Like nomads, but with more stuff

The next day it was time to check out Old Town! We parked right by Viru Gate, and as we walked in Alex kept stopping to look at the various ...

This is where we start to have fun :-) When we got to the museum, we discovered it was Potato and Bread day, with exhibits and displays ab...

The next morning we were awakened, as usual, by the sound of a crying baby. Checking my telephone clock, I saw it was 5:30am – the time Zolt...

After a quick stop at the just-over-the-border McDonald's – why do we seem to eat there more often when traveling in foreign lands than ...

The holiday began uneventfully enough. Left the house "early morning" Petersburg time (right about 9am), decided to trust Garmin a...

We were excited to take a trip to the Baltics. Our original plan involved hitting all 3 capitals: Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. When we got ou...

After a too short lived flurry, I've basically retreated into my hole again. Not that there aren't things to report about, but I h...

In the store today I dropped my diplomatic ID card on the ground when I searched my pocket for correct change. A lady actually came running...

The refrigeration in Spb stores isn't very good. In the last 3 weeks I have had to throw away 5 bottles of milk because they went sour ...

Before we came to Russia, we got an intensive 8 week course in the language. This was followed by our 4 week home leave, in which we practic...