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Photo Friday: Baumanskaya Station
Tweet First of all, I’m so sorry for missing Photo Friday for the first time ever last week and for not posting as often as usual lately. Life has been chaotic and turbulent to say the least, and I...
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Photo Friday: Ploshchad Vosstaniya Station
Tweet The year Ploshchad Vosstaniya opened. I’m taking you to Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station this week, but unlike all the others I’ve featured so far, this one is NOT in Moscow. I don’t know why...
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Photo Friday: St. Petersburg Palace Square at Night
Tweet You can’t go to St. Petersburg without trekking to Palace Square, which is the city’s central square, and seeing the Winter Palace, also known as The Hermitage, at night. It was the official...
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What I Learned about the Russian Santa Claus
Tweet Red Square is incredible no matter what time of year you visit. It’s the best place to give you the I’m really in Moscow feeling, but the other day, I learned a lot about the Russian Santa. I...
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Photo Friday: Warsaw Ghetto Wall Remains
Tweet During my long layover in Warsaw on my trip back to Moscow, I had to find what’s left of the 11-mile long Warsaw Ghetto wall. Although I got lost for about an hour and only found the original...
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Photo Friday: Partizanskaya Station
Tweet Partizanskaya. I haven’t brought you to a Moscow metro station for Photo Friday since November with Baumanskaya, and I thought that the first one of the year ought to be another I’m really in...
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Trekking in 2017
Tweet I can’t believe it’s already February…we’re already in the second month of 2017! It still feels like it’s the New Year’s season. Massive 2017 structures are still up all over Moscow and they...
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Photo Friday: Red Square – Day and Night
Tweet You haven’t really been to Moscow if you haven’t made the trek to Red Square. Next to the Kremlin, Red Square is what I believe to be the heart of Moscow, or even the heart of Russia. A post...
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Photo Friday: Trakai Castle
Tweet If you ever make it to Vilnius, Lithuania, a day trip to Trakai is an absolute must solely because of Trakai Castle! It’s an enchanting medieval fairy tale castle that dates back to the...
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Panorama Hotel Review – Vilnius, Lithuania
Tweet Panorama Hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania, is the best place to stay because of its unbeatable location. There are other features that make Panorama Hotel a great choice for your trip to Vilnius,...
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Cologne Carnival – The Pros and Cons
Tweet When I booked my February long weekend trip (23rd-26th) to Cologne back in November, I had no idea that it was going to be Cologne Carnival weekend. How’s that for a happy accident?! I was so...
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Photo Friday: Cologne Carnival Costumes
Tweet A lot of couples were dressed alike, especially in jester or clown-like costumes like these ones. Cologne Carnival was my first world famous carnival, and until about 2 weeks before my trip, I...
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International Women’s Day in Russia
Tweet Happy International Women’s Day! This was sent in a mass email wishing all female staff members a Happy International Women’s Day. In Russia, International Women’s Day, or Международный...
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Photo Friday: Mayakovskaya Station
Tweet Mayakovskaya is one of the favourites among my colleagues and students. It isn’t frequented nearly as often as Novoslobodskaya or Komsomolskaya since Mayakovskaya isn’t on the circle line, but...
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Uzupis – An Unknown Republic
Tweet The Republic of Uzupis isn’t like any other country. Well, technically, it isn’t a real republic; it isn’t recognized as such by any other country in the world so sadly, I couldn’t count it as...
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Photo Friday: The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
Tweet The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood has the most incredible church interior that I’ve ever seen, which means that it’s even more stunning than the inside of St. Basil’s in Moscow…wow! It’s...
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Why I Visit Places that are “Too Sad and Depressing”
Tweet I’ve been used to getting odd looks and having people think I’m an oddball for a long time for various reasons, but the biggest ones often come when people hear that I want to see places like...
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Photo Friday: Belorusskaya Stations
Tweet Until I make it to Belarus, Moscow’s Belorusskaya (bell-oh-roose-kaya) subway stations are the closest I’m going to get, especially the one on the circle line. They were named after the nearby...
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Easter Food in Russia
Tweet Food is such an important, telling aspect of culture. Russia is no exception, but I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Russia, an Orthodox Christian country, has Easter food traditions. One...
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World Superstitions – Part One
Tweet Superstitions – beliefs with no basis on reason, knowledge, or logic – are all over the world. Superstitious people act on these beliefs, and learning about different superstitions around the...
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