The Country That Doesn’t Exist
I ate pizza in a country that doesn’t exist. After Ukraine I visited Moldova. There’s not …
Travel
A Short History of Hostels in Ukrainian
I only stayed a couple of days in Belarus and then took a night train to …
Back in Australia
I arrived back in Australia on Monday. I had a wonderful vacation. Eastern Europe is such …
From Melbourne to Minsk
After Lithuania, I went to Belarus, one of the last surviving communist countries. It’s a dictatorship …
Baltic Banquets
I went to quite a few interesting restaurants in the Baltics. In Tallinn I had dinner …
The Villains of Vilnius
From Latvia I took the bus to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Like Tallinn, Vilnius’ old …
Looking For Lats in All the Wrong Places
I took a bus from Tallinn to Riga, the capital of Latvia. Riga has a nice …
The Sword in the Estonia
I took a ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Estonia is the northernmost …
Nice Guys Finnish Last
I took the train from St. Petersburg to Helsinki. It was nice to be back in …
St. Petersburg
We took an overnight train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the city of the Russian czars. …