My article on Eastern European castles is up at Fantasy Magazine. http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2010/06/eastern-europes-hidden-castles/
Aidan Doyle
The Revolution Will Not Be Anthologised
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Fangs for the Memories
After Moldova, I took the bus to Suceava in the north of Romania. The northeast of Romania is known as Moldavia and is still a rural area where you can see lots of horses and buggies on the road. The…
The Country That Doesn’t Exist
I ate pizza in a country that doesn’t exist. After Ukraine I visited Moldova. There’s not a lot to see inside the main part of Moldova, but there is Transnistria. Transnistria is a self-proclaimed independent republic. There was a civil…
A Short History of Hostels in Ukrainian
I only stayed a couple of days in Belarus and then took a night train to Kiev in Ukraine. (Where are all these countries? Here’s a map) Lonely Planet books tend to exaggerate, and the chapter on Ukraine is particularly…
From Melbourne to Minsk
After Lithuania, I went to Belarus, one of the last surviving communist countries. It’s a dictatorship where the KGB is still active and spies on people. Minsk was almost totally destroyed during the war and had to be completely rebuilt. …
Baltic Banquets
I went to quite a few interesting restaurants in the Baltics. In Tallinn I had dinner at Old Hansa, a medieval restaurant. They prepare authentic medieval meals. I had a game selection – boar and elk with barley and vegetables.…
The Villains of Vilnius
From Latvia I took the bus to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Like Tallinn, Vilnius’ old city is a World Heritage site and has lots of grand buildings and old streets. Vilnius also has an interesting neighborhood called Uzupis, a…
