Ep. 24: Russia - Part 2 Discovery Map® Travel Podcast

This is part two of our conversation with Francis Tapon about Russia. We not only talk about visiting Russia, but we also talk about its culture, its politics, its relationship with the west and so much more. Francis is the author of The Hidden Europe - What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us, Hike Your Own Hike and he is currently working on a book entitled The Unseen Africa due out in 2020.
Francis Tapon’s Websites:
http://francistapon.com
http://TheHiddenEurope.com
http://Africa54.com
Links to things mentioned in the episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masha_and_the_Bear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/?lng=en
https://www.rt.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterinburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian_Railway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamchatka_Peninsula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivostok
https://www.couchsurfing.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht
https://www.bolshoi.ru/en/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Josef_Land
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard