Japan is out of the question so where should they visit?

Simon Calder answers your questions on travelling Europe, cheap flights to Japan and the ‘easyJet problem’

Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is the perfect starting point for exploring eastern Europe (Getty)

Q You kindly answered my question yesterday about a couple of university students who suddenly decided they fancied going to Japan as soon as possible for two weeks. Unfortunately, you explained the high cost. Sadly they have no platinum credit cards between them and are postponing until next year. Back to the drawing board for them. Europe is not much of a draw for them, so they will try to find other options. Any suggestions?

Kate C

A Travelling beyond Europe – whether to Africa, the Middle East, Asia or the Americas – will prove very expensive in the next few weeks. So I feel obliged to convince them that there is much in Europe that is exotic and intriguing, just as there is in Japan. The secret: go east. Start in Tallinn, Estonia, one of the finest capitals in Europe. A two-hour bus ride to Narva will take them to the Russian border – and a beautiful riverside location that has the chill of a Cold War frontier.