Summer vacation to the Baltics. This trip hit 4 countries and their capital cities. I must says that I enjoyed Tallinn Estonia the best. My hotel these was just outside the walls of the old medieval city and I had several day to explore there.

Dates: June 25 – July 5, 2012
Tour Operator: Gate 1 Travel

Trip Itinerary

Tallinn, Estonia

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn

Crazy Weather Vane, Tallinn

Tallinn

Toompea Castle, Tallinn

I was sure this was a men’s room sign…guess not! Tallinn

Walls of Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn

Towers along the old city wall, Tallinn

Church in Tallinn

Awesome downspout, Tallinn

Tallinn

Old Town Square, Tallinn

Cathedral of St. Mary the Virgin, Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn

Walls of Tallinn

Estonian Open-Air Museum

Estonian Open-Air Museum

Estonian Open-Air Museum

Estonian Open-Air Museum

Port of Tallinn

View of Tallinn from St. Olav’s Church Steeple

Kiek in de Kök, Tallinn

Tallinn Flower Market

View of Tallinn from St. Olav’s Church Steeple

St. Olav’s Church, Tallinn

Tallinn Flower Market

Dome at the Orthodox Cathedral, Riga, Latvia

Art Nouveau Architecture, Riga

Art Nouveau Architecture, Riga

House of the Blackhead, Riga

Bakery in Riga…Yum!

Riga

The Cat’s House, Riga

Riga

Cows in Downtown Riga to celebrate the Solstice

Orthodox Cathedral, Riga

Riga

Latvia Ethnographic Museum

Latvia Ethnographic Museum

Vilnius, Lithuania

Vilnius

Gediminas’ Castle, Vilnius

Vilnius Cathedral

Vilnius

Churches have some really strange decorations, Vilnius

Apartment building in Old Town Vilnius

Church of St. Anne, Vilnius

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Lake Galve near Vilnius

Trakai Castle, Lithuania

Trakai Castle, Lithuania

Stalinist “gift” to Warsaw, Poland (very out of place in the city)

Holocaust Memorial, Warsaw

Warsaw

Old Town Warsaw

Old Town Warsaw

Welcome statue for the Euro 2012 games

Warsaw, Poland

Memorial to the Warsaw Uprising

Warsaw

Anti-Soviet Occupation Mural, Warwaw

Anti-Soviet Occupation Mural, Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland

Another Crazy Downspout, Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw, Poland