Today we crossed the Danube to go and visit Buda, starting with Buda castle. This is the more architecturally magnificent side of the...

Apologies that there has been quite a time gap in updating the blog. One reason is that we were too busy and enjoying ourselves too much...

After breakfast in the apartment we did a little bit of research and decided to visit Bratislava castle and Devin Castle, which are two...

The train to Bratislava takes only about 1hr. The fields in the intervening countryside are full of corn, wheat and sunflowers, which is...

As with Vilnius, we decided that we needed an extra day in Vienna as 1.5 days wouldn't be enough. The receptionist at the pension wax...

The hotel/pension provided breakfast, which was fairly basic, cereal, breads, cheese and meat, but that was fine. The receptionist also...

Woke up and Alex had breakfast, while Ian packed up everything for our next move and tidied the appartment. The flights to Vienna was at...

Breakfast in the appartment again. We also put some stuff in the washing machine and waited until it was finished in order to hang it up...

We went to PiliesKepyklele for breakfast (a place recommend by our host Rokas). It has a very nice aesthetic like an English tea houe....

We had breakfast in the appartment, porridge for Alex and some slightly stale pastries (I'd bought the night before). Thankfully someone...

We woke late-ish, packed up our gear and tidied the apartment whilst simultaneously having breakfast. The travel time from Riga to...

We had breakfast in the appartment as we brought gluten-free porridge with us and bought some milk in the supermarket the previous night....

We got up late this morning and had some breakfast. We then went to the airport to collect the rental car (Green Motion). We used a Bolt...

Tallinn from a bird's eye view, we went up one of the ancient crumbling towers which was part of the old city walls to get a view from...

We took a ferry to Tallinn at 10:30 and arrived at 13:30. It is much less comfortable without a cabin, but it was a relatively short...

In the morning we popped down to the waterfront market and bought some fruit. We also sat down and had a cup of tea and Alex had a...

We arrived in Helsinki at 09:15, but the hotel check in wasn't until 14:00 so rather than lug the bags around we went to get breakfast in...

The first half of the day was spent wandering up and down some shopping streets including one of Stockholm's longest, Drottingatan. Here...

Today was a relaxed day. We just visited some statues, fountains and other artistic things around the old town. We also walked in the...

We had breakfast at Skeppsbro Bageri down by the waterfront. The view was great. The gluten-free options were a bit limited so Alex had...