Moscow, Russia

Dec 20, 2011

Unfortunately, this chapter will have to be rather brief, as it's the eve of our Trans-Siberian (Mongolian) journey and there's quite a lot to sort out. Also, there's a small French child hovering near the computer who keeps tutting rather loudly and four beers are chilling nicely in our dorm room for us. We've hung them from the window in order to benefit from nature's own fridge. After leaving Vaasa behind, we headed for another stint at Hannu and Reetta's pla...

Vaasa, Finland

Dec 12, 2011

Our holiday within a holiday, as Martin had so beautifully labelled it, was to begin via a ferry crossing from Tallinn on a brisk Tuesday morning almost two weeks ago. As we left our hostel at 11am and walked across the Old Town towards the harbour, I had noticed two women who were in a rather bad state and were relying on each other to just stay on their feet. Although mid-morning drunks were a rare sight on our travels so far, Anne was actually oblivious ...

Tallinn, Estonia

Nov 29, 2011

The latest chapter of our journey has been slightly delayed in making it from our rough notes to our blog due to a number of reasons; mainly long distance travel and other priorities (namely sleeping and drinking). However we now have the serenity of Vaasa, my uneventful home town in Finland, to give us the inspiration and time to update you in full. We've set the date and location of this particular post to when we were in Tallinn for continuity purposes. So, o...

Krakow, Poland

Nov 23, 2011

So after Anne's sterling debut blog entry (on foreign lands that is), I have resumed the duties on the agreement that we will alternate from this point on. It has been quite a productive few days since we last checked in, filled with adventures in two cities where we've been able to drink beer for less than 1 pound a pint! On Saturday morning, we awoke feeling extremely refreshed after our nights sleep in a private room and decided to take in the sights of Pragu...

Prague, Czech Republic

Nov 19, 2011

After Shaun hogging the blog duties so far, I have been given the responsibility and creative freedom on updating you on the latest leg of our journey... So after our first experience of a large dorm room (10 bed) in the 4you hostel in Munich, I think setting a upper limit of 6 beds per room is in order! I had the worst night sleep of my life on Tuesday, our first night (or so I thought). Being the only girl in the room and the general smell of sweaty balls wasn...