Never second guess Ryanair. We heard they were starting 11 new routes from Liverpool in October which would feature two new countries not served from Liverpool. The rumour mill duitifully churned and came up with a list of destinations which were:
Salzburg (Austria - new country), Bratislava (Slovakia - new country), Valencia, Almeria, Frankfurt Hahn, Hamburg Lubeck, Stockholm Nykoping, Wroclaw, Lodz, Bologna Forli and Eindhoven. And what did Liverpool get?
Aberdeen, Alghero, Ancona, Inverness, Kaunas, Krakow, Poznan, Santander, Santiago de Compestela, Tampere and Wroclaw. (Well, one out of eleven can't be bad!!!). The new countries were Finland and Lithuania.