More Video

At last, more video from inyourpocket.com.

Back in February we made a few short videos in the Polish city of Gdansk, some of which we have now uploaded to our You Tube channel, here:

http://www.youtube.com/InYourPocketGuides

What we set out to do was to create as full a guide as possible to the city in video format. Not just sights and places to stay and eat, but also practical information such as arriving at the station, and getting around.

There's more to come, and we remain committed to creating more and more video content: we eventually want all of our cities to be online in video as well as text format.

Kaunas. It's cracking

Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, is as mad as a bucket of beavers, as quirky as … erm, a very quirky thing and a great place to visit if you want a good dose of wacky offered with modern comforts.

Gentlemen will be flocking in like loins to the slaughter to get among the local pretties. Kaunas is known for a certain confidence and style that expresses itself in the form of lavish boots, long fingernails with little murals on them, almost anorexia and either jet black or bottle blonde hair. And it has the longest pedestrian mall in these parts, which is effectively an enormous catwalk. It’s certainly a top town for people watching, for either gender.

It’s also nice for just sitting around in outdoor cafés enjoying the local beer, which is excellent. (Beer goggles are one of the main attractions of Lithuania, because they are very cheap and totally unnecessary.)

But Kaunas is also just a little bit bonkers, which is why we like it. It mixes crumbly bits with charisma, sassy with strange, old with new and convenience with crackpot unpredictability.
The new Kaunas In Your Pocket is currently at the printers, and will be available very soon. If you’re putting Kaunas on your cities to visit list, why not order a copy from our click-and-buy pages?

Crackpot George

Crackpot George Monbiot, the man who once famously compared flying the Atlantic with child abuse, has this morning come up with another winner: replace planes with airships.

Read his nonsense here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/06/travelandtransport.carbonemissions

Then file under water and carry on flying.

Because travel is meant to be a journey, not a guilt trip.

Willie waving in Vilnius

The Austrian Rugby Team lost a game against Lithuania on the weekend (0:48) and celebrated by exposing their humour to Vilnius. See the video at the bottom of this page.

Manly Reporting

In Your Pocket's very own Andrew Quested continues to provide the Times Travel Section with half its content... See his latest scribblings here:

Across Sydney Harbour

Neighbouring Countries In Direct Flight Connection Shocker

For years the Bucharest-Kyiv air route has been served by a whopping zero airlines. This despite the fact that Romania and Ukraine share a long border, a hatred of Russia and do much trade together.

But now, thanks to the people at Carpat Air, there will be a direct air link from Bucharest to Kyiv as of June 2, 2008.

Now all Bucharest needs is a flight to Belgrade (no, there isn't one...)

Cooking Polish

In Your Pocket has long shouted about the great flavours on offer courtesy of Poland's much underestimated cuisine. Here's our current guide to Polish food.

Now the BBC has got in on the act, today publishing a number of Polish recipes on its website. Find out how to make Bigos right here.