“You’re going to Russia?!?! Why?” I heard these words pretty much every time I announced my upcoming trip to the east. This reaction is understandable. Most people in Europe and the United States have a Putin-provoked distaste of the Russian Federation, which is growing by the day. Politicians claim that […]
Entering the broad archway festooned with flags, visitors are immediately drawn to the center of the brick-lined courtyard. A bicycle fashioned with a red box sits amidst crimson, yellow, orange and pink tulips, reminiscent of an exciting display of colorful fireworks, exploding just outside the main hotel entrance. The doorman, […]
When you hear that one of President Abraham Lincoln’s sons bought the property where the Wilburton Inn now sits, you begin to understand what makes this historic southern Vermont mansion so special. Robert Todd Lincoln and his fellow railroad industrialist friend Albert Gilbert bought farmland in the Battenkill Valley above […]
Berlin was the capital of Prussia, the German Empire, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic, before becoming the capital of Reunified Germany. Here, history is everywhere you turn. Spending a couple of days in Berlin will therefore give you only an overview of the city and its treasures. This 2-day […]
