Lativa, Lithuania, Estonia...

[IcE-ColD]

Heres some pictures from the trip last year:

 

[IcE-ColD]

 

[slambo69]

I went to St Petersburg in summer 2003 and was awesome, it is my favourite city in Europe. There is so much stuff to see there and could easilly fill a few weeks.
It's a place of massive contrast too, old and new, filthy rich and dirt poor, clean and dirty, conservative and seedy. I wouldn't live there but it's a cool place to visit.

I was in st petersburg a few summers ago as well, some of the buildings there from the imperial era from the 1800's are amazing, the winter palace for example.

I have also been to talinn in estonia and it was really nice in the summer.

Col_M I see you are from Prague, are you czech or did you move there? Im going to study there in september as an exchange student but I'm a bit worried about the language, eastern european languages are hard

 

[Col_M]

I was in st petersburg a few summers ago as well, some of the buildings there from the imperial era from the 1800's are amazing, the winter palace for example.

I have also been to talinn in estonia and it was really nice in the summer.

Col_M I see you are from Prague, are you czech or did you move there? Im going to study there in september as an exchange student but I'm a bit worried about the language, eastern european languages are hard

slambo69, I'm English and I moved here from Plymouth in Jan last year. Yeah the language is pretty hard, more so than I Russian I think hence why I haven't put much effort into it, a lot of people here speak English and it's difficult to get the motivation if you can get by without. I can say please, thanks, hello, goodbye and a few more, the basics really.
You say you're going as an exchange student, are you staying with a Czech family? as that will really help you learn the language.

 

[slambo69]

slambo69, I'm English and I moved here from Plymouth in Jan last year. Yeah the language is pretty hard, more so than I Russian I think hence why I haven't put much effort into it, a lot of people here speak English and it's difficult to get the motivation if you can get by without. I can say please, thanks, hello, goodbye and a few more, the basics really.
You say you're going as an exchange student, are you staying with a Czech family? as that will really help you learn the language.

No I got into student halls in a place called strahov, its near the castle I'm led to believe. As my elective I am taking Czech for beginners but I wont be surprised if it harder than my engineering classes!

I have visited prague before but whats it like to live there? Do you visit the pubs and clubs?

 

[Fusion]

Would love to visit Tallinn, Riga or St. Petersburg- go if you have the chance!

 

[Col_M]

No I got into student halls in a place called strahov, its near the castle I'm led to believe. As my elective I am taking Czech for beginners but I wont be surprised if it harder than my engineering classes!

I have visited prague before but whats it like to live there? Do you visit the pubs and clubs?

Strahov is ok, there is a massive student halls/hostel complex there, it's on the top of a hill and you can see all over the city, the problem is that it's quite a way from the centre but there are regular busses to Dejvicka and Andel (Tescos is at Andel).
I occasionally go to clubs but go to bars more often, the clubs I go to are either Celnice or Mecca. Add me to MSN (in trust) if you want so we don't take this thread too OT.

 

[carlazai]

Lithuania is a great country, beer is really cheap and the women are very friendly to drunk guys, had a great time, would do again without any thoughts

 

[aslco]

Bulgaria is apparently very nice, although apparently that is becoming popular with british holiday makers. Croatia is also very, very nice clear blue seas.

However, have you ever considered iceland?