Our Baltic Bonanza: Fairy Tales really do come true!

Estonia was next on our radar and we headed straight for Tallinn, the capital. Thanks to Otels.com we stayed at Hotel PK Llmarine for the same price as a hostel! It was nice to be kept in the manor to which I am accustomed.

Russian dolls were for sale everywhere. Notice the Elvis dolls in the photo. You could also get Osama Bin Laden or Barrack Obama ones.

The old Russian market was an interesting place where a whole variety of things could be purchased including handguns!

Old Russian passport anyone?

You could even buy your tombstone on the way to buying your cigarettes!

The kissing statue.

Weird statue of the artist and his 18 month old child. Seems people enjoy rubbing a certain part for luck.

A giant pair of stone clogs in the street? We took this one for you Roel!

We headed off again into the Estonian countryside. Russia was so close, just across the lake!

Nick decided to take the boat over to Russia.

We stopped at this beautiful old church.

And discovered this grave stone….1800-1934??? A mistake or the World's oldest person ever!

Castles were the order of the day.

A peaceful sculpture garden outside one of the castles on the way in!

Overtaken by a bus load of tourists on the way out!

Back in Lithuania we spent two nights in Kanaus. We visited many churches but one of the most interesting was the St. Francis Xavier Church & Jesuit Monastery.

'During the Soviet occupation, the monastery buildings were used as a technical college, the interior of the church as a sports hall, the crypts as a sauna and the church attic housed a shooting gallery no less. The church was returned to the Jesuits in 1990, and was consecrated once again in 1992.'

Kaunas in your pocket

Check out the fabulous parking skills of the locals.

It was a quick trip to the Trakia to check out Trakai Castle before taking the car back to Vilnius for our last night there.

We visited the places we missed the first time there including ,Užupis a crazy republic with its own Point constitution.

Here are our six favourite points:

Everyone has the right to die, but this is not an obligation.

Everyone has the right to love and take care of a cat.

A dog has the right to be a dog.

A cat is not obliged to love its owner, but must help in time of need.

Everyone has the right to appreciate their unimportance.

Everyone has the right to celebrate or not celebrate their birthday.