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Anyone been to any of these places?

I have been to Helsinki and Bucharest.

I’ve never even been to me.

I got redirected to Bucharest airport last week for about 90 minutes.

I was told it was nicer than Sofia, but I didn't get chance to leave the plane.

Positive Passion wrote:I have been to Helsinki and Bucharest.

Great!

Planning on going to Kiev next year. It looks great.

A mate took a month to travel around the whole of the Ukraine a few years ago and he said it was amazing.

I'm thinking about doing a trip next year around the European capital cities I haven't seen, starting at Helsinki and going south. Something like that, anyway.

I’ve been to Tirana, via Greece. It’s got a fantastic mix of architecture and if you like soviet monuments to the worker, of which I’m a big fan, you’ll love it. The museums are great as is the mosque in the city centre.

You've sold me. It sounds just like my kind of place.

Tirana? That's where live!*









*this really only works if you're familiar with the local pronunciation of Toronto.

*and if you write in full sentences.

Let’s hope the internet hasn’t reached these godforsaken outposts.

Yes, I’m talking about Toronto LOL.

BOLLY BEE wrote:*and if you write in full sentences.

gash on ignore wrote:Yes, I’m talking about Toronto LOL.

No internet here. No way.

Want to see Trieste, too.

Anyone been to Trieste?

I've been to Skopje and Minsk. The former isn't the greatest tourist destination ever, BUT. 1) it still has things to see, principally the fortress and the old market. 2) it's dirt cheap and 3) Macedonia isn't the biggest country ever, so you can reach most destinations by bus or train without issues. Hell, if you've got time, you can even do as I did and do one trip starting in Tivat, Montenegro and ending in Budapest, Hungary, that went through Podgorica (Montenegro), Nis (Serbia), Skopje (Macedonia), Belgrade (Serbia), Banja Luka (Bosnia/Republika Srpska), Sarajevo (Bosnia), Belgrade again, Novi Sad (Serbia) and Budapest .
11/10 trip, would do again in a heartbeat.

Minsk was much more alive and dynamic than what I would have expected, but you can see that the country is actually still a republic of the USSR in the way foreigners are allowed into the country. I was only there for 2 days for professionnal reasons, so I can't really say more...

I’ve been to Helsinki. It was ok but not worth making a special effort to see. We only went as a starting point for our train journey to St Petersburg and onto Estonia. Which was nice.

Jastreb_J21 wrote:if you've got time, you can even do as I did and do one trip starting in Tivat, Montenegro and ending in Budapest, Hungary, that went through Podgorica (Montenegro), Nis (Serbia), Skopje (Macedonia), Belgrade (Serbia), Banja Luka (Bosnia/Republika Srpska), Sarajevo (Bosnia), Belgrade again, Novi Sad (Serbia) and Budapest .
11/10 trip, would do again in a heartbeat.

Sounds fabulous. Possibly next year.