


Destination: Warsaw — a tale of two vodka museums (Warsaw, Poland)
Vodka — the cause of and solution to some of life’s problems. Or, wait… was that ‘alcohol’? Meh, I don’t remember. The beverage we know today as vodka came from Poland, or so the Polish claim. Less biased sources also point to Russia and...
Destination: Gdansk, Poland — see where World War II started, a church’s altar made of amber, and some awesome murals
A weekend in Gdansk was simply not enough time. Honestly, it was like about a day, by the time you factor everything in — arriving on Saturday afternoon after a three-hour trip from Warsaw, leaving Sunday afternoon to leave some time for another destination outside of...
How to take the ferry from Tallinn, Estonia to Helsinki, Finland
If you’re spending any time in Tallinn, Estonia, you might look at a map to realize the nordic country of Finland is a short hop across the Gulf of Finland only 80 kilometers away. We took a weekend to visit Finland while in Tallinn, and while the cruise there...