Our Abroad

Nikolai Ivanovich and Glafira Semyonovna, a young merchant couple from St. Petersburg, are going to Paris — to visit the World Expo and see if the Neva River can be seen from the height of the Eiffel Tower, while also strolling through shops and enjoying local delicacies and entertainment. The journey to Paris and back passes through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and everywhere Russian tourists find themselves in adventures and entangled in troubles. After all, how could it be otherwise if the couple does not know foreign languages and does not understand local traditions and customs?
First published in 1890, the satirical novella "Our Abroad" immediately won the deserved love of contemporaries and is still being published today.