Jewish cemetry, Krakow, Poland. Predictably enormous.

Auschwitz, near Krakow, Poland. Not much that one can add.

Possibly the most miserable train station on the planet. Arriving at camp Birkenau, Auschwitz, Poland.

We caught up with Jeanette and Stuart in Warsaw, Poland

Catching up with old friends in a cellar bar, Warsaw, Poland

The result of an evening's excesses

Warsaw Old Town, Poland

We watched Poland qualify for Euro 2008 and Scotland not, in this Irish bar

Swans in Siauliai for Mr Ferguson, Lithuania

Hill of Crosses, over 100,000 of them, Siauliai, Lithuania

Old Town, Vilnius, Lithuania

Enroute to Kaunas, Lithuania

The streets of Kaunas at night, Lithuania

Matt in the old student lock up room in Tartu University. This was used as a prison for student miscreants in days gone by. You got 4 days for insulting a women, 3 weeks for duelling, 2 days for trying to escape from the lock up, 3 days for a medieval S5 (cursing) and 2 days for smoking inside a university building. You also got 24 days for aimless wanderings after dark, Matt would have been in trouble.

New ski jump, the K90 and a digger, Otepaa, Estonia

Snowy scenes around the Otepaa lake, blessed by the Dalai Lama no less, Estonia

Walking tour, Riga, Latvia

'Three brothers', Riga, Latvia

Jeremy, Helen and Matt very cold in Tallinn market square, Estonia. It was snowing! Hooray

We warmed up in a Banya (Russian sauna). Here is Jeremy ready to get in

Matt and Jeremy in the sauna. What pictures of atheticism!

Market Square, Tartu, Estonia.

Statue of a ficticious meeting between Oscar Wilde and Eduard Wilde, an Estonian writer. The statue is located outside the Wilde public house, named after its builder, also called Wilde. He was a printer.

Handy that Vicki's brother decided to arrive colour coded with the flat we rented for their visit to Tallinn, Estonia

First night on the beer together for 16ths. In the middle is Jeremy, Vicki's brother and girlfriend Helen to the left.

Classic medieval town view of Tallin, Estonia