News From Moscow

Hi all!I wanted to let everyone know that I'm going to start updating my blog via my travel site, The Globetrotting Ginger (www.theglobetrottingginger.com).My newest blog entry can be found by following this link:http://www.theglobetrottingginger.com/moscow/The site is a work in progress (understatement),...

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An Ode to Toes

For our second leg of the trip, I have one word: feet.After years of playing soccer with especially sweaty humans (teenage girls), I know the smell of feet. From a mile away. If that smell could be personified, then that stinky little character is trapped somewhere on a traincar in Siberia. Our last...

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"It's Russian Tradition!"

Before our initial embarkation on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, we stocked up on nuts and dried fruits, bread, meat and cheese (which I forgot in the hostel refrigerator...oops!), instant coffee, boiled garlic-and-dill potatoes (what else would you want to eat in an enclosed space?!), and cookies...

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Kathleen On The Roof!

One of my favorite parts about traveling is meeting new people. The network of likeminded travelers is amazing, enhanced and even allowed at times by social media and the connectivity that constantly surrounds us. But my favorite part of connecting with new people is the random information - conversations,...

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'Tomorrow Will Be Worse'

After months of preparation, visa attempts, and confusion at why we even wanted to visit to Russia in the middle of the winter, Caitlin and I finally arrived in Vladivostok!(!!!!) This has been a Bucket List item of mine for a few years, and after taking an incredible Russian History class at...

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