Tomsk
Not somewhere I have lived, but somewhere bad I have been stuck for a night. Really horrid town in Siberia. After failing to get ANYONE in several different types of accommodation to acknowledge me I returned to the train station where I was sold an extortionate bed in a sleeping room where a tramp pissed herself and puked all over the floor in the middle of the night. The ticket lady at the train station refused to acknowledge me until another customer joined the queue. Its the only place I have been where people have absolutely no reciprocal smile reflex.

I met a man called Alexander on the train who told me I should not have gone to Tomsk as they don't trust people who visit because "there is no reason to visit". He was correct.
( bland is bland, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 8:42, 2 replies)

*empathies*
This reminds me of a night in Omsk. Perhaps it's Siberia in general?
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 10:43, closed)

But
it did have a womble named after it
(greatoldone Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl f'tagn, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 12:22, closed)