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Self-Guided Tour of Gdańsk
After getting off the train I wandered around and found an open McDonalds. The great thing about these is cheap coffee in the morning and inevitably, free Wifi. I double checked the directions for the...
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Train from Gdańsk to Bialystok
I rose surprisingly easily and loaded up, before hurrying quickly back to the Gdańsk rail station. It was warm and I was rather hot by the time I got there, with 15 minutes to spare. However, this was...
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International Train Time – off to Lithuania!
My next journey would be into the Baltics – a train from Bialystok across the border to Vilnius, Lithuania, a city I’d very briefly visited back in 2008. I’d resolved to return sometime, so here was...
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Chilling in Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and has one of the largest Old Town sections in Europe. With the Neris river splitting old and new Vilnius, it has around 560,000 inhabitants, and a tumultous...
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Highlights of the Old Town of Vilnius
Vilnius, as mentioned in my previous post, has one of the largest old towns in Europe. As such, a post dedicated to this can’t go amiss. Churches Vilnius, town of churches One of the most obvious...
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The Humanity of the Baltic, and its Dark Past
One of the more sobering places I visited in Vilnius is hard to just put in a throwaway sentence. To understand it requires some knowledge of the history of the Baltics. Time for some education!...
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Bus from Vilnius to Riga
I’d heard many things about the buses in Lithuania and Latvia, and most of them were unreal. Wifi on board? Free coffee? The thought of being able to chat online, twitter or watch stuff on my laptop...
View ArticleSix Things Wrong with Travel Visas
For my current trip, I’ve needed to get several visa. Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. I gave up on Belarus. Each takes time, potentially requires invites, always requires...
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Riga Reunions and a Mongolia-bound Madman
There’s something tremendously fun about reuniting with friends in distant lands or faraway places in other countries. And so it was that I had caught up with Danny in Riga. Danny with his bike,...
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The Walking Tour of Riga
Each weekday there is a free walking tour in Riga. Not just the old town, they take you around some of the other interesting parts of the city as well – the markets, city streets, historically...
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Self-Guided Tour of Gdańsk
After getting off the train I wandered around and found an open McDonalds. The great thing about these is cheap coffee in the morning and inevitably, free Wifi. I double checked the directions for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Train from Gdańsk to Bialystok
I rose surprisingly easily and loaded up, before hurrying quickly back to the Gdańsk rail station. It was warm and I was rather hot by the time I got there, with 15 minutes to spare. However, this was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
International Train Time – off to Lithuania!
My next journey would be into the Baltics – a train from Bialystok across the border to Vilnius, Lithuania, a city I’d very briefly visited back in 2008. I’d resolved to return sometime, so here was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chilling in Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and has one of the largest Old Town sections in Europe. With the Neris river splitting old and new Vilnius, it has around 560,000 inhabitants, and a tumultous...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Highlights of the Old Town of Vilnius
Vilnius, as mentioned in my previous post, has one of the largest old towns in Europe. As such, a post dedicated to this can’t go amiss. Churches Vilnius, town of churches One of the most obvious...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Humanity of the Baltic, and its Dark Past
One of the more sobering places I visited in Vilnius is hard to just put in a throwaway sentence. To understand it requires some knowledge of the history of the Baltics. Time for some education!...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bus from Vilnius to Riga
I’d heard many things about the buses in Lithuania and Latvia, and most of them were unreal. Wifi on board? Free coffee? The thought of being able to chat online, twitter or watch stuff on my laptop...
View ArticleSix Things Wrong with Travel Visas
For my current trip, I’ve needed to get several visa. Russia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. I gave up on Belarus. Each takes time, potentially requires invites, always requires...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Riga Reunions and a Mongolia-bound Madman
There’s something tremendously fun about reuniting with friends in distant lands or faraway places in other countries. And so it was that I had caught up with Danny in Riga. Danny with his bike,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Walking Tour of Riga
Each weekday there is a free walking tour in Riga. Not just the old town, they take you around some of the other interesting parts of the city as well – the markets, city streets, historically...
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