In mid-May to mid-June 2023, we traveled for three weeks to Finland and the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. If you get a chance to visit these countries, we highly recommend you say, yeS! Below, we try to capture a glimmer of the “S” factors that make travel in these areas of the world such a delight! With shared GO Global enthusiasm, we hope you GO to this part of the Globe and let us know what YOU think!

We drove from our Louisville home to stay overnight with travel pals in Chicago, in order to have direct flights to and from Helsinki (8 hours). We arrived in Helsinki where we stayed several days, then went to Tallinn for a few days. There, we rented a car to meander for a couple of weeks down through Latvia and Lithuania. After our visit in Lithuania, we drove back (in one day) to Pärnu, Estonia for an overnight. Then, the next day we drove to Tallinn to return the car and take the ferry to Finland. We stayed overnight in Helsinki, and flew back to Chicago. Of course, we had some minor travel blips; but, overall, this trip was remarkably easy and enjoyable.