eastern Europe — News — Anna Broadway

GSP Stopover: How to stay awake in St. Petersburg

After Russia, I planned to head west to Sweden. But since I’ve always believed in making the most of scant time, I thought I could manage not, but two, short stopovers in between.

Travel Updates, Global Singleness Projectanna broadwayOctober 3, 2018transit, eastern Europe, kindness

GSP 6: Moscow, by way of the World Cup (a geography lesson)

The headlines before this trip began did not augur well for a possible stop in Russia, as that country and mine traded diplomatic punishments.

GSP 5: The Kyiv post I didn't plan to write

Late-evening sunlight and a local sketch variety show on the bus TV provided my first introduction to Kyiv once I'd left the airport. This mix of the familiar and unfamiliar proved a good foretaste of my week there.