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Midsummer, the longest day of the year is almost upon us! You can tell because it’s almost impossible to sleep […]
If Tallinn is the popular face of Estonia, then Tartu is its heart and soul, steeped in history and tradition. […]
I like reading the bucket lists that people post. They say a lot about the authors’ personalities, their interests and their […]
I could tell you that Couchsurfing is a great way to save money on a trip, and there are probably 46, 289 […]
Swimming with basking and whale sharks has been on my bucket list for a long time, and their gentle nature makes […]
No matter how I raved about Warsaw as a destination to my friends, my own memories of the place are […]
On my recent return to Christchurch, fellow travellers to New Zealand told me what I initially feared: “There is nothing […]
Imagine a place like Nida, right in the middle of Europe, where the sands of time have buried fishing villages […]
Sandra and I had our fill of the Ligo festivities on Riga’s Krastmala, so we checked out the other celebration […]
Latvians usually spend midsummer in the countryside with their family and friends, but Sandra, with whom I was staying in […]