Russia
Russia – Moscow – Winter Is Coming
Our stay in Moscow is getting unexpectedly longer and longer, there are reasons for it, but I am not at liberty to discusses them at the moment. Lets just say that some interesting things are up ahead and those of you who know us already will not be surprised by the announcement. Man, really […]
Russia – Moscow – Family and Friends
Finally, we are here – Moscow. Actually its my great-grandma’s summer home just outside the city…but after coming this far…this is Moscow to us. All my cousins decided to surprise us by showing up at the house and welcoming the world wanderers with a great company. Quickly lets go through my family from left […]
Russia – Nizhniy Novgorod, Vladimir and Kazan (trip with Grandma)
I might have overdone it with the driving in a single day from Miass to Kazan. The distance wise it is about 470-500 miles, basically something that i do once in a while when driving to see my parents in San Jose. Back in California this drive usually takes me 7 hours 30 minutes […]
Russia – Miass
We learned a trick to passing the border with minimal hassle. During a usual border process the passengers go through the immigration and then wait in a separate area while the customs officials inspect the car. This is what we do now, Hyein just follows me back to the car and sticks around. The officers […]
Russia – Back to the Motherland
And boom just like that we are back in the Motherland although the landscape hasn’t changed much from Mongolia, the towns already look a little bit more organized and well supplied. After finding a place to park our Hodori for the night, we rushed to the store to get some fresh veggies. At the border […]
Russia – Good-bye For Now
On the road the adventure never stops. The plan was to find a hostel, some wi-fi and shower…yes in that order. You guys back home probably don’t realize the full extent to which our lives have been linked to internet. Although it is absolutely awesome to disconnect from the world for a few days, after […]
Russia – The Baikal Olympics 2016 – Video
We tried to describe with our words what happened in the past week and it feels like there needs to be a video as well.
Russia – The Baikal Olympics 2016 – Episode 2
Day 4 Lets stop talking about how hard it is to wake up in the morning and focus on the beautiful things in life. Kids. At this event there is a lot them, everyone who had a child and could bring them along did so. The funny thing about kids at camps is that just […]
Russia – The Baikal Olympics 2016 – Episode 1
I guess you might be tired of hearing about how awesome we are and how much fun we are having during this trip. So this story is a bit different, we will look at how awesome the Russian people are and how much fun we are having with them. No…this is not biased in any […]