LATVIA: Riga II – Baltic Beauty

Posted by on Jul 29, 2019 in Uncategorized | 3 Comments
LATVIA: Riga II – Baltic Beauty

The Lux Express Bus provided an exceptional way to journey to Riga. Comfortable seating combined with a personal entertainment system like the ones provided by the better airlines rounded out the experience. A coffee machine was an appreciated, added perk. I watched the Freddy Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, and followed it up with The Meg […]

ESTONIA: Tallinn II – Baltic Rewind

Posted by on Jul 21, 2019 in Uncategorized | No Comments
ESTONIA: Tallinn II – Baltic Rewind

I awoke early made breakfast, packed, and was looking forward to a relaxing ferry ride from Helsinki to Tallinn. The sweet girl at the reception of my hostel showed me where Ferry West Terminal Two was on my cell phone navigation app. I arrived at the destination only to find she had sent me across […]

FINLAND: Helsinki II

Posted by on Jul 15, 2019 in Uncategorized | 6 Comments
FINLAND: Helsinki II

Finland is rated the happiest country in the world and manages to make the top of the list fairly regularly along with Denmark which is second this year. I arrived in Helsinki in the early evening to find another good hostel waiting for me. Everything was as one would expect from a hostel voted #1 […]

DENMARK: Copenhagen II

Posted by on Jul 5, 2019 in Uncategorized | 2 Comments
DENMARK: Copenhagen II

What a day! My flight out of Boston was delayed so long that I made my connection out of Gatwick by five minutes. Not surprisingly, my luggage missed the flight, but the Steelhouse Hostel proved to be an excellent place to stay. I would have liked to get my bag so I could have washed […]