After reading countless self-help books and websites, the idea of goal-setting seems to be staple advice for anyone looking to get their life in shape. Hence, every year, either at the end of the calendar year, (or at any significant point in the year such as one’s birthday), it became standard practice to set goals, […]
Two days in Sarajevo in November 2019: the siege tunnel under the airport, the 1984 Olympic bobsleigh track on Mount Trebevic, the Sarajevo roses and the Spite House.
Three days in Transnistria in November 2019: the rouble, Lenin in Tiraspol, a quarry with a red star, a faded fairground in Bender, and whether you can still go.
Two days in a row in Ukraine in November 2019: the Chernobyl exclusion zone, with the dosimeter readings, then the underground launch room of a Soviet nuclear missile base.
Three days in Belarus in November 2019: the castles of Mir and Nesvizh, Minsk’s Soviet monuments and diamond library, the Stalin Line bunkers and the Khatyn memorial.