Welcome to March, 2022! They told me, "Cheer up! Things could be worse..." so I tried to cheer up. And sure enough...
Note: the icon, a picture of an abandoned stuffed rabbit, originally came from a travel blog post about a visit to Chernobyl. I keep meaning to replace it with something more cheerful, but in view of Chernobyl's location in Ukraine, it seems particularly appropriate this week.
The latest post in GoingSideways.blog is Trip Diary: Breaking the First Rule.
What first rule, you wonder? Well, they do depend on who you ask. My mother’s first rule was always, “Never hit anything that’s harder than you are,” and a good and sensible rule it is. Thankfully, I didn’t break that one; thataway lie broken bones and concussions. But I did do something maybe even stupider. I broke the first rule of international travel, the one every tourist hears the moment they announce their first expedition beyond the boundaries of their own country (at least if they live in the west)...
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