I traveled abroad for the first time when I studied
in Moscow in the fall of 2000.
In December of that year, two friends and I took the Trans-Siberian Railroad to Vladivostok.
In the summer of 2001, I did atmospheric research at the Ocean University of
Qingdao, China. After I graduated college, I traveled two months in Europe.
Here are a few stories and letters from those times.*
- The Trans-Siberian Railroad
Fourteen days from Moscow to the Sea of Japan
- Belarus and Lithuania
Thanksgiving break with Lukashenko and Frank Zappa
- Letters from St. Petersburg, Apatity, and Murmansk
A week in northern Russia
- Northern Baltics
Four days of autumn in Estonia and Latvia
- Notes from Bulgaria
Kickin' back in Sunny Beach
- Qufu and Tai Shan
The holiest mountain, a rainy day, and a dumb dog
- Shanghai Part 1
Subway, Skyscrapers, Xiaolongbao dumplings
- Shanghai Part 2
The Jade Buddha, The Sex Museum, Clubbing (with mixed success)
- Beijing
A beautiful day and an unexpected encounter
- Europe
France, Spain, Switzerland, Croatia, and Italy