Direct trains and buses were not easily available to travel from Lithuania to Gdansk, so we took a cheap flight from Vilnius. Our first stop in Poland was in a really beautiful port city. We were amazed by the buildings when walking around the first night, and couldn’t believe that these Flemish and Scandinavian looking…
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Vilnius, Lithuania
We made it to our final Baltic country of Lithuania so I can officially say we have completed the Trifecta. It seems like everyone we met here were visiting all 3 Baltic countries so it doesn’t seem that unique or unusual. Many people were also visiting Finland which is where we started our trip this…
Riga, Latvia
We have visited our 2nd Baltic country – Latvia, and it was very similar to the first. Latvia and Estonia are both relatively new countries but have beautiful capital cities with amazing old town architecture and cobblestone streets. We spent our first day in Riga on our “free” walking tour being wowed by all the…
Estonia- Tallinn and Parnu
Another new country for us- Estonia. Only 1.4 million people living here including about 450,000 in the capital of Tallinn. A lot of visitors to the Balkans only visit the 3 capitals (Tallinn- Estonia, Riga-Latvia, and Vilnius-Lithuania). We found ourselves planning the easy route like everyone else, so we decided to add on the smaller…
Helsinki, Finland
Yep, we are back in Europe! It might surprise some to see that we left Seattle when the summer wasn’t over yet. We love to be in Seattle all summer, but we also like to be warm all year. Helsinki is about the same latitude as Anchorage, Alaska, so we wanted to see Finland and…