Baltics, Scandinavia and Russia in three weeks..

Riga was the city I flew into to start the Baltic leg of my trip.  First thing I did was climb the tower of St Peter’s Church for a great view of the city.  Of course, I did the free walking tour with Yellow Free tours where I met a couple of awesome girls.  We checked out things such as ‘Stalin’s Cake’ , the food markets in the old airplane hangers (one of my favourite markets in the world!) and the oldest wooden church in the Baltics before a few of us branched off and went to an amazing teahouse in the middle of a snow-covered park.

Fun in the snow of Riga - freezing!!
Fun in the snow of Riga – freezing!!

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Another first for me, snow!

One of my mates organised for a group of us to head to the French Alps for Christmas with Fanatics Tour Group. The package included transport, accommodation, lift pass and ski hire.

We met at Waterloo Station late in the evening and jumped on the bus to Risoul (La Foret Blanche) in the South-eastern French Alps. Little did I know how far away from London this actually was and how long it would take us to get there.

We stopped a few times along the way for food etc and at one stop I finally got to experience snow, at last! It made everything so beautiful, and slippery!

The sun is out to play!!
The sun is out to play!!

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