We travel far and wide – over 100,000 miles in 2017 – to discover up-and-coming destinations to bring you each year in our annual picks for the best places to travel. It takes us months to whittle down a world of possibilities to just a handful of cities and countries. From anniversary celebrations to little-known […]
20 Must-See Landmarks Around the World
From the Hoover Dam to the Hermitage, these 20 must-see landmarks around the world are a dose of travel inspiration. Whenever we travel, no matter to far-flung places or in our own backyard, we’re attracted to the world’s most famous buildings and landmarks. We’ve picked 20 of our favorites from our travels around the world. […]
14 Places to Go in 2014
Each year we look forward to planning our own travels and since we’ve got a community of readers that love to live a life of adventure, just like us, we know you do too! So we present to you 14 places to go in 2014. From our line up of postcard perfect beach getaways to […]
Peterhof: The Russian Versailles
Our visit to Peterhof was on, without a doubt, the nicest day we had during our entire time in Russia. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the sun beating down was a welcome reprieve from freezing in Yaroslavl just two days before. Our guided visit with our G Adventures group stuck to just […]
Romantic Evenings in St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg is a city of grandeur. It’s center was virtually unharmed in the 1930-50s period of Stalinist reconstruction and impressive palaces line placid canals dotted with beautiful bridges. Recognized as one of the most beautiful cities of the world and a “Venice of the North”, St. Petersburg is evocative of Russia’s imperial past. Though […]
How a Bear Became the Symbol of Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl was honestly the least favorite of the cities and villages we visited during our time in Russia. Perhaps it was because we were there on the day we had the worst weather of our entire trip. Had we had better weather, I would have liked to take a river cruise or wander through the […]
The Stone Carvings of Yuryev-Polsky’s Cathedral
It’s was just absolutely pouring, by far the wettest day yet of our rainy Golden Ring of Russia tour, when we arrived to a tiny town that was barely a blip on the map. Yuryev-Polsky, which literally means Yuryev (the name of its founder) standing in a field, is actually the geographical center of the […]
Carol of the Bells
The Golden Ring of Russia town, Suzdal, is just 15 square kilometers in size but boasts an incredible amount of well preserved monasteries and churches. One of the largest and best preserved in Suzdal is the Monastery of Saint Euthymius (it’s also amongst the five largest in all of Russia!). The white stone walls have […]
The Heart of Suzdal
Outside of Russia, we generally think of kremlin as the most famous one, the Moscow Kremlin. But as we learned on our trip to Russia, a kremlin is a major fortified complex found in the heart of all Russian settlements. So it’s no surprise that the heart of Suzdal is the Suzdal Kremlin. Though the […]
A Picture of Russian Peasant Life
“After lunch, we’ll drive to Suzdal and meet a local guide at the Museum of Wooden Architecture,” Daria was explaining as our mini-bus bounced over the pot-hole filled roads. I groaned and looked at Tim. We are NOT museum people. We’d much rather learn about the culture, and in this case architecture, by being out […]
