area.
Wonderful documentation of Russian north parts. Thank you Eli.
Hello, Eli. I fell upon your channel last weekend while battling a nasty COVID infection, and my family and I watched a dozen of your videos in one day (some videos I watched twice!).
Your content is superbe. Thank you so much for your work.
Funny I just saw the video and now it is August 2022, And I'm at the tail end of a nasty bout with covid 19, which I had avoided until recently. What a pleasure to wake up in the middle of the night and get to Enjoy seeing and learning a little about your perspectivesAnd travels.
Thank you Eli! I’ve always wanted to visit Russia, I still hope to visit it one day. The history, architecture, scenery, people seem amazing.
Loved this video, Eli! I am falling in love with Russia through your videos. Such a beautiful mesmerizing place, like a fairyland or Narnia! And the train ride was so luxurious. You have improved your video-recording and cinematography skills as well. Keep the awesome videos coming! Love from India!
Thank for braving the cold to share your adventure with us. Many of the people living in Wisconsin came from Northern Europe in the late 1800's and they truly enjoy their winter sports! Cross country skiing, ice fishing and even camping in the snow. Topped off with time in the sauna and later beer with friends.
Great video of nostalgic value, the train is cool. My Grandfather on fathers side was a boilermaker for railroads. Beautiful trip.
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This girl's English is lovely to listen to.
Nice drone shots, very cool! And the story telling is top notch always, I especially appreciate the use of music!! Thank you, Eli for another little bit of Russia 🥰
Eli your work is remarkable. I'm from the Philippines. Through your videos, I got a glimpse of Russia. For most of us Filipinos, the US is fascinating but after watching several of your blogs, I realized that your country has so much to offer. I am always fascinated by what you are sharing. Good luck to you and may you continue to educate your audiences.Hugs from the Philippines!
Some of the places you visited, looks like as if they were taken from a fantasy movie, fantastic, artistic, fascinating there's many words to describe these places
Stolen land from Finland. Like Russia have occupied Eastern Ukraine. One day this Finnish holy land will come back to Finland.
Eli is beautiful, smart, and a great Ambassador for Russia, thank you Eli.
OMG what a cool adventure. I luv steam trains and their unique whistles. You were right, the trip was to short. The marble mine was beautiful and awesome. Thanks so much for sharing your travels. Can't wait for the next video. Be safe and stay warm. Your friend seems very nice.
Beautiful Eli, Thank you again. Russia is so interesting. I loved those train ride adventures……and the Marble caverns ! Thanks 🥰💐🇺🇸
very cool! I miss ice fishing with my dad in Wisconsin..we always had such a fun time despite the cold.
Other than the environmental concerns, I LOVE the multi-era beauty and charm of this train!!! Thank you so much for taking us on this trip with you, Eli. Maybe times will get better and some day I can bring a friend to ride this train with me and explore all these marvelous places. Bright blessings.
What a great video, Eli !! Thanks so much for sharing and will look forward to more of your Northern travels. Stay warm the best you can, and keep that beautiful smile. Carry on, and give us more !! Cheers!!
The things I see in Russia are so homely, the cat, the apartment decorated in the traditional old style as your grandmothers living space. RUSSIAN society looks so refined . Today one has to pay a fortune to live such a grand life style of yesterday year. One must travel to RUSSIA to experience RUSSIAN culture. I have been to Haerbin in CHINA PRC to see what the strong influence of RUSSIA there. Thanks for sharing !
I like your Vlog too much.I am from USA
Hello from England. This is such a wonderful video. The steam train and the countryside looks amazing, really enjoyed watching :)
I loved this journey!!!! Very, very cool!!!!
I'm so impressed with your Channel and Russia too, this old German/Canadian man cannot wait to see all that you post about your magnificent country...Thanks so much!🥰🥰🥰👍
Very beautiful sceneries:) thanks for showing me, a Russian, my own country))
I wish I lived in Russia- it's My Favorite Country. Has Beautiful, Sweet people with a Heart.
This is amazing. I am from Latvia ans I actually never realized how amazing Russia is. Wow, I am so impressed, thank you so much for your videos.
me too! I live in Finland but never thought of travel to Russia
Latvia is as well for an American. I was amazed at Riga and visited every Saturday when I was in Aizkraukle, Latvia. 🇱🇻
Eli is a putinist. She is against Latvia's independence, likewise against Finland's independence. Don't support putinist propagandists.
Winters are hard in Russia and its gotten several Russian RUclipsrs down. So, I appreciate your positive attitude and energy. I've learned a lot about Russia thanks to your channel.
This was utterly fantastic Eli! So well done, informative, interesting all topped by your charming presentation! Keep up the good work and lookig forward to your travels.
As a railway enthusiast, your simple explanation of a steam locomotive was actually more informative and easy to understand than most legitimate ones!
Thanks Eli! I hope you are enjoying yourself on your travels!
This is amazing. I’m American and have a Fiancée that is Russian, and your channel is helping me get to know the country and culture better. Thank you! And also the quality of your videos is getting so so good! Keep it up!
Привет Эли!
Большое спасибо за это отличное видео. На керрелию интересно смотреть, и она очень красивая. Я изучаю русский язык по нескольким каналам RUclips в течение последних 3 или 4 лет, но я далек от беглого, поэтому я использую Google переводчик, чтобы сэкономить время. Надеюсь, перевод не слишком ужасен. Вы отличный посол России, и мне нравится узнавать о языке, людях, местах, обычаях и еде, и так же, как здесь, на северо-западе Флориды, в США, русские люди, похоже, живут хорошо, и я думаю, что у всех нас есть много общего и много общего. мы не можем учиться друг у друга.
Береги себя и удачи.
Михаил страйкбольный призрак
Карелия
The real name is Karjala!
Eli, I like your travel blogs very much, especially from Russia. Hope you show us lots more from this magnificent country with all its cultures and varied nature and wildlife. 🥰😁👍
Nice video Eli. The atmosphere in the video is great. Big thumb up 👍. Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮.
Eli on putinisti. Älä tue putinisteja.
Russia is beatiful.🇷🇺
Greetings from india🇮🇳
🇮🇳❤️🇷🇺🎉🎉❤
WOW. Another wonderful adventure! Your videos are so well done. I loved that beautiful train! I would like to visit Russia just to ride in that train. Our Amtrak trains in American pale in comparison. The food looks so delicious there. Here's a correction. When you wrote in the subtitle "blood warm," it should be spelled bloodworm for the animal. Looking forward to your next video!
What an awesome train, and what a cool journey. And this is a beautifully made video of it all. Thanks for taking me along.
So beautiful! We will go there one day...and make a video too!
That steam train is so wonderful. I learn so much about Russia from watching your channel
Thank you Eli for showing us another beautiful insight of your country and brilliant video and great stories xx
Eli, your videos are so professional & entertaining! Spaceeba! 🇷🇺🪆🌺
You see ! This is Russia ! A magical beautiful country with a world of nice people. I remember I read a book few years back where the main story was located in Russia. In this book you could read about stuff we see in videos from Eli. My dream was and still is to once be able to experience this on my own. Once all the bad stuff stops.
Fascinating trip. Love that train. Great video Eli. Thank you.
Спасибо за путешествие.Как буд-то с вами съездил.
The marble quarry was stunningly beautiful!
Your presentation is excellent, improving all the time. Draws viewer in. And who said Russians don't smile? You seem to be able to not only get people to smile with you or even laugh.
IKR she's such a charmer no one can say no to her
I want to visit Russia.
What a gorgeous presenter and a brilliant production.
Eli, gracias de nuevo. Tu trabajo es magnifico, las imagenes con el drom son sensacionales. Thank you!!!!
What a lovely video thank you for posting
What a magical journey through a beautiful land. One of my dreams is to someday visit Karelia. Thank you for this video!
Your videos are very interesting. I love to watch... cheers
Thank you Eli, so nice that steam train 🙏🌹🍀🚂Greetings from Holland.
Fantastic episode! What a beautiful trip, amazing scenery, food, the steam train, everything. Thanks for this video!
I traveled to Fairbanks, Alaska today. Looks similar. Love your videos … so good to see the TRUE Russia and not the lies on American news and movies
How great that your friend was Nikki in Karelia. I just saw him there, on video.
This episode was awesome, one of your best Eli, that train looks epic, who else wants a tour of Eli's babushka's Soviet style apartment? 😁
@@ElifromRussia Sure! There are few channels showing russian (soviet) lifestyle, including "bald and bankrupt". But we want it filmed Eli-style :)
@@ElifromRussia да конечно 😁
Thank you so much for lovely white tour ❤️❤️❤️❄️❄️❄️🌨️
Unbelievable!!! My Wife and I love trains so much and we have essentially no trains in our area. Fantastic video. I have heard of Karelian Marble...and Karelian Bear Dogs. Thanks Eli ❤️.
Another nice video from Eli
The train ride looked excellent, what an experience. I wish I could take a ride on one of those trains at least once.
Eli ! I love your videos ! Thank you for sharing .
Thank you, Eli, for venturing out into the icy hinterlands to show these jewells of russia. a steam engine too - felt like you were a character, in a time travel, from a dostoyefsky, tolstoy, or pasternak novel!
Карелия стала росийской только в результате захвата территории Финляндии.Это произошло в результате Второй мировой войны. Это не русская земля и не русская культура. Народ живёт бедно. Область не развивается.Красивая природа но бедные люди.
От куда вы такие беретемь здесь? Вернее я знаю от куда. Тоже с русской земли )
Карелия, это русская земля, потому что есши вы прочитаете истрию, Финляндия вообще была Шведской и фины у шведов были в оаьаз и не имели никаких прав. Когда в результате войны с Швецией Россия получила права на эти земли, Финляндия сразу получила автономный статус, свою конституцию и государственность. Посое 1917 СССР дал полную независимость. Впервые в истории финского народа. Так же, на этих землях, когда образовалась Русь вокруг Новгорода и Ладоги, эти земли входили в тёмные интеграционные процессы коренных народов. Племён, которые населяли эти земли. Говорят, что Рюриковичи были из этих земель.
Fan tas tic! I love nostalgia! What a precious steam locomotive and lovely wagons. Wow!
Most loves from Tajikistan 🇹🇯 ♥️ ❤ 💖
I live in Moscow now and my life is easier by watching your videos! Thanks!
I am old enough to remember regularly traveling on steam trains, the smell and sounds will always stick with me. Also standing on a railway bridge when a train went through and you'd disappear into a cloud of steam. Wonderful.
Same🙋🏽♂️
Love that old train very elegant inside nice of the engineer to let you in cab. That would not happen here. Keep going I am watching your videos one after another.
It's like being there.....from the comfort of a warm fireplace and a comfy armchair....😊
This looks like an interesting trip! That train is beautiful.
Niki is so funny, the best buddy for this trip
Such a good job Elina :) I hope so may able taking the train. I love the trains wow! what a beautiful train!!!
thank you for bringing me in that wonderful nature...God bless
Thank you for your fabulous informative videos and of course your charming self.
Please keep making them.
Peter from Australia
this looks like an amazing train experience
Everything looks beautiful 🥹
I loved the train and the entire tour! Thank you so much!
Loved the video....keep exploring...best wishes
❄️Fantastic Job & Trip, Eli!!! ❄️👍🤩🥰
Most names in the region are still in Finnish as it is a ceded territory, Ruskeala means like a brown place which propably got the name from a brown lake in the area. Sortavala means a place of slash-and-burn farmers, a very common farming technique among eastern Finns. Good video, you should visit the Valaam monastery (Valamo in Finnish) that's nearby.
My father was born near here, back when it still belonged to Finland. I wish I could have gone there with him.
Eli, you are the best!!!! Kisses from Brasil!!!!
Omg Niki I started watching him a few months back. Really cool to see him on your channel.
Really enjoyed this video! I love train travels, my trips to Russia have always involved trains but this one is amazing! I hope I can take this steam train one day :)
Thanks for the great videos. I love learning about Russia and yu do great job. Big fan in
Amazing, Hmmm,this is on my bucket list.Super video,thank you.
Your videos are top notch Eli!!!! Some sights gave me teara of joy. I used to stereotype Russia and Russians in general by only getting "western propaganda" Russia is a wonderland. I aet myaelf a goal to someday visit Russia but before that I want to be able to at least speak decent Russian. Nothing is impossible if you set your mind!!!
Wow! So beautiful! It must be amazing experience 😊
that is nice piano music in train, train is so beautiful. thank you! 👍
I was born in the North of Chile in Iquique and surrounding by the Atacama Desert the driest desert in the world. It never rains 365 days dry. I never have met a Russian but I love your classical music, the ballet .I was around when Nureyev dance in London, his high jumps were amazing, he could fly. Nice show I am subscribed. Thank you
That steam train is magically beautiful : like you were in a historical movie ! And so was the marble quory - I wonder if the sound was the actual natural reverb: woooow !!!
Spasiba, nice video very nice train..!
Very cool! The engine really reminds me of some of the Soviet era engines that we saw when we visited Cuba. We even got to take a trip on one, to the sugar fields. So much fun.
Well done! Your English is excellent! Very insightful presentation.
I just love you and your channel, you seem so nice, genuine, calm and positive. Cheers from Quebec, Canada. Here too we have great distances and cold weather! 💜
I'm a sucker for Soviet retro style, so this video is much appreciated, Elina. Spasibo bol'shoe.
In Bratislava, they had (I don't think it exists any longer, unfortunately) 'Hotel Kyjiv', which was a Soviet retro style hotel right in the city centre. I had the pleasure of staying there for a night back in 2010, and it was quite an interesting experience. Your guest house in Sortavala certainly appeared to have a similar feel to it.
By the way - it was interesting to see how the locals had put their wash out to dry (?) in temperatures which clearly were (well?) below freezing 😃 they can't have been in a hurry to get it dried.
This channel needs more subscribers and viewers the quality is incredible. I love the presentation. Fantastic stuff.
Hi Eli I'm from India thanks for showing other side of Russia it's really interesting im kind of addicted to your vlogs
Beautiful video 🤝😍 thanks🇷🇺
That was so beautiful and this train just magical ,didn't think that some were still in operation.Remember seeing one in James bond Golden Eye and was my dream to ride one.Thank you for this pearl and I plan one day to get one of your little Russian dolls.This a very cute and lovely tradition that you started.Thank you.
Visually stunning.