Perhaps a couple of you have noticed that I haven’t blogged much for the last, six months, but I haven’t fully disappeared into the abyss — just fallen through a wormhole and now trying to climb out. In the meantime, here are some good reads that have kept me tethered to the world of travel (oh,…
Autumn is in full swing across the Northern Hemisphere. Here in Moscow September brought a freakish bout of absolutely gorgeous weather, with sunny days, blue skies, and temperatures reaching into the high 20’s C/80’s F. A true “babye leto”, or “women’s summer.” And now, let’s move on to … GERMANY In many countries fall means harvest festivals,…
Last year was a dream-come-true in terms of travel, but with so much awesome, a few bad experiences were bound to creep in. For the sake of full disclosure, here they are, in chronological order. Florida jet-lag and junk food binge. It took me nearly a week to stop waking up at 1 am and…
I really love looking back at the most amazing year of travels – all the photos, adventures, and memories to last a lifetime. Writing at a seaside café while it rained in Novy Svet (Crimea). I might have gotten rained out of several days’ worth of sightseeing, but on the flip side it was the…
Twelve months ago travel was pretty much at the bottom of my 2014 agenda. Twelve countries later, this turned out to be the most travel-intensive year of my life. Some of the journeys were for work, some for fun, and some were undertaken on a whim. By the end of the year I have crossed…
When you think of the cities with the greatest collections of Art Nouveau architecture, what comes to mind? Probably Paris or Brussels, Prague or Budapest. But not Riga, right? Well, then you’re in for quite a surprise. I first heard of Riga’s collection of Art Nouveau architecture just a few months ago, through the Latvia’s…
I think it won’t be an exaggeration to say that Expat Eye on Latvia’s Linda almost literally put Latvia on a map for a lot of “far abroad” foreigners with her very active Latvia PR campaign. However, she accomplished this with a rather unusual approach, often highlighting the gloomy and dysfunctional over the pretty and…
Finally I am getting around to recapping my September adventure in the Baltics. The trip happened because I decided that sure, it’s a brilliant idea to fly across several national borders just to meet a blogger friend for a few drinks! I will get to that bit of a good time over the next four…
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