Autumn colours in SIberia

It's strange how important the weather is. At least it is to me.
When we came to Tomsk, a city in Siberia, two days ago it was grey and cold weather. I immediately didn't like it very much.

The second day here I woke up to a marvelling sun and a bright blue sky. The autumn colours got a golden glow from the sun and Tomsk changed for me. Tomsk is not a very big city, but as the guide book says, it is one of Siberia's most likable cities. It is packed with wooden houses with the most incredible carvings.

Street in Tomsk

I felt I stepped back 200 years in time as I took the bus with to French guys to a village outside Tomsk. It is a gorgeous little place situated next to the river. The landscape is as flat as you imagine Siberia to be and it is completely quiet except for a few dogs barking as we pass and the old woman and men harvesting vegetables from their gardens. Next to the bus stop some old ladies sit with buckets filled with onions, cabbage, potatoes and carrots, along with milk and dried fish that they sell to people passing by. The people in the village are farmers. The woman are wearing skarfs on their heads, long colorful skirts covered in dirt from the feelds and the men have old hats, big muddy boots and always a cigarett in their mouth. It's been long since I've seen a more idyllic place than that!Kolarovo

Siberia is beautiful in autumn, especially when the sun is shining!