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Need some top tips and ideas for your road trip of the Baltic States? If you’re planning the ultimate Baltic road trip you’ll want some insider information from someone who has done this style of trip. The Baltic Countries are Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia if you don’t already know, and they are each quickly becoming […]
Without sounding small minded I would very much describe Tallinn as the must visit Capital of the Baltics and not for the reasons you may think. I’ve read a lot of people are of this opinion of the City of Tallinn, Estonia, much to the dismay of Lithuania and Latvia. Although I equally loved both […]
Have you ever done that awkward thing, where you arrive at a destination to check in and somehow the days have gotten ahead of you and it turns out you have arrived a day early? Well that happened to us on our arrival in Riga for a weekend in Riga, Latvia. We’d booked Johnson’s House […]
We arrived in Vilnius Old Town at midnight but had luckily booked a hostel with a 24 hour reception. Not knowing our bearings of a new city and arriving in the dark we decided to take a taxi to Jimmy Jumps House a journey that would cost us €10 (usually much less). For anyone staying […]
We’ve done the impossible, or so it seemed initially. We managed to take a bus directly to Lithuania from Poland without going through Belarus and without going through Kaliningrad for visa purposes. Here’s how we did it and all the information you need for a smooth journey to Vilnius, Lithuania from Poland via bus. Here’s […]
The port of Gdansk, once The Free City of Danzig lies on Poland’s northern coast. The worn smooth streets and colourful architecture of the historical Old Centre attract tourists annually and Late May/Early June was no exception. The light nights and sunny days give this antique town a blissful feel of peacefulness although it was […]
We arrived in Hamburg at 9am and took the green line train to Central Station towards Wedel. We had booked to stay at Generator hostel on a recommendation and after staying in the hostel chain in Dublin I didn’t need convincing. We were lucky to get a 6am flight meaning we’d have the entire day […]