After four nights by the beach, it was time for us to head off to the island of Saaremaa for a few more relaxing days. Our apartment in Kuressaare (I tried to convince Poppy to stay at the €7 a night campsite but she was having none of it) was roughly three hours from Pärnu …
En route from Riga to Tallinn we decided to stop for a few nights in Pärnu, a beach resort known as Estonia’s Summer Capital. As we came out of season it was pretty quiet but that drew no complaints from us. It also saw Poppy’s first experience of staying in a hostel – I think …
Thanks to some very cheap Ryanair flights, our first stop on the tour was Riga. We’d visited Latvia’s capital city before but having enjoyed it last time we looked forward to exploring further, including finding new beer places. In the three years since we were last here, a raft of new craft beer bars have …
When researching things to do in Riga, the Bikernieki Memorial, situated in the Bikernieki Forest, seldom makes an appearance, with myself only hearing about it in passing from a few words in one of the Lonely Planet guides. This reference stated that the memorial was around 1km away from transport links and not signposted, so …
If you’ve read Dom’s introduction to the blog I’m sure you will be expecting lots of fascinating information on the technicalities of beer. While I love reading about up-and-coming breweries and different styles and tastes, I’m much more about tasting beer than writing about it so will bring a slightly different offering to Hopping Around. …
First things first, let’s get the introductions out of the way. My name’s Dom and as you might have guessed from the name of our blog, I really like beer and travelling so I’ve decided to head off around Europe and write about the best (or at least the most interesting) beer the continent has …
