Crossing the Urals

On the third morning, the train stopped at Yekaterinburg.

Trećeg jutra, vlak se zaustavio u Jekaterinburgu.

Galina had left in the night. Pavel was still asleep. Two new passengers had come on. A young soldier and an older man with a fishing tackle box.

Galina je otišla tijekom noći. Pavel je još uvijek spavao. Ušli su dva nova putnika. Mladi vojnik i stariji čovjek s kutijom za ribolov.

Yekaterinburg is the biggest city in the Urals. The Ural Mountains divide Europe from Asia. They are not tall, but they are very old. They are 500 million years old. They are some of the oldest mountains on Earth.

Jekaterinburg je najveći grad u Uralu. Ural planine dijele Europu od Azije. Nisu visoke, ali su vrlo stare. Stare su 500 milijuna godina. To su jedne od najstarijih planina na Zemlji.

The Trans-Siberian crosses the Urals here. There is a small marker by the tracks. One side says EUROPE. The other side says ASIA.

Transsibirska željeznica prelazi Ural ovdje. Pokraj pruge je mali marker. S jedne strane piše EUROPA. S druge strane piše AZIJA.

The new passenger with the tackle box opened it. He laid out his fishing lures on the table. He arranged them by colour.

Novi putnik s kutijom za ribolov otvorio ju je. Izložio je svoje ribolovne mamce na stol. Posložio ih je po bojama.

"Where do you fish?" Polly asked.

"Gdje lovite ribu?" upitala je Polly.

"Lake Baikal," he said. "In three days. Omul. The fish of Baikal. You will not find it anywhere else in the world."

"Na Bajkalskom jezeru," rekao je. "Za tri dana. Omul. Riba Bajkala. Nećete je naći nigdje drugdje na svijetu."

Later, the train passed the marker in a small clearing. EUROPE on one side. ASIA on the other. Three tourists waved at the train. Pavel waved back from inside.

Kasnije, vlak je prošao pored markera na maloj čistini. EUROPA s jedne strane. AZIJA s druge. Tri turista mahala su vlaku. Pavel je mahnuo natrag iznutra.

The train had crossed a continent the way you cross a small street.

Vlak je prešao kontinent kao što prelazite malu ulicu.