Helsinki was our last stop on our 10 day Baltic blitz trip. We arrived via ferry from Tallinn early in the morning. When I say ferry, I should say small cruise ship as it was far more like a cruise ship than a typical ferry. The ferry had multiple restaurants,…
Picture Walt Disney building a medieval town and you get Tallinn . It’s straight out of a fairy tale! Cobble stone pedestrian only streets, check. Town walls you can walk on, check. A massive square, check. Neat restaurants with outdoor seating, check. It almost seems fake, but in a good…
We took a bus from Vilnius to Riga (cheap, about 9 Euro!) that took 4 1/2 hours and arrived around 1:30pm. Our first order of business was walking about 10 minutes from the bus station into the Old Town and getting into our Airbnb. After lunch it was time to…
The more I researched what to do in Vilnius (and Riga and Tallinn), the more excited I got about the food. This is pretty unusual as I’m not a foodie and while I love trying local foods on my travels, it’s not one of the things I’m most excited about. …