August 2025. We’re travelling to the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, and more specifically their respective capitals Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. Are they interconnected by rail? Yes, but not in the most straightforward or userfriendly way possible. The Rail Baltica project should remedy this. Unsurprisingly though, this megaproject faces political and budgetary hurdles. It…
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There’s more than one way to enjoy a cruise
July 2024. Steve and I are cruising on the Norwegian Getaway, a Breakaway class ship by Norwegian Cruise Line or NCL. Interestingly, our stay on board happened shortly after the Getaway paid a visit to the dry dock for some refurbishments. The route? Piraeus, which is the port of Athens in Greece; followed by Mykonos;…
13 US states still officially punish gay sex
67 countries criminalise gay sex. In the United States of America, thirteen states have sodomy laws or rather anti-sodomy laws on the books. The General Assembly of Maryland just repealed its sodomy law.
BERLIN 2021 | Pergamon, ‘Das Panorama’
Autumn 2021. In theory we could travel to other continents, but destinations we had in mind such as Japan or the United Kingdom were impossible to plan ahead. Instead we organised a rail trip to Eastern Europe, travelling to Berlin, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Karlovy Vary, Pilsen, Bratislava, Poprad, Vienna, Linz and Salzburg. By travelling to Germany,…
Exposing nudity at the British Museum
After the bums of Saint Petersburg in Russia, the dangling dongs at the British Museum in London captivated my attention.
Bums out in Saint Petersburg
During my two days in the historic and cultural capital of Russia, Saint Petersburg, I couldn’t not notice the many bare bums in sculptures. Russians have a reputation to be harsh and could, but they must have hot behinds. Because they are not afraid to show some skin.
Lessons learned after Royal Caribbean’s Northern Europe cruise with Serenade of the Seas
July was a special month. It was the first time in forever I went on a trip in a July, as it is the prerogative of straight couples with children to take a leave in July – but mostly because I finally went on a cruise.
PHOTOS | Surprising Riga in Latvia
After starting our cruise in Stockholm, a first stop in Helsinki, two days in Saint Petersburg and a day in Tallinn, Riga was the last stop of the Baltic cruise with Royal Caribbean‘s Serenade of the Seas.
PHOTOS | Internet is a human right in quaint Tallinn
After Helsinki in Finland and Saint Petersburg in Russia, Tallinn in Estonia was the third stop of our Baltic cruise which started in Stockholm in Sweden.
Two-day tour of Saint Petersburg in Russia
Two days isn’t enough, really, to explore Saint Petersburg, the former capital and the cultural heart of Russia. But it’s what we had on the Royal Caribbean cruise of the Baltic Sea.