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Best things to do in St. Petersburg, Russia

St. Petersburg is often called ‘Venice of the North’, but I beg to differ. Sure, it’s built on a series of canals, but to…

Moscow is so many things at once; it’s surprising and yet very much how you expect it to be. It’s intimidating and imposing, but…

St. Petersburg was a city I fully expected to like: a number of people had told me of its beauty, I’d been frantically adding…

I’ve got a confession to make: I was more nervous about visiting Russia than I ever have been about a destination, for a number…

Ten essential travel tips for visiting the Hungarian capital city of Budapest

A review of Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace in Budapest, which is like taking a journey through the history of the Hungarian capital.

If you find yourself in Tallinn for a weekend, which I highly recommend you do, you will discover a beautiful town full of history,…

This past weekend I flew to the small medieval town of Tallinn in Estonia for a couple of days with two friends. We spent…

This past weekend I went on a quick weekend trip to Riga in Latvia with some friends. Why Latvia, I hear you ask? Good…

This past weekend I managed to increase my ‘countries visited’ count to 24. Hopefully by the end of the year I’ll reach 25, but…