Having a limited budget for traveling shouldn’t stop you from visiting the very historical country of Russia. We often read about Russia in history books, and we know how ancient their country is. Traveling to Russia before was a costly choice, but when the ruble started to devalue, Russian escapades had become affordable, especially to […]
Category Archives: Central & Eastern Europe
Getting from Tartu, Estonia to Riga, Latvia proved to be easy in the end, but initially was a bit more difficult than I expected. I headed to Tartu from Tallinn and based on what I read online, I figured I could just hop a bus out of Tartu to Riga a day later without any issues. […]
As most of you already know, Belarus was super high on my travel dream list for a very long time. Many of you also know that I had previously planned a trip there for December 2012, which did not end up happening, and I consequently rebooked it for March 2013. I had so many thoughts […]
When I was in Ukraine, I had the opportunity to visit the Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum in Kiev… a museum dedicated to the events on April 26, 1986, and what has transpired since. My plan when heading to Ukraine was to actually visit Pripyat/Chernobyl itself, but the tours were shut down indefinitely so I had […]