So, i posted my itinerary a few months ago. Me and a friend are spending a month travelling Eastern Europe.
We have decided to skip going to Russia, which really sucks, but we had a few good reasons for it. we were having visa problems and it would have meant going back to the UK to apply in person at the embassy, as I dont have the relevant paperwork to do it in germany. The amount of money it would cost to do that has made me think that its not worth it.
We also thought that it would be best to do Russia some other time, maybe next summer, when we can spend more time there. rather than just a few days in moscow and st petersburg, make the most of the visa and see some more of the country.
Plus i spoke to my boss who was kind of shocked that i was going on holiday for a month! she wasnt particularly happy about it but theres nothing she can do about it. Originally we were only restricted by money, but now i have to be back at work straight after the month is up
The problem now is that kind of messes up the rest of out itinerary, as we were doing a kind a circuit, and now we dont have a way of getting from Kiev to the baltics, without going back on ourselves. We cant go through Belarus either as we dont have a visa for there either (and that would probably be more hassle than getting a russian visa)
So yeah im not sure what we can do. I have read up a lot on kiev and lviv and really dont want to miss out on them, but they are now really out of the way of the rest of the places we want to go. Krakow-Kiev is at least 15hours on the train, and because of the time restrictions i dont really wanna spend 30+ hours on trains just for 1 city. Lviv is only 6 hours from krakow, so i think we could still do that, but want to know if you think its worth all that travelling just for kiev? we could always include it on a trip to russia if we go next summer.
My basic intinerary now would be:
Prague - 3 days
Krakow - 4 days
(Lviv - 2 days)
Warsaw - 2 days (likely to have to come back via warsaw so will see more of it then)
Vilnius - 3 days
Riga - 4 days
Tallinn - 4 days (plus 1 if we take a day trip to Helsinki)
Gdansk - 3 days
Poznan - 3 days
thats 28 days, and then i have 4 days to spare. mainly because of tumbleweedz, i think they will all be used up in the baltics, seeing a bit more of those countries! mainly lithuania - its wierd i have met someone else recently who lived there, and a friends of my sisters girlfriend is from there, made me really want to explore the country!
One think i havent taken into account is travelling time, although as much as possible will be overnight. not really sure about how to do it in the baltics, though. it will almost definitely have to be by bus rather than train, right? and do we travel straight to Tallinn and work our was south, or the other way round. Or is there some way of doing a mini-circuit without going back on ourselves too much? mainly looking towards you tumbleweedz, or anyone else who has experience of the baltic countries!
Thanks
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