THAT ONE TIME WE WERE CANADIANS Should we go to Russia or not? It was a dream of ours to ride on the Trans-Siberian and it was something we had always planned to do on our trip....
SAINT PETERSBURG PHOTO GALLERY During our short stay in Saint Petersburg, Russia, we visited the Hermitage, (Winter Palace), Peter and Paul Fortress, Church of Our Savior on...
RED SQUARE Being an 80s baby that grew up in the west, my perception of Red Square was always a rather gloomy one: a dark, cloudy sky over dingy brick buildings...
YEKATERINBURG TO VLADIMIR PHOTO GALLERY On our journey westward on the Trans-Mongolian (Trans-Siberian) Railway we made quick stops in the towns of Yekaterinburg and Vladimir to break up...
IRKUTSK & LAKE BAIKAL PHOTO GALLERY Images from our first stop along the Trans-Mongolian Railway in eastern Russia-- Irkutsk and Lake Baikal. After one night in the city, we spent three...
A HOLIDAY WITHIN A HOLIDAY AT OLKHON ISLAND There are two ways to get to Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal: quickly or safely. We got there quickly. After one night in Irkutsk we boarded a microbus...
CHINA TO RUSSIA: PLANNING THE TRANS-MONGOLIAN While planning the first few months of our world trip, we knew we wanted to go to China and Russia. Instead of flying country to country, we...
