China
So many things crossed off the list!
Awesome week!!! We got a lot checked off the prep list: Mongolian visas acquired! Whoot Derek! Hotel in Beijing booked (Soluxe Sunshine Courtyard Hotel) Hotel in Vilnius booked (Dvaras Hotel) Invite to China asked for and received Research on booking for train from St Petersburg to Vilnius started On the issue of the last item, […]
Mastercard? Amex? Oh wait… VISA is the name of the game
I know – completely lame, and likely overused title. But seriously – why is there a Visa credit card and a visa travel document? This a life mystery that I fail to understand. Yeah, I should probably go to wikipedia or something, but that takes effort. I somewhat enjoy being perplexed by this issue and […]
Currency Complexities
Beyond a shadow of a doubt I know why the EU was invented now! It isn’t for all of those ‘official’ reasons you’ve heard – it was because they all enjoy vacationing! And nothing complicates a vacation than dealing with many countries, each with their own set of coins and bills. Which brings me to our current situation… Distance […]
First Steps for First Shots
So, if you didn’t know, I’m a nurse. It is of course only natural that the first things I research are vaccines needed for going overseas. Previous travels for both of us have included the EU and Canada/the US. Not the most microbe-prone places on this planet. But going to developing nations, especially where we […]
Rails Across the Curtain 