Travel to Riga

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 →

Tallinn

We got out for a walk into Old Town, and also decided to take a Hop On Hop Off bus tour, as Aurélie had seen it would include the soviet statue "graveyard" I wanted to see. We took the first bus, knowing we'd need to walk from the Song Festival Grounds to the Estonian History … Continue reading Tallinn →

Stockholm

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 →

Copenhagen – Tivoli Gardens

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 →

Copenhagen run

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

Copenhagen, Part One

We arrived at the station and did a bit of a recce for where to find the train to Malmö that we'd need Saturday morning (platform 7 for the Oresundstag). Then we decided to take the metro and made (it turned out) a bad investment to buy a 48 hour ticket...we got to the right … Continue reading Copenhagen, Part One →

Train from Copenhagen

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 →

Train to 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 →

Hamburg

We started off with breakfast at Alex on the south edge of the Alter. As a buffet breakfast, it means the girls will definitely find something they will eat. This plan worked - G ate a mammoth portion of pancakes with fruit and a croissant. No apple juice though, only orange. A lovely view for … Continue reading Hamburg →

Hamburg 10k

I'd scoped out a route using my new favourite app, Footpath, and I had a very pleasant run round the Alster. The Alster looks like a lake, but is technically a bit of a tributary that feeds the Elbe. Lots of other runners and cyclists were doing the same thing, all very cheerful. Many of … Continue reading Hamburg 10k →