Ok. I get Croatia now. It is warm, welcoming, and picture perfect. It is everything you want on your holiday to the Mediterranean. Or rather, to the Adriatic. It is so picture perfect, nothing out of the ordinary seems to…
Tallinn, Estonia: Like Riding a Bike
We pull into the station in Tallinn (Estonia!) aboard our train from Saint-Petersburg. It would be the last, last, last train ride of our round-the-world trip. As we disembark, I quickly notice how very European the world we are in…
Saint Petersburg and Our Rule Addiction
Founded by Peter the Great back in seventeen hundred and three, Saint Petersburg recently had its three hundredth birthday. The name was switched to Leningrad in nineteen seventeen when Lenin rose to power. But was quick to switch back around…
Moscow Mules: Russian Alphabet Basics
We spent two days (and an evening and a morning) in Moscow. So little time to see one of the great cities of the world. I’m embarrassed to admit that is all the time we could give it. The good…