Well, hello again! If you read my post, Featured Photo #1, you will have read about my plan to post a featured photo “every week or so”.  Hmmm, that was in November. I didn’t forget about it, honestly.  I’m constantly thinking about what photos I can share with you.  I’m

We got back to Moscow on the 6th January after a short New Year holiday in Germany.  We had originally expected a long transfer wait of 5 hours in Warsaw.  Due to some kind of delay, that blew out to more than 8 hours at Warsaw airport waiting for our

I hadn’t planned on writing this at all today.  Or ever.  I mean, I do have a list of future post ideas.  But this wasn’t on it. This post is the result of an event that happened yesterday.  A very unexpected event.  And one that’s since given me something to

There are a lot of reasons to love New Year in Moscow. Here’s a lovely post (not mine) about some Russian New Year traditions.  I was going to write about this myself, but I couldn’t possibly have done a better job than Yulia has done.  So pop over to her blog

You probably think that Moscow is one of the most expensive cities in the world.  And that’s possibly true, if you consider the price of real estate in the centre, or the cost of a meal in a 5 star restaurant, in relation to the average salary. Even going to

Hue, Vietnam From the airport: There is an airport, Phu Bai (HUI), about 12km from Hue, and you’ll pay around 250 000 Dong (max.) for a taxi.   There are some other options, for example private shuttle vans and the Vietnam Airlines shuttle bus from the airport to its office in

Have you ever been to Paris? Have you ever tried to go shopping on a Sunday in Paris?  Or looked for somewhere to eat? Yes, yes, I know this post is supposed to be about 24 hour Moscow – just bear with me for a minute. Closed Paris.  On a

How do you think birds survive in winter?  Where do they find food? Well, if they’re birds in Australia, then there’s no reason to worry about them.  The climate there is good and it’s always easy for them to find something to eat. But, what about in a country that