I’ve been to over 90 countries but my favorite travels are to countries where it is extremely cold and countries where concrete is ubiquitous. On this blog, you will find a lot of information about Scandinavia and the Nordics and about the East, from Ukraine to Central Asia. I also have an affinity for specialty coffee, craft beer, and mindful travel, which will be present on the blog. The map to the left showcases where I’ve been and countries that have been written about on this site.
This post is a guideline for getting a visa to Abkhazia in the Caucasus from the Inguri border with Georgia. It also contains some specific travel information for border crossings,......
25 July, 2018 212 Comments
Before reading this, please read these three key points first: a) This post has nothing to do with things I do or don’t like about living in Norway. If you’re......
14 June, 2017 658 Comments
Astana, Kazakhstan is one of the weirdest places I have ever visited. If you even just Google “Astana”, you will find several other people using the word “weird” as a......
01 June, 2017 164 Comments
Belarus was long a closed-off country in Eastern Europe that was not frequenting the minds of many travelers. My first trip to Belarus was back in 2013 and the visa......
04 December, 2018 1 Comment
Suduroy is the southernmost island in the Faroe Islands and one that always caught my eye. It’s large. Much larger than many of the other eighteen islands that make up......
28 November, 2018 No comment
Before you visit the Azores, there are many things you should know about the archipelago of nine islands that make up the autonomous region of Portugal. I had wanted to......
27 October, 2018 No comment
