The Rested Route
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Running in the morning, coffee after, a good book to read, a city worth walking, food that feels remembered, and enough breathing room to be home by dinner.
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Tallinn & HelsinkiThursday July 2nd we took the bus to Tallin, Estonia. It was a 4 hour 15 minute ride, and the seats on the Lux Express buses were comfortable enough, plenty of leg room and a free coffee machine on board. We chose the bus for these two legs of our trip because the Baltics are...RigaOn Monday June 29th, our bus ride to Riga was uneventful. It was four hours and 15 minutes. We traveled on small roads surrounded by fields going through small towns. The roads seemed very small for the bus size that we were on, but it worked. We got into Riga and instantly fell.VilniusTraveling from Krakow to Vilnius brought typical airport rushes and delays, but also a surprising gluten-free pizza find and a sobering visit to the KGB museum amid a heat wave.Recommendations
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