Trip: The Big One
There are [74] stories from my trip: The Big One
SWEDEN | Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
Checking out old ships, walking through parks, and exploring castles in Stockholm
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FINLAND | Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011 | Views [754]
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 | Photo Gallery
Avoiding the rain in Turku, where there is not a lot to do in town
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FINLAND | Monday, 13 Jun 2011 | Views [479]
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
FINLAND | Friday, 10 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
Exploring Helsinki & enjoying some festival entertainment as the Samba Festival and Helsinki Day kept me entertained
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FINLAND | Friday, 10 Jun 2011 | Views [706]
After
managing to turn off my alarm in my sleep I had to rush down to the 7am ferry
for Helsinki.
Luckily I made it with time to spare and, after sitting outside while we left,
I soon had to shelter from the cold wind and smokers on the deck ... Read more >
Tags: festivals, fortress, helsinki, olympic stadium, samba, seurasaari island, suomenlinna
ESTONIA | Wednesday, 8 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
Exploring Tallin before catching the ferry from Estonia to Finland
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ESTONIA | Wednesday, 8 Jun 2011 | Views [347]
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
LATVIA | Sunday, 5 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
Amazing food, friendly locals and a beautiful town. Riga has a reputation as the "stag do" city of Latvia - don't let that put you off visiting this amazingly hospitable town with it's outdoor summer lifestyle.
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LATVIA | Sunday, 5 Jun 2011 | Views [415]
The four
hour bus trip from Vilnius to Riga
passed relatively quickly and before long I was in Latvia. The local currency, the
Lat, is surprisingly strong – on a par with the British pound, but things cost
about half what they do in the UK
(beer ... Read more >
Tags: beer garden, buffet, jigulda, krimulda, riga, russian quarter, walking sticks
LITHUANIA | Thursday, 2 Jun 2011 | Photo Gallery
A few hot sunny days in the lovely city of Vilnius and exploring the town of Trakai and it's fairytale castle on the lake
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LITHUANIA | Thursday, 2 Jun 2011 | Views [434]
The bus
trip itself was fine, except for the horrible chemical toilet smell that
permeated through the interior, but the highway was in terrible condition and I
awoke several times thinking we were swerving off the road to our deaths
whenever ... Read more >
Tags: bus, castle, hippies, hostelgate, kgb museum, trakai, uzupis
POLAND | Monday, 30 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
Museums, castles and dangerous cycling in the big busy city of Warsaw
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POLAND | Monday, 30 May 2011 | Views [578]
A four hour
train trip in which I slept most of the way took me to Warsaw where I managed to bungle my way to Oki Doki Hostel with the aid of a
googlemap photo on my camera. The huge glaring sign on the side of the building
helped me find it.... Read more >
Tags: cycling, marie curie, night bus, peacocks, warsaw rising museum
POLAND | Friday, 27 May 2011 | Photo Gallery
From the ghettos of the city to the concentration camps on its outskirts, a very sobering time in Krakow thinking about just how lucky I am.
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