Reading Russian words during your trip, you can do more: do not forget to read an novel of Boris Akunin. That is the Meeting Benches way to travel: a perfectly proportioned man – created by Leonardo da Vinci – correlating the symmetry of human anatomy to the symmetry of the universe. What you see, hear, eat and feel, it’s all inside Meeting Benches way of life: the Vitruvian approach to life.
THE TURKISH GAMBIT > You are reading events from long ago (Russian-Turkish war of 1877), are experiencing a Bulgaria that you did not expect, you know the story of Varya Suvorova, a young woman traveling to meet with his love. You know an inn, but also the drama of Petya (the girl’s boyfriend). Inside story of war, wears a different battle, and its characters are special: a telegram and a traitor.
http://www.amazon.com/Turkish-Gambit-Erast-Fandorin-Mysteries/dp/0812968786