Russian Dacha and Banya in Rodna
The place where a 80 year old naked man hit me wildly with a handful of wooden sticks. Long distance …Read the Rest
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Alcohol in Russian trains. The Russian secret to prevent hangovers.
It is just a myth. In reality Russian people don’t drink on trains so much. Some people drink beer, but …Read the Rest
Kazan
The train hop between Petersburg and Kazan was the longest and the most memorable of the entire trip. 24 hours …Read the Rest
How to travel by train in Russia.
I was prepared for the jungle. I was expecting a dirty, smelly train full of drunk people and with everybody …Read the Rest
Saint Petersburg
We arrived in St. Petersburg at 5:30 in the morning and we were picked up on the station by Lili’s …Read the Rest
From Moscow to Saint Petersbourg
After visiting Lenin I had nothing else to do in Moscow and I went to the train station to take …Read the Rest
Moscow
I spent my first three hours in Russia on the passport checking queue in one of the Airports of Moscow. …Read the Rest
From Moscow to Shanghai. Notes on a transiberian journey
UPDATE 4/4/2011: All the stories related to this trip are now published in the blog. Please check out the last …Read the Rest
Stockholm and Riga
In the first week of May Christina and I visited for the first time Sweden and Latvia. It was a …Read the Rest
Innsbruck
Innsbruck is the capital of Tyrol in Austria. Streets and buildings look very similar to Bolzano, but in Innsbruck nobody …Read the Rest
Trento and Bolzano
Trento is the capital of Trentino, the northern Italian region that has two different names: Trentino-Alto Adige and Südtirol. The …Read the Rest
Verona
In Verona I was back again in the popular Italian-touristic-traps-circuit. Verona is known as the city of love because in …Read the Rest
Genoa
I visited Genoa on a rainy, cloudy day but I was pleasantly surprised by this city. The part of the …Read the Rest
Torino
Torino is completely different to everything I’ve seen in the rest of Italy. This city is to Italy what Barcelona …Read the Rest
Siena
Siena is a city that competed economically and military with Florence during Renaissance. After some struggles Florence defeated Siena and …Read the Rest
Lucca
Lucca is my favorite Italian city so far. It has beautiful city walls, old architecture, vivid orange and yellow buildings, …Read the Rest
