FINLAND | Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011 | Views [796]
After
another hearty breakfast I boarded the Viking Line Ferry for my ten hour trip
to Stockholm. I
decided to take the day ferry as the night ferry is ridiculously expensive at
£180 (and you have to book a cabin quite far in advance) whereas ... Read more >
Tags: djurgarden, ferry, nordic museum, skeppsholmen, stockholm, vasa ship
FINLAND | Monday, 13 Jun 2011 | Views [526]
I woke up
to a cloud-heavy sky threatening to rain, which made it a perfect day for
travelling to Turku, a quick 2 hour train ride on the other side of the
country. Which was made more exciting by a clothing malfunction when my coke
decided ... Read more >
Tags: castle, ferry, maritime museum, turku
ESTONIA | Wednesday, 8 Jun 2011 | Views [385]
A new day
and a new country. I caught an 8am bus to Estonia and arrived in Tallin
around 12:30pm. Gidic Backpackers is
an Australian owned hostel in an 1881 restored building and has a nice laid-back feel inside despite the dilapidated outside ... Read more >
Tags: fat margaret, ferry, tallin, toompea
ITALY | Tuesday, 26 Apr 2011 | Views [813]
On our second last day in Bari the three of us caught the train to Castellana, where we toured the “Grotte de Castellana": one of the most famous cave systems in Italy with a 3km walk to the “White Cave”, the whitest limestone cave in the world ... Read more >
Tags: bari, ferry, grotte de castellana, limestone caves, limoncello
