Nikolai Burlakoff was born in Europe and spent the first part of his life in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. After arriving in American he first lived in Pennsylvania, then New York City, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Indiana, before returning to the New York area. He traveled widely, and currently counts more than 30 counties and 40 states on his list of places visited. His most interesting travel adventure was a six-month journey in the North Atlantic and Great Lakes on the Dutch 17th century replica vessel Halve Maen. He studied at Harvard, Indiana University, University of Maryland (Germ...