Travel

The Independent has put out an article describing the mail-order bride capital of the world, Odessa, a city that I have spent the past four months in. They populate Odessa’s… read more

The New Yorker has a great article about Chinese tourists traveling to Europe on package tours. It expanded on the modern romantic ideal of travel, such as what it can… read more

That, or a variation of that conclusory statement, is what various girls told me after hearing I was going to Russia for an extended period of time.  My sister told… read more

Siberia is an interesting place.  My first impression — why the hell did I choose to come here?  But it grows on you, ever so slowly, until you finally actually… read more

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer is, among many things, the retelling and examination of the life of Chris McCandless. McCandless is viewed by some as the embodiment of youthful… read more

Recently, the airline Samoa Air elected to start charging passengers by the pound – their fares would be based on the sum of the weights of their body and their… read more

To understand German culture is to understand history. Splintered by linguistic differences and the geopolitical influences of neighboring empires, Germany only emerged as a united country shortly before World War I…. read more