While we were probably ready to leave Russia we definitely weren’t ready to leave St Petersburg there was still so much more to see. Unfortunately most of the negative press we had heard was to do with entering and exiting Russia so the last thing we wanted to do was to go through the hassleContinue reading “Goodbye Russia, Hello The Baltics!”
Category Archives: Europe 2016
Tallinn
It’s the small things sometimes when you are traveling and one of those small things is a really good free breakfast. Needless to say we stuffed ourselves! But we had a big day planned so needed the energy. We opened the door to a blanket of snow covering everything and it still pouring from theContinue reading “Tallinn”
Hell Yeah Helsinki
Weather apps can be pretty useful but when you wake up and it’s stating that the “real feel” temperature is going to be -11 with light snow and wind (a blizzard really) I am not sure if they really help. But we got up and stuffed ourselves at our buffet breakfast and then set offContinue reading “Hell Yeah Helsinki”
Helsinki Day 2
We headed out pretty early to Saumolina Fortresss which is a fortress built in the 18th century on a tight cluster of islands connected by bridges just outside of Helsinki. The day again was a cold and grey one, but it was nice to get out and have a look at all the little islandsContinue reading “Helsinki Day 2 “
Riga in Snowy Latvia
Fairly uneventful trip down to Riga in Latvia from Helsinki. A quick ferry which was packed full of people going for a day trip to Tallinn. Most of them seemed to be carrying trollies in order to carry booze back to Finland. It really is that expensive there. Anyway we didn’t have long to waitContinue reading “Riga in Snowy Latvia”
Arrival in Vilnius
Today was transit day. We caught a bus from Riva to Vilnius in Lithuanina. The drive seemed to be just through miles and miles of flat land covered in snow with a bit of forest to break up the monotony. It reminded me of the movie Fargo. We arrived around 3.30pm and have scored ourselvesContinue reading “Arrival in Vilnius “
Castles in Lithuania
Glorious to wake up in such a nice apartment today and having seen Old Town when we arrived yesterday we decided to head out to Trakai which was a short bus ride out of town. We are getting used to nice easy bus rides and this was no different surfing the net all the wayContinue reading “Castles in Lithuania “
Walking around Warsaw
We arrived late into Warsaw after a 7 hour bus trip. I am blaming this for our little mistake with currency exchange where we got out $1000 worth of Polish zyoty instead of $300. We were using the Hungarian rate instead of Polish. So stupid! After reading the Lonely Planet we were not really expectingContinue reading “Walking around Warsaw”
Oh Wow, Krakow!
The snow once again was following us as we woke up to set off towards Krakow the ground was already white. It was 11/11 today and Independence Day in Poland and the streets were all lined with the Polish flag in preparation for the celebrations. Probably not the best day to visit Krakow as aContinue reading “Oh Wow, Krakow!”
Auschwitz
We knew our trip to Auschwitz today was going to be pretty shocking. However words cannot describe how shocked we both were. It was an immensely moving occasion and I was going to write a blog full of the gory statistics and details we encountered on our visit but I don’t really feel it’s appropriate.WeContinue reading “Auschwitz”