Estonia at $588 RT

If you're anything like me, nothing makes your eyes glaze over like reading another “10 reasons to visit…” travel blog. 

More often than not, they choke the life out of a destination, diluting it to an aesthetic checklist and generic cliches like "postcard-worthy" or "magical." 

But can you really explain the magic the minute you catch sight of the jovial, glowing, gelato domes of Nevsky's Cathedral?

You'd surely run out of room on that postcard. Scribbling down the moment you played a game of charades with a local peddler selling punk rock vinyl during the time under Soviet occupation. 

And how could you even begin to capture that feeling at 30,000 ft when it hits you? A city the size of a fingerprint just left a permanent memory in your passport.