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