Leaving Russia, Hunter and I picked up our travel pace. We zoomed through the Baltic, spending more time on the bus than in any one place. Often lumped together, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are completely different countries. Though they did…
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great to be peter
When Peter the Great visited Versailles he thought, “I want one”. I’ve always thought the same thing. An upside of being Tsar is that you actually can have one. When Peter returned from his 1717 stay in France, he began…
in the footsteps of tsars
Hunter couldn't wait to get to St Petersburg. He has been studying Russian history and had long dreamt of walking in footsteps of the Tsars. I'm worried I may have ruined him. He fell madly in love. Not surprisingly. The…
st. peter’s overnight ferry
21 years ago, John and I decided to take a last minute detour to St. Petersburg. The only way to get into Russia without a visa was to take a boat trip. Still is. We were booking so late there…
backpacking with hunter
Hunter worked all last summer and lived with in what I have been informed is a shockingly inadequate allowance all year in order to save enough money to backpack around Europe this summer. He and three friends had the whole…
more from rasha
What follows are the last of Rasha's notes which she sent to me when she got home to London. Just so you know who's who, her family consists of husband Hassan and kids Danna (I think she's 21 now), Omar…