As with all family reunions, eventually our time in Ukraine had to come to an end. While certainly better than five-year gaps between...

Cossacks - somewhat like dachas - have made plenty of appearances in Western popular culture, but most Americans (Chipp certainly...

To many Westerners, Soviet dachas maintain a near mythical aura following a Cold War’s worth of media and pop culture references. From...

After spending three months with the Marines living outside Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia (plus another seven months deployed to...

If it’s not clear already, our lives largely revolved around food during our time in Zap. Family, sure. Booze, you bet. But food...

Getting settled into life in Zaporizhzhia, we faced an interesting - and somewhat incongruous - set of circumstances.  On one hand, we...

As a Marine Corps officer commissioned out of the Naval Academy, Chipp basically kicked off his service in the deep end: What semester do...

After exploring Istanbul - and learning a little about the travel/work balance on the road - we headed off to Zaporizhzhia (a.k.a....