Crossing the Urals

On the third morning, the train stopped at Yekaterinburg.

Pada pagi ketiga, kereta berhenti di Yekaterinburg.

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 sudah pergi di malam hari. Pavel masih tertidur. Dua penumpang baru naik. Seorang tentara muda dan seorang pria tua dengan kotak peralatan memancing.

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.

Yekaterinburg adalah kota terbesar di Ural. Pegunungan Ural membagi Eropa dari Asia. Mereka tidak tinggi, tetapi sangat tua. Mereka berusia 500 juta tahun. Mereka adalah beberapa gunung tertua di Bumi.

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

Kereta Trans-Siberia melintasi Ural di sini. Ada penanda kecil di dekat rel. Satu sisi bertuliskan EROPA. Sisi lainnya bertuliskan ASIA.

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

Penumpang baru dengan kotak peralatan memancing itu membukanya. Dia meletakkan umpan pancingnya di atas meja. Dia menyusunnya berdasarkan warna.

"Where do you fish?" Polly asked.

"Di mana Anda memancing?" tanya Polly.

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

"Danau Baikal," katanya. "Dalam tiga hari. Omul. Ikan khas Baikal. Anda tidak akan menemukannya di tempat lain di dunia."

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.

Kemudian, kereta melewati penanda di sebuah area terbuka kecil. EROPA di satu sisi. ASIA di sisi lainnya. Tiga turis melambaikan tangan ke arah kereta. Pavel melambaikan tangan kembali dari dalam.

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

Kereta telah melintasi benua seperti Anda menyeberangi jalan kecil.