30 Aug 2012 Love at First Sight As soon as I arrived in Istanbul, that very first day, after our tiring 16 hour bus ride from Trabzon, when we got dropped off by a clueless t… Read More
21 Aug 2012 Capture the Colors We were nominated to take part in Travel Supermarket's Capture the Colors Contest by Caroline and Josh at Traveling 9 to 5. Since we've been o… Read More
20 Aug 2012 Georgian Cuisine and Culture of Eating We had a unique perspective on the food in Georgia. We were staying with a family in the mountains outside of Kobuleti. Only the father, Gela,… Read More
17 Aug 2012 Georgia – the land of beauty, passio… First off, I should remind you that Georgia was not on our itinerary for this trip originally. While traveling through Russia, we met a great … Read More
7 Aug 2012 Communist Cruise Given that air travel is the most expensive part of this trip, we try to avoid it as much as possible. Also, we are always on the look out for… Read More
5 Aug 2012 UKR Ferry Ticket Gauntlet One of the things we wanted to try on this trip is traveling by ferry. Based on our itinerary, we had a couple good options - either from Icel… Read More
3 Aug 2012 Forget your stereotypes – Ukraine Did you know that I am half Ukrainian? My mother's family comes from Ukraine so I was happy to travel to her motherland and see this hidden co… Read More
1 Aug 2012 Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears Getting There After having spent a total of almost two weeks in Saint Petersburg, we took an overnight train to Moscow. We splurged and got a … Read More