Volga River Cruise – Moscow to St. Petersburg
After five nights and the better part of six days in Moscow, we took a tour of Moscow subway stations on our way to board our home for the next six days, the Volga...
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VDNKh (ВДНХ) – Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (Выставка достижений народного хозяйства), Moscow
While in Moscow we (ok maybe just me, but Audrey humored me) wanted to visit the Cosmonaut museum. The Cosmonaut museum is very recognizable from quite a distance with its tall swooping tower with...
Novodevichy Cemetery (Новоде́вичье кла́дбище), Moscow
Novodevichy Cemetery was the second most prominent place to be buried during the Soviet era, the first being the Kremlin Necropolis. It was opened in 1898 adjacent to the Novodevichy Convent off the Third...
Red Square, the Kremlin and surrounding sites – Moscow, Russia
On our recent trip to Moscow we stayed within walking distance of Red Square. We visited multiple times during our five days in Moscow, including a visit to Lenin’s Mausoleum (separate article here), a...
Teotihuacan – near Mexico City
Teotihuacán is a massive archeological site 25 miles northeast of Mexico City. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. By many estimates, it was the largest urban center in Mesoamerica near...
Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
It was a long bus ride from Dublin through Belfast and up to the Giant’s Causeway at the very north end of Northern Ireland. The drive takes three hours, slightly longer in a bus...
Xochimilco, Mexico City
Long ago, most of the area around what is now Mexico City was a lake called Lake Texcoco. The people who lived in Xochimilco started planting a certain type of tree in four corners,...
Pubs and Breweries of Dublin and Belfast
During the part of our 30th anniversary tour that included Dublin, Ireland and Belfast, Northern Ireland, we searched many pubs for the best fish and chips and freshly poured Guinness (and other Irish beers)....
Northern Ireland Game of Thrones sites
Our 30-year anniversary trip included a bus trip to Northern Ireland. The bus tour from Dublin to the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland wasn’t billed to be a Northern Ireland Game of Thrones tour....
A few days at Highclere Castle
As part of our 30 year anniversary tour we spent two nights and most of three days at the London Lodge at Highclere Castle, the setting for the show Downton Abbey. When we weren’t...