As far as I remember, it takes about 2 hours to get there from Moscow in total (walking to the bus, bus to the train, train to Moscow). So, it makes sense to plan day trips.
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Actually, we could book the entire hotel for ourselves. But seeing how the discussion is going and what people are saying, we're not considering that yet.
The discussion is going well, but it seems that way only because someone was late with this. If we could see the full scope of the problem right away, it might have been resolved already.
