Another day, another country. Our first stop in Lithuania brought us to Klaipėda, the country’s third largest city. Summer has definitely arrived too, with temperatures pushing 30° every day during our stay. After a couple of days exploring the old town and relaxing on the beach, we decided to spend an afternoon cooling off in …
Picture the scene – Saturday night and we were both in the mood to find some good beers. After a few days spent in the craft deserts of Jurmala and Ventspils, we arrived in Liepāja with higher hopes. A quick look online showed we might well be in luck, with several places in the New …
Poppy and I aren’t exactly known for our love of hot weather, so we thought Latvia in May would be a safe option. How wrong we were. We arrived in Cēsis (average May temperature 17°C) to find the thermometer pushing 30°C even in the shade, hence the title of this blog post! Having had a …
It’s common sense that wherever you can find students you can usually find plenty of beer. Heading to Tartu, known in Estonia for housing the country’s oldest and most prestigious university, therefore seemed like a sensible option. As well as the university, the “city of good thoughts” as it’s known is also home to one …
After a few days spent relaxing on Saaremaa, it was time to head to Estonia’s capital city of Tallinn. We’d done our research and had a list of pubs and bars recommended by friends, people we’d met and, of course, the Internet. Our first task, once we’d managed to haul our backpacks up to the …
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 …