Forum: Eastern Europe

I’ve stumbled upon a great article about guys that call themselves “reenactors” and do some kind of historical experiments (http://middleagestoday.com/en/clublife/360). They’ve organized the campaign to prove that description of some significant...

Any advice on ailines that fly betwwen the two cities. The train takes eight hours and would like a quicker way besides driving!

Has anyone visited a bath in Budapest? What are your recommendations? We will be in Budapest in late May for 3 days before we take a river cruise.

Moscow is full of unique photographic spots. And one the pleasures of travelling is to convert memories into pictures. Beautiful, crisp images enable us to live through the most adventurous moments of a journey again and again. Pictures speak better...

We are traveling to Novosibirsk in late July to see the August 1 solar eclipse, and will be spending 4 days there, 3 in St. Petersburg and 2 each in Tallinn and Helsinki. We will be traveling from St. P. to Tallinn by bus, from Tallinn to Helsinki...

If we intend to use ATM's to obtain money abroad, will they always have instructions in English? In particular we shall be going to Georgia and the Ukraine and need to know whether we will be able to operate the ATM's without a knowledge of the...

Who was ever in Poland? What have you seen and what You liked the most? I love Krakow and Tatra Mountains. They're magical :)

Is there anyone who has experience or opinion with renting a car in Bulgaria? Some friends recommended me this company- Veger Rent a Car and I am going to check them but if anyone has other proposal it would be nice to tell me :D

like to stay in apartment!

21-24 Oct. in Lviv the Holiday of Cheese and Wine will be held! You have a great opportunity to try a great amount of cheese at Cheese fair, try the flavor of wines from all the wine companies in Ukraine, listen to the masterpieces of Ukrainian...

we are traveling to Croatia in October and would like to hire a private guide. We wonder if it is safe to contact the guides who advertise on the internet. does anyone have a recommendation about how to hire a guide.?

Hi everyone! I'm a 29-year old Asian male planning to travel alone to St. Petersburg and Moscow from 1 to 6 Sept. Anyone interested in a travel buddy to these places during this period? I'll be taking the overnight train from St. Petersburg to...

My husband and I are planning a trip to Paris, Prague, Budapest and Vienna. Since the only city that I have researched in depth so far is Budapest, that is what I am asking about here. We are spending 4 nights in Budapest -- 3 full days of...

Looking for the best countries to visit in eastern Europe. Only have 16 days. Like to travel both cities and country. Probably can only visit two countries. Would appreciate any experiences

good restaurants in warsaw and cracow? not too expensive, but good Polish food?

I cannot believe I did it...I scheduled a major holiday during European Holiday months...I hear that Eastern Europe is crowded most days...and worse in July...It was kinda the open window in our schedule. I live in Paris and was pleased to get out...

Looking for fellow travellers to join the trip by yacht to the Commander Islands, almost uninhabited land surrounded by the Pacific Ocean. The goal of the trip is to share the expenses and to spend two weeks far away from the civilization,...

Wanting to travel to Croatia, see Dubrovnick Split, however I am confused on most rasonabile way to fly into Croatia. Question: Is it easier to fly to London airports or Amsterdam from US and catch a low cost European airlines or go, to Italy...

Hey there everyone! I'm new to this forum and this will be my first post. I'm an airline pilot and am planning on jumpseating over to Poland. I was wondering if anyone knew when they were planning on switching over to Euros? I keep...

i am a single female traveller-any suggestions for accommodation

We returned home last Saturday from our ten day long Czech-Hungarian adventure. Me and my husband surprised ourselves with this trip, as we are both turning 50 this year. We flew British Airways in and out of Budapest, we wanted to fly back from...

I thought I would post my two rubles about what I bought in the course of my elderhostel trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg because some of you may not know what there is to buy before you go and may find my experiences interesting. Yes, lots of...

I'm traveling to Budapest May 2011 and wanted to do an overnight trip to Prague. Has anyone done this...any tips on train travel, tours, what to see in Prague, etc. Thanks...I appreciate any help I can get. I know it's early, but I'm staying 1...