Astana (Day 6)

We left the Joneses and Sharbakti around 8:30 p.m. and caught a train to Astana. The train ride on this leg of our trip was probably the best one of them all, we got on the train, went to bed, woke up, and arrived in Astana (at about 7:30 a.m.). Definitely a nice way to travel.

Although we spent just two days and one night in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, we have a ton of pictures! I don't think I can manage to put all of the pictures from our first day in the city in one post because we saw so much... so I'll do what I am able (today, it's not much).

This is the President's house, equivalent to the American "White House" except the President doesn't live there, it's for work only.

These buildings are where the houses of parliament meet:

I really liked the symbols in some of the most basic architecture. This is part of a walking bridge over a street, the design over head is the symbol for a yurt (because it's what the hole at the top looks like):
This is the Baiterek, a tower in Astana. Like the Space Needle in Seattle it is much like a symbol for the city. We went up it, looked around, took some pictures...
... But those are for later!