Christmas in Scotland is quite possibly the definition of eat, drink and be merry. I went into it considering surrounding myself with the Scottish accent enough of a Christmas gift to myself, but left absolutely in love with the country – the culture, the people, the food, the language, the […]
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Visiting every country in the world is a big goal and I get a lot of questions about it; one of the most common is, “how can you afford it? Travel is so expensive!!” I work along the way, but more importantly, we should first challenge the notion that travel is […]
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Privyet from Russia! The journey west on the Trans-Siberian continues. When talking to the other travelers taking the Trans Sib, whether starting in Mongolia or Beijing, most were stopping only in Irkutsk and heading all the way to Moscow from there. Aside from that being a [very] long train trip […]
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Privyet from Irkutsk! After getting back to UB from the week in the desert, it was time to head off to Mother Russia! The actual Trans Siberian. The second leg of this massive train journey was UB to Irkutsk. Another 24 hour train ride, another country. Irkutsk is a notable […]
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