Our first stop was at Catherine Palace, located south of St. Petersburg proper in the town of Pushkin, in the Pushkin District. The town of Pushkin is named…
It’s hard to believe I am actually in a country where not very long ago, we, as Americans, for all intents and purposes, were not allowed to travel…
There’s nothing like visiting a place in person to dispel years of school history book teaching, news media reports, and Hollywood movie stereotypes. No matter how hard I…
By now, it had become overcast but there was no threat of rain. The bus took us through more of Helsinki. I took particular interest in the street…
Getting a chance to try reindeer meat in Finland was on my list of things I wanted to do, but with the tours we had scheduled (this was…
Helsinki, Finland – All we had done by this point was walk around looking at everything Unique Lapland had to offer. I was getting very warm in the…
Helsinki, Finland – Being from Southern California, born and raised under the California sun, I was a little less than enthusiastic when my wife suggested we take something…
Tervetuloa Suomeen! Welcome to Finland! Finland is located in Northern Europe. On its northern border lies Norway. On its eastern border, Russia. Its southern border is marked by…