My Trip from Moscow to Vladivostok
This is great. Watch the Russian countryside go by from your desk while you listen to Gogol's Dead Souls read in Russian. I of course don't speak any Russian, but I listened to this for a while last night and somehow really enjoyed the evocativeness of it all. If you don't want to listen to a book (they also have War and Peace) you can merely listen to the "rumble of wheels." Here's the description from Google:
The great Trans Siberian Railway, the pride of Russia, goes across two continents, 12 regions and 87 cities. The joint project of Google and the Russian Railways lets you take a trip along the famous route and see Baikal, Khekhtsirsky range, Barguzin mountains, Yenisei river and many other picturesque places of Russia without leaving your house. During the trip, you can enjoy Russian classic literature, brilliant images and fascinating stories about the most attractive sites on the route. Let's go!
