Time Zones

On the fourth morning, the train was west of Novosibirsk. Polly looked at the clock. It said 06:30. The clock had not changed since Moscow.

Četvrtog jutra, vlak je bio zapadno od Novosibirska. Polly je pogledala na sat. Pokazivao je 06:30. Sat se nije promijenio od Moskve.

The whole train runs on Moscow time. It does not change for seven days. You cannot run a long train with different times at each station.

Cijeli vlak vozi po moskovskom vremenu. Ne mijenja se sedam dana. Ne možete voditi dugi vlak s različitim vremenima na svakoj stanici.

But local time outside was 10:30. The sun had been up for six hours.

Ali lokalno vrijeme vani bilo je 10:30. Sunce je bilo na nebu već šest sati.

Polly went to find the dining car. It was three carriages away. She hopped along the corridor.

Polly je krenula pronaći vagon-restoran. Bio je tri vagona dalje. Skakutala je hodnikom.

The conductors in green uniforms read newspapers between stations. They did not seem surprised to see a parrot.

Kondukteri u zelenim uniformama čitali su novine između stanica. Nisu se činili iznenađeni što vide papigu.

The dining car had pale blue walls and lace curtains. Polly perched at a booth by the window.

Vagon-restoran imao je blijedoplave zidove i čipkaste zavjese. Polly je sjela na klupu kraj prozora.

A waiter brought her a menu. She tilted her head. He took the menu back. Then he brought her a small plate. Bread, butter, and dark herring.

Konobar joj je donio jelovnik. Nagnula je glavu. On je vratio jelovnik natrag. Zatim joj je donio mali tanjur. Kruh, maslac i tamna haringa.

"Compliments of the kitchen," he said.

"Pozdrav iz kuhinje," rekao je.

The herring was salty. The bread was sour. Russians have been eating this on trains for a hundred and twenty years.

Haringa je bila slana. Kruh je bio kiselkast. Rusi ovo jedu u vlakovima već sto dvadeset godina.

Outside, the forest had become open grassland. Cows grazed near a small house. A man on a bicycle waited at a railway crossing.

Vani je šuma postala otvorena travnata površina. Krave su pasle blizu male kuće. Čovjek na biciklu čekao je na željezničkom prijelazu.