By the end of my career break trip through the former Soviet Union, I had visited 38 countries. By contrast, I have been to only 22 states in the United States – in many cases, just to a single city for a weekend or less. So now that I am home, I thought I’d start …
Early on in my career break, I came up with a list of “must-do” activities or experiences for my travels through the former Soviet Union. These were some of the things that had been floating around in my mind for months, even years – the things that I wanted to do no matter what. Here …
I’ve read quite a few blog posts in recent months about people’s “bucket lists” – a collection of things they want to do before they die. I hadn’t thought of writing a list of my own, but then last week I discovered I already did – ten years ago. I was going through old files …