Here we are, homeless again, back at the drawing board. Of course I’m exaggerating, because we are still staying in the Lenya & Masha’s house not being kicked out any time soon. In fact, the guys are convincing us to stay but we did already squat there for an entire month and feel a bit like a burden. Also, my mood is largely affected by me not ( Read more... )

As it was probably easy enough to understand from the previous entry, my medical condition has left us grounded. And although we were lucky enough to have great friends that let us abuse their hospitality, we decided that it would be best if for the month of October we moved to a place of our own. Thus, “the great apartment hunt” has begun. It was ( Read more... )

With the house taken care of now, our plan was to stay with our friends Masha and Leo for the month of September, during which we would deal with any unfinished business. However, just as we were elbow deep in packing, our "adventure" before THE adventure decided to take place. You see, while most of our immunizations were given to us by the Travel ( Read more... )

To tell you the truth I never imagined that by 23 I would accumulate so much ACTUAL baggage. Those who know my history know that I am a second time immigrant (Ukraine-Israel-USA). And even after my second immigration, in the short period of time I lived in this country (5 years), I have also managed to change states (NY to MA). Needless to say, the ( Read more... )

Before you go away for as long as we plan, it is in your best interest to find your home... well... a good home. :) To our surprise, renting our house proved to be a challenge. And this here is a very useful note for anybody looking in to renting out their place in the Boston area ( Read more... )

Seriously, I did not even think how much work preparing for a trip like this requires. The immunizations alone are enough to scare anyone away. For those of you who are interested, both Shurik and I had over 10 shots each. Total cost: over $3,300 for both of us.

Japanese Encephalitis 3 shots
Yellow Fever 1 shot
Tetanus Diphtheria 1 shot
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To be completely honest, and I hate to admit it, it's all his fault. Many of you who know me and Shurik probably would not even stop to ponder whose, between the two of us, it was the idea to drop everything and set off to lands unknown to discover whatever ( Read more... )