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No idea why they said these things to me...
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Moscow.
Betty, a Chinese-Australian retiree: "Boy,
what an easy job you have, that allows you to travel so much!" (Yes,
Betty, it's called unemployment).
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Posted on: 2007-10-13 13:41:56 |
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Things that I should have packed for the trip
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a windbreaker
a digital watch that tells the day and date
a flashlight that actually works
cold medicine
enough hair shampoo
one pair of jeans and one pair of khakis
correct PIN number of credit cards
credit cards that don't cut me off in the......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-10-13 13:40:05 |
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Stop 0--Boston.
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August 1st, 2007
I have finally made up an itenary for my six-week backpacking trip:
Helsinki --> St. Petersburg --> Moscow --> Kiev --> Lviv --> Suceava --> Brasov --> Bucharest --> Istanbul --> Sofia --> Bratislava --> Vilnius --> Riga -->......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-10-13 13:37:39 |
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Stamp Day
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Saturday, September 29th, was what I would call a stamp day. I spent
most of the day sitting in a train compartment. The only excitement was to have my passport stamped.
Two
types of stamps really matter when you are on the road: stamps for postcards, and passport stamps that you can......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-10-13 13:25:56 |
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Talk, talk, talk.
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When I travel solo, I am fully prepared to spend a lot of time
alone. However, this trip is proving to be more social than anticipated.
Somehow
I managed to walk into a lot of interesting conversations, all of
which started out as non-Americans talking about the 2008......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-10-13 13:21:36 |
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Culinary adventures-Istanbul.
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I arrived in Istanbul in time for the Ramadan .
Fasting during Ramadan
is one of the five pillars of Islam. According to what the locals told
me, it is intended to cultivate patience, humility and compassion for
the less fortunate. Muslims take
no water or food between......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-10-13 12:56:53 |
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Culinary adventures-Romania.
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On the tour to the Painted Monasteries, the seven of us stopped for lunch in a restaurant by a clear and shimmering creek.
Monika,
our guide, ordered the local specialty--the fried brain, and urged us
to try. It tasted like fried oysters in sushi
restaurants. ......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-10-13 12:53:02 |
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Suceava and Brasov, Romania.
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From Suceava I went on a tour of the Painted Monasteries of Bucovina. From our guide Monika I
have learned a lot about the Eastern Orthodox religion as well as about
the monasteries. Talking with a people who are so proud of their heritage made the trip more like with......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-10-13 12:49:37 |
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Who runs the hostels?
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Here come the surprising answers.
Pawel runs the
hostel that I stayed in Kiev. He got a degree in
engineering from a university in St. Petersburg. He then worked on oil
tankers for the USSR till Ukraine became independent. Later he
freelanced with an American company that ran......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-10-13 12:43:14 |
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Culinary adventures-Helsinki, Russia and Ukraine.
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I started trying new kinds of food in Helsinki, when I bought a jar
of marinated fish (mackerel?) on a whim. The hostel receptionist
taught me to eat it with boiled potatoes. Per instruction I got a
pound of potatoes from the outdoors market by the harbor......Read More
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Posted on: 2007-10-13 12:39:01 |
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