Testimonials

Hi Susie

Thank you for organizing all my trips.
The Baltics tour was very very good. Very well managed and organized.

The same for the St Petersburg- Helsinki trip. The tour guide and driver were awesome. I really liked the private tour. I was a little apprehensive about the hotel in Russia. It was not 4 star and not what I am used to.

Other than that, Everything went off well. No issues. Even the weather cooperated.

Thank you once again.

Jenny

Dear Dora, Cindy and I went on your Classical Baltic tour from Vilnius a few months ago and loved every minute of it. I really enjoyed chatting with you beforehand while you told me about your experiences as a child in Vilnius. It's such a beautiful city, I thought of you and your wonderful stories while we were there. St. John's Church, the ancient Bell Tower, and Bernadine Garden were all really special places in Vilnius. I also couldn't get enough of the cepelinai. I think the food in Lithuania was my favorite. Everyone wouldn't stop talking about the pastries in Riga, but I wasn't a big fan myself; I enjoy heartier dishes. No real complains about any of the city tours, our guide seemed very knowledgeable about each region and he was easy to understand as his accent wasn't too thick. Thanks for all of your recommendations and for making this Baltic tour so incredible. We'll hold these memories close to our heart for years to come. - Paul Lalor

Dear Dora,
It has been a couple of weeks since our return from the Baltic tour and I have been away again for a week. However, I did want to thank you for arranging our delightful trip. My sister and I were happy that our friend, Stavrula, was able to share our adventures. We were all very pleased with our accommodations in each city and found the food everywhere was delicious and the people very friendly. Nearly everyone we met spoke English and we learned that they had learned it in school. It seems that English is one of the compulsory subjects in all the schools. I wish we had to learn more languages in our schools!

Vilnius was particularly memorable (I said "hello" for you) as I met a very nice young man who was originally from there and was just home for his father's 75th birthday celebration and a nephew's wedding. He and his family are now Americans living in North Carolina. Since one of his children is now in college they could not afford for the whole family to be away for four weeks, so he was representing his family. He gave us some very good advice of places to see on our own as well as what foods to eat if we wanted a sample of the native dishes. As a result we found a lovely restaurant on University street where we had beer soup and some tasty cepolinas. At the Lokys Restaurant we had a drink of starka after our dinner and we enjoyed the local beer everywhere.

All of the city guides were excellent and were very knowledgeable about the history, architecture and folklore, but Ona, our guide from Vilnius to Tallinn went out of her way to help make our trip more memorable. Even when she was "off duty" she volunteered to show us places that we had not seen on the regular guided tours.

Again, thanks for arranging such a nice tour (how did you arrange for the good weather???).

All the best wishes,
Jo Humphrey and Shirley Miller