I've only had the pleasure of visiting Canada once, when I took a trip to the west coast while I was living in Japan. I'm dying to go back to see more, because my ten-day exploration of Vancouver and Vancouver Island certainly convinced me that Canada has heaps to offer, and that was really just …
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Passport pirouette: Hairy landing in Vladivostok
I actually didn't plan to go to Vladivostok - as much as I wanted to, since I'd always loved the city's name and could remember singing about it in the Skyhooks song Jukebox in Siberia - if you haven't had the pleasure (and can ignore the fact that Vladivostok isn't actually in Siberia), the chorus …
Passport pirouette: A whirlwind Estonian visit
Oh, Estonia. How I adore you! My favourite Baltic state and my saviour after nearly overdosing on Russia on the Trans-Siberian. I sneakily managed another quick visit to Estonia when I took my mother to Moscow and St Petersburg. We had to return to Germany and by far the cheapest way was to take the …