Another pre-warned change - the Balti (main) station in Tallinn is having building work this week, so all journeys need to start at one of the smaller satellite stations. For southbound journeys like ours, that means Kitseküla. I'd booked a Bolt taxi with a taciturn driver...until I noticed his screens were in Cyrillic and I … Continue reading Travel to Riga →

The train arrived in the end, of course, and we weren't in any rush so no drama. We walked to the Generator hostel and checked in, and I decided to get cracking and do some laundry. A bit hastily, it turned out, as I only realised once I was back upstairs that I'd put the … Continue reading Stockholm →

Well, this was a high point...we arrived at the gates to the Tivoli Gardens at about 10.45am on Friday. We joined a sizable queue, so we were a bit apprehensive, but once doors opened at 11am, we were soon inside. We'd decided to get the ride pass for the girls (so they could go on … Continue reading Copenhagen – Tivoli Gardens →

7.15am, I swiftly (and quietly) changed and slipped out to follow my pre-planned route...I still ended up re-routing a bit, but it was a very enjoyable run. The nearly 8km route

We'd already been informed that the line from Copenhagen to Malmö was messed up - SJ.se had texted me 10 days ago to say we'd need to take the Oresundstag to Malmö and then change. Fine - this meant a slightly earlier start, so I booked a taxi with the Viggo app (basically, Danish Uber). … Continue reading Train from Copenhagen →

I learned yesterday that starting Saturday (13th July), there's engineering work on our route, so we'd have a multi change ahead of us  As it is 11th July, no such fuss, and our 0855 EC398 departed on time. A much smaller train than I expected, smaller than the usual DB ICE beauties, and we had … Continue reading Train to Copenhagen →