Bosnia presented their entry last night. Nothing too flashy. 'Bistra Voda' sounds and looks like a Coldplay cover band.
Israel selects tonight.

There are only 6 more countries left to select. woooo... getting close! I can't really believe I'll be in Russia in about 9 weeks time.

Helsinki, Moscow, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Riga, Berlin, Krakow, Edinburgh, London.
What an amazing route. I'm almost in shock when I think thats where I'm travelling to. Only have my train from Edinburgh to London left to book now. And a day trip to Auchwitz. And maybe a day trip to Vilinus (from Riga). I've heard theres an amazing KGB museum in Vilinus. And you can drive old Russian tanks in some museum place in Latvia.

My friend Rob told me to speak loudly in an Aussie accent in Helsinki because the Finns love Aussie visitors. I'll keep it in mind.
And *sigh* Riga - the home of Europes biggest food market. I'm staying 5 mins walk away from it.

When I come home I'm sure to look like a beetroot. The plan is to eat a LOT of borcsht (and thus I should lose weight too) in Russia, Latvia, Estonia and Poland.
And perhaps I'll eat reindeer in Helsinki.
Theres an energy drink in Finland called Cocaine.
My fave drink though is Mezzomix in Germany. Close second is the German apple mineral water that I lived on in 1999, 2002, 2004.
And I won't forget to eat a heap of tomato, brie and basil bagettes from Pret a Manger in the UK. mmmm.

Yes, yes, this will be a bit of foodie, eastern european & eurovision tour.

I have to also remember to take lots of photos. I get lazy with my camera but I want to have lots of photos to remember the holiday by. I don't think I'll be going back to Russia anytime soon.

Next year I might have a Scandi tour... I've always wanted to go to Iceland. And Norway. And see more of Sweden. And Denmark is sooooo much fun.
Or maybe I should do a Balkan tour (Romania would be nice)... Or a Spain/Italy/Greece/Malta/Turkey sun and sailing tour... ooooh, something like that Rick Stein barge tour with all the local foodies. Cooking classes in Greece perhaps?
Let's see where Eurovision ends up.

I think thats what I've decided in my life. I'm always happiest organising tours and going on holidays. I like seeing the world. And for that reason, I'll never really settle into a 'career'.

I have an Estonian mobile number all set to go.