Well I have to say Vilnius was a bit of a shock. i wasn't expecting much just a small old town to wander around for a couple of hours and not a lot else but i really loved the placed. its been without doubt one of my favorates so far. i was a bit confused at first as to why so many northerners were there until i found out that blackburn were actually playing in Vilnius in the first rounf\d of the intertoto cup. unfortunatl;y i was leaving on the night they pl...

Well i arrived in russia on the overnight bus from Helsinki to St Petersburg and for reasons that didn't seem entirly obvious i was the only non russian on the entire bus so while i rushed through the Finland border alot quicker than my travelling companions it did take some time to actually get into russia although it wasn't as bad as i had been expecting although no mans land between the two countries did seem huge! Predictably on entiring the country i felt ob...

My final stop in the Baltic countries and also the fastest growing city for tourism in Europe. i was shocked actually how quiet it was. firstly because the bus that i thought was stopping in the centre of town actually droped me about 3 miles out side. it took a while of staring at my map and walking around in circles before i worked out i wasn't where i thought i was but after that all went well. Tallin is a great town right on the cost. it was the first time i ...

I arrived late from my afternoon bus from Vilnuis, it was nearly midnight by the time i arrived. i had not bothered to book a hostel but managed to find one very easily on the edge of the old town not too far from the station. my one day in Riga was a bit disappointing the whether wasn't great after a look around the city. it was also monday do many of the museums were also closed i did manage to make it to the jewish museum and also the fantastic occupation muse...

I had a simple plan when i arrived on the bus from Krakow getthe metro to my hostel (from directions given to me by the man at the hostel) and go to bed, however plans don't aways work. my bus arrived 2 hours late into warsaw by which time all public transport had stopped. the bus station is about 3km from the centre but i had no problems finding vthe railwaystation. after that i just followed the directions found the metro station walked to it and then i had...