USSR 2015 USSR 201535 days. 12 countries.PretripI’m back…365 days without HerbieUm, you know the USSR doesn’t exist anymore, right?The dichotomy of planning a tripSiberia!Buying my plane ticket…Tweak, tweak, tweakBooking cheap flightsRussian Visa Adventures – Part 1: Getting StartedRussian Visa Adventures – Part 2: Fun at CostcoRussian Visa Adventures – Part 3: The trip downtownWhat about Herbie?Two weeks to go!A new trip…a new wardrobe!A few days to go, a few things to doOn my wayDay 1British Airways misadventuresFinlandDay 2 | Helsinki, FinlandFortress and footballDay 3A | Helsinki, FinlandThe great lost bag saga comes to an endThe BalticsEstonia, Latvia, and LithuaniaDay 3B | Tallinn, EstoniaFerry ride to EstoniaDay 4 | Tallinn, EstoniaA sick boy tours TallinnDay 5 | Riga, Latvia13 hours sleep gets me ready for a big dayDay 6 | Riga, LatviaWalking tours and full stomachsDay 7 | Vilnius, LithuaniaAnother tour, potato pancakes and a bus rideDay 8 | Vilnius, LithuaniaA little touring and a little drinkingDay 9 | Vilnius, LithuaniaRenting a car seemed like a good idea…UkraineDay 10 | Kiev, UkraineOn to UkraineDay 11 | Kiev, UkraineA whole lotta nothingDay 12 | Kiev, UkraineGirl, interruptedDay 13 | Kiev, UkraineDay Trip to ChernobylRussiaDay 14 | Moscow, RussiaOn to Russia!Day 15 | Moscow, RussiaWalking tour and Tinder datingDay 16 | Moscow, RussiaKremlinDay 17 | Moscow, RussiaGorky Park and Opera at the BolshoiDay 18 | St Petersburg, RussiaOn to St PetersburgDay 19 | St Petersburg, RussiaLittle adventuresDay 20 | St Petersburg, RussiaAfternoon ballet, evening cardsEastern EuropeCzech Republic, Slovakia, and AustriaDay 21 | Prague, Czech RepublicGoodbye Russia, Hello Czech RepublicDay 22 | Prague, Czech RepublicAround the old townDay 23 | Prague, Czech RepublicExploring in the rainDay 24 | Bratislava, SlovakiaOn to SlovakiaDay 25 | Vienna, AustriaTwo castles and a dash of Vienna frustrationMore Eastern EuropeHungary and PolandDay 26 | Budapest, HungaryA day of walking, a night of stressingDay 27 | Budapest, HungaryA day of walking, a night of relaxingDay 28 | Warsaw, PolandRelax and good things shall come to youDay 29 | Warsaw, PolandWalking in WarsawDay 30 | Krakow, PolandWieliczka Salt MineDay 31 | Krakow, PolandAuschwitzDay 32 | Gdansk, PolandA city to relax inDay 33 | Gdansk, PolandMalbork CastleSwedenDay 34 | Stockholm, SwedenSunny in SwedenDay 35 | Stockholm, SwedenLast day!The journey homeThe next adventure…
