Yesterday was the hell travel day. We had to undertake 14 hours on trains and trams to get from the National Park to Warsaw, only arriving into Warsaw at 9:30pm. However this didn't stop us from getting up nice and early this morning and heading out into Warsaw. The morning started off with a bang when we decided to check out the breakfast in the hotel which we had been told would cost us 20 Zolatys if we wanted to have it (as it wasn't included in the room rates). But the staff in the breakfast room didn't ask us for our room number or for us to pay when we had the breakfast so we ended up with breakfast for free. The next exciting event of the morning was when I was standing in the ... read more

Today has been a bit of a lazy day for me. For some reason I am just absolutely shattered today. So tired that I can't quite seem to keep up with the rest of the group today. And we are talking about the fact that I can't keep up with a couple who are in their 70's and another couple that are in their 60's and here is me pootling along like an old granny at the age of 31. Anyway this morning MK and I rebelled against yet another breakfast of bread and cheese and decided to head out to a breakfast cafe to get a nice bowl of oatmeal for breakfast. So at 8am exactly we were stepping through the door of Double Coffee (which only opens at 8), stepping over the cleaner with ... read more

Today was a bit of a travel day. But the good news was that the travel day only started at 11:45 so we had most of the morning free. MK, Jen and I decided to head off to the Coffee House for breakfast, where I had the most delicious bowl of porridge. The only hitch in the plan was the fact that we had to walk past 3 of the stores to find one that was open. Apparently they all only open at 9am - not sure what all the office workers who want coffee before work do. After our delicious breakfast we headed off to walk around the old town for a little while. This turned out to be a slightly expensive morning as I bought a lovely amber necklace and matching set of earrings ... read more

This morning we headed off to the Riga Outdoor Ethonological Museum. This was about 30 minutes out of town on the bus and was actually really worthwhile. However the weather was absolutely freezing!!!! Apparently there is due to be about 3 days of north winds which are not the warmest things in the world. In fact they are down right freezing. So there we were, out in the forest walking all around for 2.5 hours in the ice cold north artic winds. The musuem itself is really interesting. What they have done is gather together all the old buildings from the 18th and 19th century and have located them in an outdoor museum. The museum represents the 4 different regions of Latvia and the different building and living style that they used to have. My favourite ... read more

Today was a glorious day. The weather was superb and we went on a bike tour of Tallinn. The bike tour was fantastic. If you are ever in Tallinn I can totally recommending going to the City Bike Hostel and doing their 2 hour tour of Tallinn. The bike that I had was the coolest bike ever. It was an old school bike and I felt exactly like Anne of Green Gables when I was riding it around. We started the ride off in the old town of Tallinn and then headed off towards the suburbs. We rode through Kadriorg Park which is a glorious park about 2kms out of town. The park as well as the Kadriorg Palace were designed by Peter the Great for his wife Catherine I. From the park we were led ... read more