On the 18th of July, my girlfriend Eva and I will leave for St Petersburg to begin our Trans-Siberian adventure. We will spend a month backpacking across seven time zones until we reach the eastern port

Moscow, Russia So. I guess the 10km walk I did yesterday in the cold but sunny Moscow was too much. (should have worn my sweater). Luckily I got a good nights sleep and had some medicine and tea in the

Helsinki, Finland I have been preparing for the trip for the past 2 or so months. I have currently done the following: [x] Sold most of my stuff [x] Resigned my apartment [x] Quit my job [x] Bought a one-way

Not science fiction, you guys. The Kremlin actually contacted Japan about this as part of Putin's initiative to foster cooperation between the two countries. The idea is to extend the current Trans-Siberian