Dublin: Video
Not my favorite clip I’ve made, but I still wanted to capture the short time that I was there. Dublin blog: 72 hours in Ireland (or my very expensive tour of COVID-19 filled airports)
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So my MBA is coming to an end. For my final deliverable, which is a capstone project, I was supposed to spend 4.5 weeks in Germany, Czech Republic, and Slovakia attending local classes and visiting...
View ArticleChile: Santiago, Fab13
I wrote this post at the end of June 2018, but never got around to adding photos and publishing it… so even more time has passed since I visited Chile. But I want to keep a diary of all my trips and...
View Article3rd Week of MBA
It is Monday of my third (official) week as an MBA student and my second month in Pittsburgh. So what is it like? It’s a lot of things. First things first – I’m struggling. The struggle comes in many...
View ArticleI’m Going Back to School!
I’ve been a bit MIA lately. No, I am not an opium addict (although it has become a serious problem in the US). But I have decided to quit my job and sell my house. “But you’re too young to have an...
View ArticleHow I Got Scammed in Chile
My initial experience upon landing in Santiago was not very positive, but after a week in the city I absolutely fell in love with it and it became one of the most romantic cities I’ve ever been to....
View ArticlePittsburgh: Video
Pittsburgh blogs: Pittsburgh, PA: Hotels and Restaurants 17 Things to Do in Pittsburgh
View Article17 Things to Do in Pittsburgh
Things to do For a relatively small city Pittsburgh has a lot to offer — it’s got history, culture, architecture, pubs, and nature in one compact and convenient city. Since I love to rack up miles by...
View ArticlePittsburgh, PA: Hotels and Restaurants
It’s amazing how much I got to see in Pittsburgh in just five days I was there during early November, and that’s considering that two and half days were occupied with work/school visits (I’m thinking...
View ArticleGluten Free Crumpets
A friend from England told me about crumpets. Initially amused by the name, I was looking at recipes online and realized that these are just like the oladushki my mom made in Ukraine when I was little....
View ArticleKitchen Update
One day in July I set down at my dining table to study with the direct view into the kitchen. All I could focus on was the red wall color, which has bothered me for almost four years. We have not...
View ArticleColombia: Vlog
Colombia Blogs: Colombia: Bogota Colombia: Medellin & Santa Fe Colombia: Cartagena Colombia: Palenque
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Palenque On the second afternoon in Cartagena our group headed to Palenque. Palenque is a village about an hour from Cartagena. Cartagena served as the main slavery port for the Spaniards for many...
View ArticleColombia: Cartagena
After Medellin, our last few days were spent in Cartagena. Cartagena was different from both — Bogota and Medellin. The warmest city of the three with cruise ship unloading passengers after passengers,...
View ArticleColombia: Medellin & Santa Fe
From Bogotá our group flew directly to Medellin; or rather to Rionegro, a small town about 45 minutes away. Medellin, once dubbed “the most dangerous city in the world,” was a lot of things, poor,...
View ArticleColombia: Bogota
After Germany, my life took me on another journey, now for work and down to South America. I’ve been to Mexico, but this was my first time visiting South America. It was a group trip and most of our...
View ArticleGermany in May
As tradition has it, a quick clip to summarize the trip. I have no idea what the rap says, hopefully it’s nothing too offensive. 😂 Munich: http://www.redbarberry.com/germany-in-may-munich-munchen/...
View ArticleGermany in May: Flensburg and Glücksburg
Finally, the real reason I came to Germany, was to see my friend say, “I do!” Or whatever the German equivalent is… Ya! The train ride from Hamburg to Flensburg was uneventful, there were plenty of...
View ArticleGermany in May: Hamburg
Let me just start out by saying that Hamburg is extremely underrated. When people think Germany, I usually hear about Munich, Berlin, and Frankfurt. But the minute we stepped out from the train onto...
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