Boots on the Loose

Europe

Croatia: Dubrovnik, Korčula and Split
Croatia: Dubrovnik, Korčula and Split

Croatia: Dubrovnik, Korčula and Split

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
Tallinn, Estonia: Like Riding a Bike

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…

An Evening on a Trans-Siberian Train
An Evening on a Trans-Siberian Train

An Evening on a Trans-Siberian Train

We board our westbound Trans-Siberian train in Irkutsk. In Russia there are four classes: third, lower second, upper second, and first. We opt for lower second to: save a bit of money, and, avoid meeting no one but other foreigners.…

Baikal Lake, Russia
Baikal Lake, Russia

Baikal Lake, Russia

Lake Baikal. Our first taste of Russia. The majority of travellers cross Russia starting in the West, ending in the East. But not us. Not this time, at least. Our decision to do the Trans-Mongolian route east to west meant,…