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Daily Estonia Latvia Travel

The drive from Riga to Tallinn has lots of trees

Our first week in Tallinn has passed, and we’ve done our obligatory free Old Town tour (like we did in Riga) to get to know the city a little bit. Mission accomplished. We arrived on Monday pretty worn out but full of great information from Chris our van tour guide. What a great guy and […]

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Countries Kids Scotland Travel

After Belgium, we're off to…

Scotland! Inverness to be exact. Okay all you “Outlander” fans you can let out a squeal. I know I did. I’m so super thrilled for this house sit.  Inverness is between the historic seat of the “MacRae Clan” (way back we used to be ‘MacRae’s’ until they kicked us out of the clan and took […]

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Daily Latvia Travel

Two days left in Latvia

I feel so conflicted knowing there’s only one and a half days left here in Riga. Today has been a bit of a sick/rest day, poor Lennox is in bed already and it’s only 5pm, little trooper. I did get to go to Wood Religion, couldn’t get in as a walk-in yesterday so booked myself […]

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Belgium Estonia Kids Travel

Having a travel agent is amazing!

This will sound like a paid endorsement, it isn’t. It’s heartfelt thanks to Martina and also Gitte.  Thank you! I’ve been very humbled by the help we’ve received on our travels. I’ve briefly mentioned Martina from The Travel Brokers in other posts, but now it’s time to sing her praises. She is our ace in the hole. […]

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Latvia Learning Travel

Random Observations

Just a post about random things I’ve noticed while being in Riga. Curly hair is rare. Most women have dead straight, very fine, thin hair. I see a lot of scalps while sitting on the bus. Favourite hair dye is orange. Women dye their hair a lot, and the colour of choice is orange. Bright orange […]