Day 12 I had to add this! Colin was bullied by the tiny waitress in our hotel; who seemed to take it as an insult when we declined to have any of the hot meal options. As he was drinking his final coffee before we left she was back chastising him again; in the end she persuaded(?) him to have a traditional Lithuanian apple pancake! He was worried about how big it would be after watching omelettes as big as dinner plates being served, but as you can see it was ...

Day 11 We are now in our 7th country of the trip. We breakfasted with Phil and Sandy, rang home to wish Mum a happy 80th birthday and then set off. We had a brilliant 2 days in Riga and I'm sure that spending it with friends made it even more enjoyable. The photo is of the view from our service station roadside cafe! This our second stop and in both places the young waitresses have spoken excellent English; I wonder when they began teaching English I presume ...

Day 11 Arrived in Vilnius after passing through modern out of town shopping areas that could have placed us anywhere in Europe and some of them wouldn't have looked out of place in Britain in the 1970's! Our hotel,thankfully for Colin, has air conditioning which will guarantee he will have a good night sleep! Walking around the old town it is clear that the most things we are going to see on this tour are churches and any architecture from 17th century when th...