I arrived in Tallinn from Riga about 6 in the evening on the 29th July and made my way to Tallinn Backpackers. When I got there I saw the two German girls I had met in Vilnius. Once I had sorted myself out I met two English guys who had just been to St Petersburg, Moscow, Siberia and China so I grilled them for information on what to do and what not to do in Russia and China over a few beers. The next day we went up to the Castle ad wondered about and stoo...

This is my fifth night in Riga at Friendly Frank's and i'm shattered!! The hostel is good for drinking and meeting people but I have stayed in better. It could be cleaner. I planned to do a bit more tourist things than I managed to do but the bar and peer pressure meant that I didn't do very much. I got here on Monday and as I was arriving all the stag does were leaving and now it's Friday (I think) they are arriving again so i'm glad I came during the we...

So, Vilnius. It took me 10 long hours to get to Vilnius from Warsaw on a night coach and I didn't manage to get any sleep. Mainly because I had a big German sitting next to me who insisted on snoring most of the way and because the coach stopped every 2 hours for 20 minutes!! I got to Vilnius Backpackers hostel about 10 which was pretty similar to Mama's Hostel in Krakow in that it was small, homely, close to everything and everyone got to know each o...

I arrived in Warsaw from Krakow at about 1900 and made my way to Nathan's Villa Hostel. As soon as I left Warszawa Centralna train station in front of me towering over everything was The Palace of Culture and Science, a post World War II gift from Stalin. Once at my hostel I sorted my things out, went out for a wonder and grabbed some food. On the Sunday I went to see the Old and New Towns in the north of the city. On my way I got a little Brucey bonus as...

I arrived in Krakow about 9 Tuesday morning after spending the night on the train drinking and chatting to two polish blokes who had also ben travelling around Germany for the world cup. Mama's Hostel is by far the best hostel I have ever stayed in. It was just off the main square and close to all the major attractions. It only had about 5 dorms and it was very homely which meant that everyone (apart from the French) got to know each other. The pound goes...