East Europe

Belarus

A few Bizarre Days in Minsk Meeting New Friends-Communicating Only Through Vodka-and Exploring the Freezing City in November

 

Bulgaria

Exploring a Ruined Communist Era Building Resembling a Spaceship During a Snowstorm and Being Invited Into a Gypsy Village Before Having to Escape a Gang of Glue Sniffing Kids

Czech Republic

One Night in the Old City of Prague-Truly a Spellbinding City and Maybe the Most Beautiful City in Europe

Hungary

Road trip from Budapest to Slovakia and Exploring an Abandoned 1800’s Era Fortress Used by Nazi and Soviet Troops 

Moldova

The Least Visited Country in Europe

Poland

Visiting Europe’s Largest Old Growth Forest-Bialowieza

Romania

Transylvania’s Medieval Villages Surrounded by Forested Mountains Steeped in Legends of Werewolves/Vampires & Camping in the Ruins of Dracula’s Castle (Poenari Castle)

Russia

Tracking Siberian Tigers through the Snow in the Far East, Fending Off Grizzly Bears in Kamchatka, Living with Nenet Reindeer Herders in Teepee Like Structures in the Siberian Arctic and Traveling through the Seldom Visited Caucasus Mountains

Slovakia

Road Trip Across Hungary and Slovakia

Transnistria

Stepping Into the Soviet Past By Crossing Through the Break-Away Republic of Transnistria While Trying to Avoid being Robbed by the Border Guards

Ukraine

Visiting Ukraine at the Height of the War in the Eastern Region, Visiting the Abandoned Soviet Era Cities/Villages in the Exclusion Zone of Chernobyl, and Organizing a Home Stay in a Village Outside of Chernobyl