After two days of intense guided tours, the only thing that sounded as good as a sea day was a free day to do whatever we want. And since we were docked in Helsinki when we woke up, we had most of the day to explore Finland’s capital city however we wanted. We took our Read more
A new day meant a new start, and even though our first day in St. Petersburg wasn’t perfect, I couldn’t wait to discover all of the treasures waiting for us on our second day. We saw so much on our first day in Russia and there was still so much left. After another breakfast at Read more
I can’t lie and say I’ve had this longtime dream to visit Russia. Between the tense political climate bringing Russia into the news on what seems like a daily basis and a large Russian cultural presence back home, I’ve just never felt like I needed to leave home to experience Russia – there was plenty Read more
You know those fairy tale towns that you see in animated Disney movies? The ones that are so perfect that they couldn’t be real, with narrow streets lined with tall, brick capped buildings and perfectly imperfect cobblestone streets? When I woke up, that was outside of my balcony window. Tallinn, it seems, is like one Read more
I had mixed feelings about visiting Germany. There’s so much history and I always get super excited to walk on the sites of major historical events. Like really excited. In a totally nerdy way. But on the other hand, so many terrible things have happened in Germany that shaped the history of our family, that Read more
