I first learned about Armenia when I was 12 from my father’s co-worker, who would talk about the small village he lived in as a child, where his grandparents grew walnuts and pomegranates, and about the many restrictions imposed by the Soviets. I also saw many pictures of Mt Ararat (currently in Turkey), but the […]
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Georgia has been on my list of places to visit for over ten years. When I was working with Huawei, there was a Georgian restaurant next to the main campus, where we ate every trip. The food, and especially the wine, was amazing, and I became fascinated by the country. What stood out? The wine
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I\’ve been intrigued by Baku in Azerbaijan since my grad school finance professor called it the most interesting yetunderwhelming place he\’d visited. It is also recorded in Marco Polo\’s journals as the \”city of fire\” due to oil extraction and his stops at various caravanserai, (the old name for rest stops for merchants on the
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Vilnius is a fascinating city that has made significant strides since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1990. I had thought this was an undiscovered destination, as I knew few people who had visited, and it didn’t appear on many must-see lists. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the number of people walking in
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