Travel & Lifestyle

Paul Sadchikov06.10.2026

I’m pretty much like everyone else, with one small exception: I collect countries, roads, and people. Because I’m a traveler. To me, the ideal traveler is someone with an almost unreasonable sense of curiosity. Someone who doesn’t particularly care whether the next leg of the journey involves walking, driving, sailing, or flying. What matters is […]

Alexander Palladin01.03.2025

As a student 60 years ago, I attended the annual carnival in Havana. And 10 years later, working as a reporter in Canada, I covered the traditional winter carnival in Quebec City. The capital of the province of Quebec is unlike any other city in Canada as it preserves the originality of the French architecture […]

Yuri Chekalin31.01.2025

While in Japan, Nicholas II demanded to get a tattoo, which somewhat shocked the locals. There was a reason for their surprise. Japanese citizens were legally banned from getting tattoos in 1872. Nevertheless, the newspapers wrote that Nicholas got a “tattoo of a dragon more than 1 shaku (about 30 cm) in size on his […]

Mark Tasker08.06.2020

Yakushima (屋久島) is undoubtedly best-known to modern visitors through its connection with the 1997 Hayao Miyazaki animated film, Princess Mononoke. He visited the island for inspiration for his historical fantasy film and its environmental message is stark and affecting — a warning to a modern generation teetering on the edge of climate Armageddon. The beauty […]

Yuri Chekalin13.05.2020

On a dusty plateau on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, stands a complex of stone structures that could arguably be called the most famous ancient monuments in the world: the Pyramids of Giza. They were built to honor kings, to demonstrate power, and to last forever. Indeed, of all the Seven Wonders of the Ancient […]

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I’m a Traveler

Winter Carnival in Quebec City

Japanese Tattoo of Nicholas II

Yakushima: Walking With Miyazaki

The Pyramids of Giza

Ukraine: From Nation-State to Diasporic Nation

Diesel Fever Grips The World

A Minor Breakdown

Who Powers Europe?