After a quick bus ride from Billund airport to Vejle, I bought a ticket for the 2 hr train journey to Copenhagen. All very efficient, much like Germany with its public transport. The train had free wifi and also tea…
Legoland
Billund, Denmark is where Lego all began. My favourite toy as a child and probably one of the things that inspired me to become an engineer. I’d always wanted to come to Legoland and I wasn’t sure if my dreams…
Baltic’s Best
My last day in the Baltics and I have to first go sort out my washing. Fortunately, the people who run the apartment gave me a place to go to. Once I found the place in the basement of a…
Fairytale Town
Yesterday I left Riga and caught the Luxexpress bus and sat in the back in “Lounge” class. Basically more legroom, only 3 seats in a row and all seats had seatback entertainment, so I watched a couple of movies on…
Riga Revisited
I had a bit of a sleep in today, the thick curtains in the hotel shielding the 4 am sunrise. Still, I’d finished breakfast by 9 am and was off wandering the streets of Riga to try and find something…
Castle mania
The breakfast bar justified my decision to switch by having delicious bacon on offer. There was actually so much choice I’ll probably eat something completely different tomorrow. I’d had to leave the breakfast buffet anyway as I wanted to catch…
Where is Riga?
I woke at my hotel after not getting much sleep. The bed was ok, the room got stuffy, but wouldn’t you know it, opening the window just meant I got the smoke of cigarettes wafting into my room at midnight,…
How Bizarre
An early start again today, catching the 6:50am train to Siauliai. The earlier train was far too early and the later train was far too late. I wanted to get to Siauliai with time up my sleeves to visit the…
Grand Dukes of Hazzard
I woke up a bit later today. Maybe it was because I got a remote so I could turn the aircon on and maybe it was the extra beer I had drunk the night before. I guess that mystery will…
Train to Trakai
I was awake at 6am this morning so thought I’d catch the 7:49 train to Trakai. I’m sure you’ve all heard of this wonderful 30 minute commuter train through the forests of Lithuania. The train was rather empty, certainly there…