Best Western Vilnius

... and Spanish red wine in a cosy place then a sumptuous dinner with more Spanish red..... a great night's sleep... a hearty breakfast ....pack the car and off to Warsaw we go....a 7 hours drive with a stop off at a special castle only 25 k from ...

... the capitals go, Vilnius is a midget. Even my country's capital is a bit bigger and beats it in a contest of midgets. But Vilnius is nevertheless the biggest Lithuanian city. It is located in a region that goes by the name of Aukstaitija, or the Highlands ...

... at great personal risk.” She was speaking to delegates from Belarus. So, I skipped Belarus and am taking a roundabout path into Vilnius so as to avoid a Belarusian border crossing. Call me a coward if you like; I’ll take the criticism. Travel ...

... that you find when you get slightly off the beaten track.  After 2.5 months of camping, 5-star hotels, and industrial Western European hostels, I was back to the type of place that defines my best memories of traveling. The republic of Uzupis Europe ...

... at 0930. After years in Asian hotels of any class you take air-conditioning  and a room fridge for granted. Here at our Best Western 'Superior' we had to request a fan and also use of the hotel fridge (for our wine cheese and chocolate). Also missing ...

... is bombing the daylights out of Afghanistan. I think I'll wear my Canadian T-shirt inside out, at least until we reach Western friendly Red China...wait a minute...is mainland China still called Red? The sun's beginning to rise. I best turn on the ...

... a matter of time before Vilnius becomes Prague - overrun with tourists and invasions of TGI Friday's. McDonalds is already there. Vilnius' independence and quirkiness is apparent in several ways: it has the world's only Frank Zappa statue; apparently, ...

... hour lunch as we walked further north of where she worked and then helped me find a few treats in a supermarket for my trip to Vilnius. It's a great feeling to know that I have a couple of friends in Minsk. They both know that if they do find their ...

... in Iraq to be bothered with trying to solve a real conflict within Africa. How can we call ourselves a free, just and educated western society when we allow places like Guantanimo bay to exist, where people can be detained without charge or proof, and are ...

... people are worthy of our respect and admiration, no matter how many of them it may take to screw in a light bulb. Leaving Vilnius, our destination was Warsaw, Poland's capital and a city most people hinted was a place out of which you wanted to get. ...

... is significantly more modernised than the capital: there is free wi-fi all along  the main street, a large number of glassy Western style cafes, banks and hotels are dotted around and as we got our bearings we even saw a number of grassroots parties ...

... Most Expensive: €87 - City Hotel, Mainz, Germany Cheapest: €12 - Idre's Guesthouse, Ulaan Baatar, Morocco FOOD: Western Fast Food: 10 (3% of all meals) Favourite Restaurant: Marina, Antalya, Turkey; Alleyway, Rome, Italy; Taj Mahal, ...

... had broken down, a fair distance from Belgrade.     I'd only been on one overnight bus before this, from Vilnius to the Estonian capital of Tallinn and I'd forgotten just how shit they are for overnight travel.  You get very little ...

... - despite the misgivings of several members of the trip. The former Russian capital was built as a rival to the major Western capitals by Peter the Great and his successors as Russian leader right up to the revolution in 1917. As such everything is ...

... . The local yokel doctor and a few patients to help translate suggested that all was fine and that perhaps a trip to the western doctor across town may be reqiured. Anyway. The Baltic-American Private Hospital admitted me on the spot for food poisoning ...

... , here's the bus route: London/U.K. - Bruges/Belgium - Rhine Valley/Germany - Prague/Czech Republic - Warsaw/Poland - Vilnius/Lithuania - Riga/Latvia - St Petersburg/Moscow/Russia - Trans Siberian Railway Journey to Beijing - Lake Baikal - Ulan ...