After the complete train heat debacle two nights ago I made it into Bucharest knowing that I only had about 14 hours in the city because I had to get to Sofia to meet my friend Mike. I managed to grab a shower and store my bag at a guesthouse where a friend of mine […]
My Experience in Transnistria and Moldova
August 23, 2007 by 6 Comments
Transnistria, also known as Trans Dniester (TCC List) and Pridnestrovie (Russian), is a breakaway territory within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova. Although not recognized by any state or international organization and a part of Moldova, it is de facto an independent state called the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. Although the PMR does not have such […]
Odessa, Ukraine
August 22, 2007 by 1 Comment
I am a bit behind on posting again and the last few days have been super crazy and action packed. I spent some time in Odessa, Ukraine which is an old Soviet summer resort which is now a crumbling shadow of its former self. The other major Black Sea resorts in the Crimea, still in […]
Moscow
April 25, 2007 by 1 Comment
With the recent death of former Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, I was reflecting on my trip to Moscow. Yeltsin basically led the second Russian Revolution and was the first popularly elected President of the Russian Federation which was along with the fall of the Berlin Wall one of the most stirring memories of my childhood. […]
The Belarus Ordeal
April 21, 2007 by Leave a Comment
On a recent trip to Eastern Europe, my cousin and I were in Riga, Latvia and we decided that we wanted to go to Minsk, Belarus for a day or two. So we consulted our trusty guide book and it told us where the Belarusian consulate was in Riga. So we got in a cab […]
Where is this?
April 21, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Ljubljana, the lovely and underrated capital of Slovenia
Auschwitz and Birkenau
March 30, 2007 by 2 Comments
“How fortunate for leaders those men do not think.” “The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.” – Adolph Hitler A man who mastered the art of propaganda uttered these infamous words. He was right. If the masses of men did think for […]
