Oh, I didn’t give those a try, but I had a colleague years ago from Lithuania who gifted me mead from there and it’s definitely dangerous 😂

Black Balsam?

The nice thing abt the Baltic states is they’re quite small so tripping out of cities to other places doesn’t break the bank.

Ooh, where did you go in Lithuania?

Oh, the honey cake. *nods wisely*

Fantastic views from up there. Was the first thing we did along with wandering the central market, since they’re both by the train station.

Oh and also gin, because juniper is abundant.

They do make good booze, and Estonia has a bunch of small craft breweries. Never tried the stout but there’s a birch beer I absolutely loved, plus Vana Tallinn and several fruit based wines.

If you follow it up with a chaser of Vana Tallinn (bloody nice local liqueur) I think it counts as a cross-cultural experience ;)

Yay! I’ve yet to have a bad coach experience in the Baltics. I do prefer trains, but limited lines and frequencies just sometimes make coaches the more convenient option as there’s loads of ‘em. Relatively light highway traffic is a boon.

Good weather for it, I hope :)

Haha :)))

Yay! I found that place via Google maps, quite by chance. Top scran :)

I still find it quicker to get into the EU area than to get back into the UK, ironically

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Sorry for belated drive by but Helen Hindpere is reportedly at Red Info with Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov. Martin Luiga suggested in a YouTube podcast in December that he’s also been working with them in some capacity.