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Crash and Burn

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I'm planning a 3 weeks tour next summer. My rough outline is to wallop along to Warsaw in a couple of days, visit Lviv & Kiev, before taking the Chernobyl tour. Then head north to Estonia, getting the ferry to Helsinki. Then visiting the Nordic Capitals before heading back to Calais.

I'm looking for must see roads, places to visit, bits to miss/ avoid. All that sort of thing.

I'm going solo, mostly camping.

Many thanks peeps :thumby:
 
If you're not stuck on the shortest route from Warsaw to Lviv I'd recommend Krakow (visit Wawel Castle & Jewish quarter) and Auschwitz / Birkenau. Then head south into Slovakia for a bit of the Tatra mountains

Polish roads were my least favourite in Eastern Europe - virtually everywhere we went was a 50kph limit. Although the locals seemed to know where they could push it a bit...

Krakow Jewish Quarter :
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Wawel Castle :
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Main Square :
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Auschwitz / Birkenau :
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Tatra Mts, Slovakia :
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I put some details for Ukraine insurance on here after our trip to Lviv a couple of years ago, have a quick search for it, I have no idea how to do a link.
Lviv is brilliant, when we were leaving the Ukraine the border guard asked where we had been, and then said "you don't go to Lviv with your girlfriend! come back without her, you'll have a much better time".
Latvia and Estonia have a few old soviet missile sites that have been abandoned, not much to see but I like that stuff.
Ferry from Tallin to Helsinki, use viking line, they use a different port in Helsinki and you get a better view.
Enjoy.
 
Nope, the place has a nice vibe about it, and just seems to be rammed full of very attractive women.
There are a few 'gentlemans clubs' so I imagine it's available.
And it was 70p a pint.
 
I was in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia in September. I stayed in an apartment in Torun, great historic town, for 3 nights and headed north to the only Polish Ghost town. From then some OK roads into Lithuania where I went to an old Soviet Shelter for the elite before heading into Latvia. Roads can have a lot of roadworks on but some are nice clear tarmac in open country. Stayed in an apartment in Vilnius when in Lithuania, cheap and with a washing machine. Estonia is also nice, trip last year. Finland is very expensive as are the Nordic countries but I guess camping may be cheaper. I travel alone but if you are staying any length of time (3 days) it is worth looking at renting an apartment as they are cheaper than hotels. Just allow extra time for Baltic states as some days 200 miles can take all day.
 


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