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…
Добро пожаловать в Россию! Dobro pozhalovat’ v Rossiyu! Welcome to Russia! Russia is located in the eastern hemisphere, spanning the continents of both Europe and Asia. On its…
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…
Did you know… About 1/3 of Berlin’s territory is composed of forests, parks, rivers, and lakes Berlin has its origins in the 13th century and has been the…
No doubt you have heard of our next stop, the Berlin Wall. The wall was constructed in 1961 to stop “emigration and defection” from the communist East Berlin…