They say it’s a buyer’s market right now.  I think mostly this refers to people looking for homes, but I’ve found the statement holds true for at least a few other things.  Travel is one of my bigger interests, and with weekly deals e-mailed to my inbox, I get fed a steady stream of temptations.  In the past few weeks, the desperate appeals from a couple of airlines have finally found the sympathies of this particular buyer.  So now I have tickets to Moscow in April and Athens in May.  Greece poses few travel challenges, but Russia, I’ve learned, is a completely different story. (more…)