Coming into Helsinki, all I wanted was for all three of my flights to be on time and for my luggage to arrive when I did. I may have set the bar a little too low, because suddenly things I never anticipated happening are happening. In the first two days I have:

1. failed to get my wireless internet to...

After a 17-hour or so ordeal of flying and waiting in airports, I finally arrived in Helsinki yesterday evening. I actually got a Danish stamp in my passport rather than a Finnish one because that was my layover on the way here, after the one in Chicago O'Hare (a huge and confusing airport). I didn't...

There are three things that all russian households have: 1. A set of cabinets that have two glass doors that enclose china and odd things shaped out of glass 2. a tapestry or rug hung on the wall 3. high quality vodka ready in the event that company stops by. This the story of my first encounter with...