Traveling the world, one ridiculous disaster after another
Welcome, children. Welcome one and all. Welcome to my nightmare. The nightmare of insufficient transportation infrastructure. But for all the night-bus-related nightmares I’ve experienced, I have lived the dream. And had …
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Hint: It involves vodka. Lots of vodka. St. Petersburg is an absolutely spectacular destination that for whatever reason, a disproportionately small number of people choose to experience. It’s Venice on steroids, …
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That’s right, kids! My abject failure to understand a few cursory expressions of elementary Russian resulted in a somewhat-accidental dodge of the dreaded ex-Soviet police officer and his daily hobby …
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Any cursory rumination on Venice will revolve around the city’s adorable little canals, snaking through the city blocks and ferrying gondolas full of starry-eyed but overspending couples throughout the day …
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The Hermitage is one of the great museums of the world, boasting an astonishingly vast collection of art, totaling 3 million pieces, including the world’s largest collection of paintings. And …
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