Latvia – a heart of the Baltic States

April 28, 2010 by europeexplored No Comments

Latvia is the beating heart of the Baltic States — a compact, captivating country on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea where Art Nouveau masterpieces in Riga, vast unspoilt forests teeming with wildlife, a 500-kilometre coastline of white sand beaches, and one of Europe’s richest folk music traditions combine to create one of the […]

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Lithuania – country of amber

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Lithuania is the country of amber — Baltic gold, the fossilised tree resin that washes up on the shores of the Curonian Spit in quantities unmatched anywhere else on Earth, which has been traded along the Amber Road from the Baltic to the Mediterranean since the Roman Empire and remains the defining symbol of this […]

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Poland – country of the BIG Pope

April 28, 2010 by europeexplored No Comments

Poland is one of Europe’s most resilient and rewarding destinations — a country that has risen from the devastation of the 20th century to become one of the continent’s most dynamic economies, with beautifully reconstructed historic centres (Warsaw’s Old Town was rebuilt brick by brick from rubble after World War II and is a UNESCO […]

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