Baltic

Continuing from Riga, Lativa, in a 4-hour bus ride, I ended up at Vilnius, Lithuania. The town feels quiet and small. There isn’t a lot to do here. Day 1 Start your day with a walking tour which gives you a nice overview of this city. Medeina/Medeine is a famous forest goddess of the baltics before conversion to Christianity. Afterward, visit the Money Museum of the bank of Lithuania. Just like the Bank of England Museum, you can hold a gold bar here. And there’s no entry fee. ...

Compared to Tallinn or Budapest, Riga is unassuming. Most people end up in Riga while doing an Eastern Europe tour. The bus ride from Tallinn to Riga is only 4 hours and ~ €20 one-way. I would highly recommend the comfortable buses of Lux Express for this journey. Day 1 I started my day with a walking tour. If, like me, you are coming from Tallinn, then don’t have high hopes, as there isn’t a lot to see in the walking tour. ...

I started from trip on an evening ferry from Helsinki, Finland. Tallinn, like Budapest, is a charming Eastern European castle town. Day 1 Starting with a walking tour, Tales of Reval is amazing. After the Danish Christian king established his control over this region, he invited German traders to set up trading outposts. The original name of the city, “Reval” comes from German Reh-fall, or a deer that fell off the cliff during the hunt. ...