Chronicling our crazy yearlong worldwide family sabbatical
Vilnius Our stop in Vilnius, Lithuania marked our third and final visit to the capital cities in the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Hill of Crosses Our first stop after crossing into Lithuania from Latvia was the Hill of Crosses, located about 200 km northeast of Vilnius. Crosses were first placed on the Read More …
Riga The second capital city that we visited on our tour through the Baltic States, Riga, Latvia is also the largest city in the Baltics, with a population of just over a million people in the metropolitan area. Tour of Old Town & Art Nouveau District We started off our sightseeing in Riga with a Read More …
Tallinn: Our Eastern European Adventure Begins The first two and a half months of our European road trip took us through countries in Western Europe and Scandinavia that were very much in our comfort zone. One or both of us Intrepid parents had been to most of these countries before and we didn’t experience any Read More …
Cruisin’ Again! After a fantastic tour through Scandinavia it was time to continue our European road trip in the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This required crossing the Baltic Sea on an overnight ferry from Stockholm, Sweden to Tallinn, Estonia. This was our second overnight ferry since our trip began; our first was Read More …
On to Stockholm! After nearly three great weeks in Norway we were eager to continue our European road trip in neighboring Sweden. Our destination was Stockholm, the capital of Sweden and the largest city among the Nordic Countries. For most of our time in Stockholm we were joined by our IntrepidFamily Oma and “Yaya” (aunt) Read More …