We decided to tack on a little jaunt to Stockholm, Sweden after our Scotland & Norwegian cruise. Even though my mom had been here before, she decided to join us which was a nice bonus. Since it was such a short trip, I picked a hotel in Gamla Stan, the…
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…