Read Part 1 of my travel blog HERE. * Kazan Mall & Photoshoot It’s the beginning of our second week in Kazan, and we go to another mall. We eat at the most amazing restaurant again, which is called Milovita Organic Kitchen. We each order a pasta on the menu (spaghetti bollonnaise, lasagne, etc.). We …

From 2021 to 2022, my sister Zoë and her husband Ryno worked as teachers in Vietnam. Last year, they wanted a change of country – and colder weather – so they moved to Kazan, Tatarstan, in Russia. My mother visited them last year, and she returned with wonderful stories of how she experienced the country. …