28/07/2010 Vilnius, Lithuania July is coming to a close, I can not believe I will be in Poland tomorrow: the longest stint of the trip- I will be there for a week. I will be sad to leave the Baltic, but will have more company as will mainly be staying in hostels and/or be with tour guides the whole time. This morning I get the train from Vilnius to Paneriai, out in the darkest depths of the Lithuanian forests. The train is simplistic- a typical Eastern Europea...

27/07/2010 Vilnius, Lithuania I keep forgetting what day of the week it is - days are just becoming the number of days away. I struggled to remember that it is in fact Tuesday, without looking at my phone first. This time last week I was playing rounders at the Staff Inset day in Basingstoke, I have traversed the borders of 4 countries since then (if you include the UK) and am soon to cross my next border (at 6.20am on Thursday morning no less!!). When I starte...

27/07/2010 Vilnius, Lithuania I keep forgetting what day of the week it is - days are just becoming the number of days away. I struggled to remember that it is in fact Tuesday, without looking at my phone first. This time last week I was playing rounders at the Staff Inset day in Basingstoke, I have traversed the borders of 4 countries since then (if you include the UK) and am soon to cross my next border (at 6.20am on Thursday morning no less!!). When I starte...

26/07/2010 Riga, Latvia to Vilnius, Lithuania Packing and tidying every few days is a laborious task, days like this are peaceful, but feel very much like a waiting game- clock watching till I need to get back to the hotel for my taxi, ready to travel to Lithuania. Today has been a day of kafje and wandering. Found the spot where the lady was selling Russian and Latvian dolls on Saturay- she was gone, but an old man was there selling them for 3Lats cheaper- th...