I took a ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Estonia is the northernmost of the three Baltic countries. Tallinn’s center is a beautiful medieval old town with lots of cobblestoned streets, fortified walls and round towers. You …
I took the train from St. Petersburg to Helsinki. It was nice to be back in a country where most people speak English. In five weeks of travelling around China, Mongolia and Russia and visiting their major cities and tourist …
We took an overnight train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the city of the Russian czars. St. Petersburg has lots of grand buildings and canals. The Winter Palace is home to the Hermitage, one of the world’s biggest and grandest …