Kyiv Expat Life: February 2020 Round Up
Just by looking at this blog, someone could assume my life only involves epic train trips, road tripping through Eastern Europe, and an exorbitant number of cocktails. However, only one of those things is true. As my…
The 6th Annual Butler Family Las Vegas Donut Hike
My, how we’ve grown. I don’t just mean in scope, as in its sixth year the Butler Family Donut Hike moves to a new city and its third state, trying to find the best Las Vegas donuts.…
26 Things to Do in Łódź
It was only after I booked my weekend in Łódź that I realized what a raging debate surrounds this Polish city. While some have hailed it as a success story, a failing industrial town revitalized into a…
One Day in Torun, Poland
While it may not get hyped up like tourist hotspots Krakow and Warsaw, Torun is famous for several things — gingerbread, Copernicus, and its stunning architecture, to name a few. With its inclusion on both the UNESCO…
Practical Trans Siberian Tips
I had never dreamed of this trip, wasn’t even considering it when I first moved to Moscow, but a few months in the seeds had been planted — sliding through Russia on the Trans Siberian train, one…
Two Days in Wroclaw on a Polish Road Trip
Wroclaw, with its historic atmosphere but very local energy, is one of my favorite cities in Poland. Maybe I’m biased because I spent two months there in the summer of 2018, working on my Delta Module 2,…
My Lost Year as a Moscow Expat
I think a lot about the ‘right way’ to be an expat. If I were to construct the picture of a ‘good expat,’ they would be someone who speaks the language, has relationships with local businesses, gets…
Alternative Places to Learn Russian
After my long rant about why people should stop asking about learning Russian in Kyiv and instead just make their plans to go to the Motherland, you might find it odd that I’m encouraging you to think…
How to Plan an International Family Vacation
After about a year of living in Ukraine I found myself as the tour director for a very small, very specific group of visitors — my family. I’m not even sure how the idea got started, considering…
The Best Cocktail Bars in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Listen, it wasn’t my plan to make it a boozy weekend in Saint Petersburg. I booked my train tickets with two intentions—One, to see Firebird at the Mariinsky Theatre because this girl loves a weird-o ballet. And…
