Woot! I'm always sort of reluctant to book my flights to travel. Why? Well, the last couple of times it's been because of my cats. I miss them so much while I'm away, and they must miss me so much, too (Right? Let's go with yes.). And the others before that, I was just cheap. It's a lot of money to put on my credit card and I'm the cheapest. BUT after I let a $500 British Airways RT ticket to/from Budapest slip through my fingers about a month ago, I committed to buying my ticket yesterday. ... VIEW POST
Leaving on a Jet Plane: Preparing to Visit Hungary and Austria
What To See in Gdansk, Poland
Gdansk is a considerably smaller city than both Krakow and Warsaw so I was a little worried about finding things to do to fill 3 days, but luckily, the history of the beautiful, rebuilt city of Gdansk kept me busy. Gdansk is one of the oldest cities in Poland and in the 1300's it was ruled by the Teutonic Knights, whose mark you can still see in much of the architecture of the city (including some phallic imagery on top of the town hall building - they were not modest). If you go to this idyllic ... VIEW POST
How To Do a Day Trip to Tallinn From Helsinki
When I first announced on Facebook that I was going to Scandinavia for almost two weeks, one of my friends said I absolutely had to do a day trip to Tallinn from Helsinki. Tallinn is a tiny European city believed to have been built in the 12th century, so it's old AF. I thought that sounded like a fantastic plan to add a fifth country to my itinerary and there wasn't a whole lot on my schedule for Helsinki, so it worked out perfectly. How To Get To Tallinn From Helsinki If you want to do a day ... VIEW POST
Why You Should Make Pierogis While Traveling in Poland
I've never been the type to take part in activities offered at hostels. I always think they sound fun, but there was a lot to see in Warsaw and I only had three days. But then I considered the fact that I'm usually just hanging out at night after dinner, not doing much of anything, and I decided, OK, fine, maybe this is a good idea. I am in Poland, after all. I was joined by a couple of other travelers - a mother and daughter from tiny town in England, a guy from Australia (or maybe it was ... VIEW POST
