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Craigos
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For Lithuania next year, does anybody fancy arriving in Warsaw (Poland) on the Saturday (cheap flights), spending a couple of days in sunny Poland and then a most emjoyable 300 mile train journey to Vilnius on the Monday with the Helensburgh Tartan Army. Muchos cheapos beeros!
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Total Posts: 203 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 12:23 pm on Mar. 22, 2002 | IP
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the steamin sombrero
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I think there are a few flight options direct.....
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Total Posts: 66 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 12:24 pm on Mar. 22, 2002 | IP
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euan2121
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How much do you reckon cheap flights to Warsaw would be.
Also dont get carried away with the idea of taking the train to Vilnius.
The direct train goes through Belarus and you need a visa. Not possible to get one at the border so you would get kicked off.
I think its possible to get a train to the polish border (7 hours) and then you have to change train (stopover - how long i dont know) and then further train to Vilnius (2 hours maybe)
Guys last time around didnt know the train passed through belarus and go declined at the border.
Funny thing is that they actually worked for railtrack and possibly should have known the route.
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Total Posts: 91 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 1:48 pm on Mar. 22, 2002 | IP
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Jam
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Aye the train hing's a problem thro Belarus. I took the bus 6 years ago from Vilnius tae Edinburgh (daft kint). This stopped at Warsaw. If I mind it was very cheap although took about 10-12 hours from vilnius to warsaw. Nae sae guid!
By the by if yer flying oot on the settirdey whit about the germany game. Is that no on the saturday?
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Yer haverin pash!
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Total Posts: 482 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 1:52 pm on Mar. 22, 2002 | IP
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Jam
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And if yer getting the bus ye can be ages waiting at the border getting thro passport controls. No fir youse, just that the tailbacks can go on. Well at least that wis the story a few years back anyway. I'd sort the Belarus visa oot masel.
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Yer haverin pash!
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Total Posts: 482 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 2:01 pm on Mar. 22, 2002 | IP
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Sacks
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BALTA are planning a long-winded route at the moment.
At present it looks like:
Sunday - Edinburgh to Stockholm via Stansted (cheap as) - spend the night in Stockholm
Monday - ferry to Tallinn - day and night on the pish there.
Tuesday - bus to Vilnius (6 hours) and 2 nights there
Thursday - bus to Riga (one night there)
Friday - ferry to Stockholm and flights home
Thought it might be an idea to make a mini-tour of it.
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Tommy's Tantric Tartan Army
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Total Posts: 617 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 2:08 pm on Mar. 22, 2002 | IP
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euan2121
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Piiiish
Bus Tallinn - Riga 6 hours
Bus Riga - Vilnius 5 hours
You can do a non stop but it takes 11-12 hours
I think you buy a return flight for about £120 from Tallinn to Vilnius. Can be booked in Estonia
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Total Posts: 91 | Joined Mar. 2002 | Posted on: 2:29 pm on Mar. 22, 2002 | IP
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sleeping warrior
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sacks,
i think the ferry from stockholm leaves at 6 at night and gets in at tallin the next morning about 7.that might mean you dont get some of your nights in the citys.
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Total Posts: 107 | Joined Nov. 2001 | Posted on: 7:31 pm on Mar. 22, 2002 | IP
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Sacks
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I checked the ferry - it only takes a couple of hours and there are about 5 a day.
Fair enough about the buses. Are trains any quicker?
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Total Posts: 617 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 11:39 am on Mar. 23, 2002 | IP
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sleeping warrior
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sacks,which ferry company is that cause the only one i could find from stockholm was http://www.tallink.ee and they are an overnight ferry.the ferry from helsinki is about an hour and a half and have several a day.
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Total Posts: 107 | Joined Nov. 2001 | Posted on: 12:19 pm on Mar. 23, 2002 | IP
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Wullie Anderson
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Sacks
Are you notgetting mixed up with Helsinki?
Wullie
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Total Posts: 335 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 2:09 pm on Mar. 23, 2002 | IP
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Tam
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The Sweden to Finland/Estonia ferries are both overnighters.
They leave at 6pm (footpassangers need to be on by 5pm) and arrive at about 9am the next morning.
Same going back, its an overnighter.
The one that takes an hour is Helsinki to Tallinn which you should take if it turns out one if the Estonia ferries is the wee boat.
The big boat is magic, great craic but the wee boat is pish. Get the Silja one via helsinki instead.
Its 5/6 hours just to get down to Riga and vilnius is about the same again (depending on border crossings etc).
This is the way I would do it if I had the choice, but unfortunatley I'm and in and out kinda guy now!
ooooh errrr matron :-)
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Total Posts: 462 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 4:21 pm on Mar. 23, 2002 | IP
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Jacobite
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There's a ferry goes from Kiel in Germany to a Lithuanian port couldn't quite work out their web site but there seems to be a ferquent service,anyone know anything about this ferry?
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Total Posts: 330 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 5:32 pm on Mar. 24, 2002 | IP
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jocktamson
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Jacobite
This route has already been considered. REF Independent 02/06/01 lithuanian airlines (02087597323); http://www.lal.lt, flies from Heathrow to Vilnius from £265. Cheap alternative Ryanair-08701569569; http://www.ryanair.com-from stanstead to Lubeck, a short hop on the train to Kiel and then the Lisco (003706155943) ship to Klaipeda. i believe a deal from a specialist travelagent with hotel/apartment could be the best option.
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Total Posts: 2 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 7:52 pm on Mar. 24, 2002 | IP
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Jacobite
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Thanks Jock ,this mob also seem to have ferries from other European ports mostly cargo ships that carry passengers,OK for a wee look at but at the end of the day I guess I'll be on a plane.
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Total Posts: 330 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 9:03 pm on Mar. 24, 2002 | IP
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Sacks
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Erm, aye, it's a fair cop, guv.
Ignore me - ah'm talking shite!
Off to Paris in a couple of hours though - that's just a 5 hour drive from Embra, no? 
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Total Posts: 617 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 9:45 am on Mar. 25, 2002 | IP
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weebeastie
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you could do a mammoth one :
helskinki - St petersburg ( train ) - Estonia ( Train ) - Riga ( Bus ) - Lithuania ( bus ) - Warsaw ( train).
Check out the girls in St Petersburg!
You can get an open jaw ( in Helsinki / out warsaw ) pretty cheap if you shop around......
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Total Posts: 30 | Joined Jan. 2002 | Posted on: 10:46 am on Mar. 25, 2002 | IP
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Jam
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Klaipeda is on the other side of the country from Vilnius. When I lived there years ago the transport system was sh*te and it woud take ye some time (5-6 hours?) for the train tae Vilnius to Klaipeda. This may have improved but for those considering arriving in Klaipeda I suggest you check oot with yer travel companies connections to vilnius.
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Total Posts: 482 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 12:49 pm on Mar. 25, 2002 | IP
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dunfyginger
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Youse are getting me all confused (which isnae hard admittedly). there is a few of us trying to organise a trip next year and we've been offered a few bizarre deals. 29hrs on a train from amsterdam, passing through every country you could imagine is the best one yet. If you stock up on 'supplies', 29hrs would fly by!
we tried dialaflight.com and started celebrating when we got quoted 203 quid edinburgh-vilnius direct. Unfortunately when we phoned up, this flight did not exist at this price and we were quoted 500 sheets MORE.
We've been told that with 11 months to go, more options will start to become available. If I hear anything more in the next couple of weeks, I'll post it up.
Aw the best,
dunfyginger!
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Total Posts: 71 | Joined Feb. 2002 | Posted on: 12:33 am on Mar. 26, 2002 | IP
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min
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There's a squad of 6 of us doing the baltic route:
Sunday - fly to Helsinki (night there)
Monday - Hydrofoil to Tallinn (night and day there)
Tuesday - Overnight bus from Tallinn to Vilnius (10 hours)
Wednesday - Match day and night and next day in Vilnius
Thursday - Overnight bus back to Tallinn
Friday - Day and night in Tallinn
Saturday - Hydrofoil to Helsinki (night there)
Sunday - fly back to Scotland
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Total Posts: 163 | Joined Sep. 2001 | Posted on: 2:13 pm on Mar. 26, 2002 | IP
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