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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:04:55 PM EST
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Latvia
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:08:33 PM EST
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Latvia Have you been to Latvia? |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:11:48 PM EST
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Has anyone done a tour of the baltic? I'm seriously thinking of a last minute trip to Poland to see Krakow and then traveling through Latvia and Lithuania and ending up in Tallinn, Estonia and then flying home. I want to go fairly soon, as in mid September before fall ends over there and it gets too cold. Does anyone have any pointers about the region or things to do? I bought a Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia travel guide as well as a Poland one and am looking for ideas. Lithuania is amazing, ive been all over it, spent about a month there over two trips. Im heading there again in sept too! ETA my avatar is lithuanian partazanas, anti soviet fighters who fought like hell until 1953 when they were finally broken hot women, great beer, lots of good food, hate commies? Its perfect |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:14:01 PM EST
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Go. I've been to Europe a few times. That is an area I haven't covered yet and I have heard a lot of good things about it. It is most likely my next european destination. Post an AAR please.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:14:58 PM EST
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You made an Estonia thread 3 days ago. Why not just bump that one?
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:15:00 PM EST
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Go to Prague if you're single
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:16:41 PM EST
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If riding a train, DON'T put your feet on the seats.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:17:21 PM EST
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Lithuania FTW! |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:18:00 PM EST
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Go to Prague if you're single totally depends on the part of prague though! |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:20:41 PM EST
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You made an Estonia thread 3 days ago. Why not just bump that one? Because I didn't get many responses in that thread and now I've expanded the travel area. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:21:05 PM EST
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totally depends on the part of prague though! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Go to Prague if you're single totally depends on the part of prague though! Did Prague last year. It was awesome! |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:23:07 PM EST
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Lithuania is amazing, ive been all over it, spent about a month there over two trips. Im heading there again in sept too! ETA my avatar is lithuanian partazanas, anti soviet fighters who fought like hell until 1953 when they were finally broken hot women, great beer, lots of good food, hate commies? Its perfect Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Has anyone done a tour of the baltic? I'm seriously thinking of a last minute trip to Poland to see Krakow and then traveling through Latvia and Lithuania and ending up in Tallinn, Estonia and then flying home. I want to go fairly soon, as in mid September before fall ends over there and it gets too cold. Does anyone have any pointers about the region or things to do? I bought a Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia travel guide as well as a Poland one and am looking for ideas. Lithuania is amazing, ive been all over it, spent about a month there over two trips. Im heading there again in sept too! ETA my avatar is lithuanian partazanas, anti soviet fighters who fought like hell until 1953 when they were finally broken hot women, great beer, lots of good food, hate commies? Its perfect I can get tickets into Poland and out of Tallinn for $1175 per person leaving in mid September. Are the leaves still nice over there or is it turning to winter by that time? Also any pointers on how to travel between countries? Rental car, Train or Bus? Before when I've traveled in Europe we used trains and rented a car, but that was in Hungary, CZ, Germany and France. |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:25:13 PM EST
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Still nice in Krakow that time of year.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:32:25 PM EST
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I can get tickets into Poland and out of Tallinn for $1175 per person leaving in mid September. Are the leaves still nice over there or is it turning to winter by that time? Also any pointers on how to travel between countries? Rental car, Train or Bus? Before when I've traveled in Europe we used trains and rented a car, but that was in Hungary, CZ, Germany and France. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Has anyone done a tour of the baltic? I'm seriously thinking of a last minute trip to Poland to see Krakow and then traveling through Latvia and Lithuania and ending up in Tallinn, Estonia and then flying home. I want to go fairly soon, as in mid September before fall ends over there and it gets too cold. Does anyone have any pointers about the region or things to do? I bought a Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia travel guide as well as a Poland one and am looking for ideas. Lithuania is amazing, ive been all over it, spent about a month there over two trips. Im heading there again in sept too! ETA my avatar is lithuanian partazanas, anti soviet fighters who fought like hell until 1953 when they were finally broken hot women, great beer, lots of good food, hate commies? Its perfect I can get tickets into Poland and out of Tallinn for $1175 per person leaving in mid September. Are the leaves still nice over there or is it turning to winter by that time? Also any pointers on how to travel between countries? Rental car, Train or Bus? Before when I've traveled in Europe we used trains and rented a car, but that was in Hungary, CZ, Germany and France. Its fall there, they have a beautiful minnesota like fall. Lots of colors, and beautiful during the day, chilly at night. Are you looking at going all over lithuania or just like Vilnius, Kaunas etc. A rental car maybe, maybe not. In Lithuania, they are REALLY expensive from what ive seen, you get charged a fee every national boarder you cross, and the lithuanians drive like maniacs, and they do it terribly. Trains are generally not very expensive, Vilnius is very walkable with lots of trolly-busses. If you buy a train ticket, do it in advance. They are expensive last minute. Public transport in LT is like living in the USSR. The Trolly busses are made in czechoslovakia. You may get odd looks being american riding one. As an american in the baltics, you will be a curiosity. Check cheap flights on skyscanner.com, there may be cheap flights from vilnius or kaunas to riga, and then to tallinn on air baltic or estonian air |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:37:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Have you been to Latvia? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Latvia Have you been to Latvia? |
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:39:32 PM EST
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Lithuania in the Fall, late sept. -early oct.
Flying out of an abandoned soviet air base 
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Posted: 8/20/2014 9:54:20 PM EST
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Scotty doesn't know!
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Posted: 8/20/2014 11:25:36 PM EST
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Tag for AAR and moar photos.
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Posted: 8/20/2014 11:29:10 PM EST
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Posted: 8/21/2014 12:42:50 PM EST
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I got in before the Polandball cartoon!
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Posted: 8/21/2014 12:50:22 PM EST
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Miami Vice is number one new show!
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Posted: 8/21/2014 12:59:34 PM EST
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Posted: 8/21/2014 1:13:44 PM EST
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I've been to both. In Krakow, make sure you take the tour of the concentration/death camps. Time is money. Consider flying Ryanair from Krakow to Gdansk ($54), renting a car there and driving to Tallinn. Don't try driving from K to T unless you are very familiar with Polish roads and can read Polish. You don't want to be going to asdasdtnilrdioghgv and end up in asdasdtnilrdioghqy. Been there, got the T-shirt.
If you can read and follow the rules, Ryanair is fantastic. If you think you know every thing and you favorite phrase is "that ain't the way we do it back home". Take the train. |
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Posted: 8/21/2014 1:15:47 PM EST
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Posted: 8/21/2014 8:29:10 PM EST
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Well tickets are booked! We're flying into Krakow, spending 3 days there (of course one day in Auschwitz) and then flying to Tallinn. We've got a good bit of time between Tallinn and Helsinki Finland. We're flying out of Finland and back to the US.
I'd like to rent a car in Tallinn and drive out to the Estonian countryside. |
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Posted: 8/21/2014 8:31:04 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Have you been to Latvia? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Latvia Have you been to Latvia? |
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Posted: 8/21/2014 10:59:16 PM EST
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If you're in the neighborhood, why not see St. Petersburg?
It's a fascinating city. Check it out with Google Earth and wikipedia.
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:06:13 AM EST
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If you're in the neighborhood, why not see St. Petersburg? It's a fascinating city. Check it out with Google Earth and wikipedia. I think it's only like 150 miles from Tallinn. Quick drive. I just feel bad spending any money in Putin's kingdom. Plus is the visa a pain to get? |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:07:54 AM EST
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I think it's only like 150 miles from Tallinn. Quick drive. I just feel bad spending any money in Putin's kingdom. Plus is the visa a pain to get? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If you're in the neighborhood, why not see St. Petersburg? It's a fascinating city. Check it out with Google Earth and wikipedia. I think it's only like 150 miles from Tallinn. Quick drive. I just feel bad spending any money in Putin's kingdom. Plus is the visa a pain to get? you will not get a visa 
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:08:28 AM EST
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Do it. I have an office in Warsaw. Cheap to fly into, cheap to enjoy, cheap to live it up for a while. Krakow is easy to get to from Warsaw, four hour train ride and you are there.
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:09:57 AM EST
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I can get tickets into Poland and out of Tallinn for $1175 per person leaving in mid September. Are the leaves still nice over there or is it turning to winter by that time? Also any pointers on how to travel between countries? Rental car, Train or Bus? Before when I've traveled in Europe we used trains and rented a car, but that was in Hungary, CZ, Germany and France. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Has anyone done a tour of the baltic? I'm seriously thinking of a last minute trip to Poland to see Krakow and then traveling through Latvia and Lithuania and ending up in Tallinn, Estonia and then flying home. I want to go fairly soon, as in mid September before fall ends over there and it gets too cold. Does anyone have any pointers about the region or things to do? I bought a Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia travel guide as well as a Poland one and am looking for ideas. Lithuania is amazing, ive been all over it, spent about a month there over two trips. Im heading there again in sept too! ETA my avatar is lithuanian partazanas, anti soviet fighters who fought like hell until 1953 when they were finally broken hot women, great beer, lots of good food, hate commies? Its perfect I can get tickets into Poland and out of Tallinn for $1175 per person leaving in mid September. Are the leaves still nice over there or is it turning to winter by that time? Also any pointers on how to travel between countries? Rental car, Train or Bus? Before when I've traveled in Europe we used trains and rented a car, but that was in Hungary, CZ, Germany and France. Train. |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:18:26 AM EST
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If you're in the neighborhood, why not see St. Petersburg? It's a fascinating city. Check it out with Google Earth and wikipedia. Because needing visas. |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:19:07 AM EST
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I want to go one of these years, my father's father's parents emigrated from Lithuania. They changed their names at Ellis Island in 1911 or shortly thereafter, so I can't really trace them any farther back.
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:19:25 AM EST
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I think it's only like 150 miles from Tallinn. Quick drive. I just feel bad spending any money in Putin's kingdom. Plus is the visa a pain to get? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If you're in the neighborhood, why not see St. Petersburg? It's a fascinating city. Check it out with Google Earth and wikipedia. I think it's only like 150 miles from Tallinn. Quick drive. I just feel bad spending any money in Putin's kingdom. Plus is the visa a pain to get? Yes it is. |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:19:41 AM EST
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If you're in the neighborhood, why not see St. Petersburg? It's a fascinating city. Check it out with Google Earth and wikipedia. I think it's only like 150 miles from Tallinn. Quick drive. I just feel bad spending any money in Putin's kingdom. Plus is the visa a pain to get? you will not get a visa Troof. |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:20:23 AM EST
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I want to go one of these years, my father's father's parents emigrated from Lithuania. They changed their names at Ellis Island in 1911, so I can't really trace them any farther back. You can if you want to. |
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:21:38 AM EST
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Has anyone done a tour of the baltic? I'm seriously thinking of a last minute trip to Poland to see Krakow and then traveling through Latvia and Lithuania and ending up in Tallinn, Estonia and then flying home. I want to go fairly soon, as in mid September before fall ends over there and it gets too cold. Does anyone have any pointers about the region or things to do? I bought a Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia travel guide as well as a Poland one and am looking for ideas. You planning to go kill some Russkie separatists? 
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:25:26 AM EST
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I did a cruse ship Dover,UK. Kiel canal to Rostock,DE, trip to Berlin,DE, Helsinki, Finland.,Stockholm, Sweden, Talin ,Estonia, 2 Days in Petersburg RU, Copenhagen Denmark, and back to London, 3 days
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:30:29 AM EST
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I want to go one of these years, my father's father's parents emigrated from Lithuania. They changed their names at Ellis Island in 1911, so I can't really trace them any farther back. You can if you want to. I know what he changed his name to, but I don't know what he changed it from. I never met the old man and great grandma had Alzheimers. Grandpop died when I was six, and I never met his brother and family. Ain't much to work with, history wise. If I ever get over there, I'll eat the food, drink the beer, check out the historical stuff and oogle the scenery! 
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:42:00 AM EST
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I know what he changed his name to, but I don't know what he changed it from. I never met the old man and great grandma had Alzheimers. Grandpop died when I was six, and I never met his brother and family. Ain't much to work with, history wise. If I ever get over there, I'll eat the food, drink the beer, check out the historical stuff and oogle the scenery! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I want to go one of these years, my father's father's parents emigrated from Lithuania. They changed their names at Ellis Island in 1911, so I can't really trace them any farther back. You can if you want to. I know what he changed his name to, but I don't know what he changed it from. I never met the old man and great grandma had Alzheimers. Grandpop died when I was six, and I never met his brother and family. Ain't much to work with, history wise. If I ever get over there, I'll eat the food, drink the beer, check out the historical stuff and oogle the scenery! You forgot fondle the women. 
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Posted: 8/22/2014 12:45:27 AM EST
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I want to go one of these years, my father's father's parents emigrated from Lithuania. They changed their names at Ellis Island in 1911, so I can't really trace them any farther back. You can if you want to. I know what he changed his name to, but I don't know what he changed it from. I never met the old man and great grandma had Alzheimers. Grandpop died when I was six, and I never met his brother and family. Ain't much to work with, history wise. If I ever get over there, I'll eat the food, drink the beer, check out the historical stuff and oogle the scenery! You forgot fondle the women. When in Rome... |
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