Belarus:  The Forgotten European Destination

Soviet Images Are Alive And Well in Minsk, Belarus
Posted 3rd March, 2015, By Scot and Emily, 4 Comments

I thought for a good five minutes about exactly which adjective to use in the title.  The right one may yet be eluding me. After all, Belarus isn’t exactly “forgotten”…or is it?  From the American perspective, I suspect more of us are simply ill-informed about it.  One can’t exactly “forget” a country that one knew…

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Albanian Weirdness In Tirane

View of the Tirane, Albania countryside from our hotel balcony
Posted 12th September, 2014, By Scot and Emily, One Comment

Video:  Tirane Under Construction “Holy crap. We’re actually in Albania, huh?” Emily’s 15 year old son Dave was taking it all in.  Surely, no sooner than ten minutes after crossing the Albanian border from Montenegro (without drama), there we were about to be served a “national dish” of carp (not for the dyslexic) at a…

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