Earlier today I took a little time
to polish my silver jewelry (a chore I truly dislike doing) and couldn't help admiring an old piece of amber I'd gotten
in San Francisco's China Town. It was my first real piece of amber and who would have guessed that piece would ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Word for the Travel Wise (04/09/06)
Earlier today I took a little time
to polish my silver jewelry (a chore I truly dislike doing) and couldn't help admiring an old piece of amber I'd gotten
in San Francisco's China Town. It was my first real piece of amber and who would have guessed that piece would ...Red Corner: Vilnius, Tallinn, and Riga
The Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were the last to be incorporated into the Soviet Union, and boy do they show it. The extra 20 years of European influence can still be seen today as these three countries, now independent, are rapidly becoming hot tourist ...Red Corner: Baltic Summer
Summer is still a little ways off but not so far that you can't start thinking about where to go. And if Europe is on your mind, but the crowds that plague the Mediterranean make you cringe, then consider vacationing a bit further north in the Baltics.
The weather is a tad ...Red Corner: Baltic Spas
I'm not sure how I got on the theme of bathhouses and saunas this week, but the fact is that such methods of relaxation have a long history in the former communist lands and today remain extraordinarily popular throughout this part of the world.
The sanatorium (more ...Word for the Travel Wise (02/24/06)
Before Neil joined our team here I never gave much thought to these distant, far eastern lands mentioned in his thorough and ongoing Red Corner series. Sure I've been to Budapest, checked out some of those old dusty (and rather interesting) Communist statues that once stood ...Red Corner: Bunking Down in Latvian Prison
Rather low on my list of things to do before I die is to spend a night in jail.
Good news, however, for adventure tourists hopped up on doing so; they can now avoid the social stigma of a public trial, and simply pay a few bucks for the experience. For just $8, the very ...Red Corner: Baltic States vs. United States
What are the differences between the Baltic States and the United States?
Well, there are quite a few-beginning with the fact that most any Baltic citizen over the age of ten can find America on a map, while most Americans can't even identify the three Baltic States ...
