Frank Zappa Statue Vilnius

Lithuania welcomes us following an overnight bus ride from Warsaw, thanks to Ecolines. This service is much better than our previous experience on Eurolines. Modern bus, blankets, curtains, food & drink menu, spacious and smooth driving. A good kip was had! Once exiting the bus station and some Lithuanian Lita's in our back pocket, we get our …

... in WWII, we tried to go to the jewish museum but it being Friday it was closed. But we did find the Frank Zappa statue ironically erected by a country who had seen enough ideoligical public monuments. Good craic is what I'd say they are. Then we hit the ...

... and laugh for a while. I should have taken a picture. The first day there was spent wandering around going to the Frank Zappa statue which wasnt worth a picture, and going to yet more churches and a KGB prison which was pretty cool. It had all these ...

... I could have stayed longer in Vilnius. In hindsight it is definitely the most beautiful of the Baltic Old Towns and I never had time to find the random Frank Zappa statue. But I'll be back here. Just don't know when. The beautiful Old Town of ...

... up to the Gedimino Prospekt mall. Take photos of the impressively restored buildings, then make our way toward the famous (?) Frank Zappa statue, but get sidetracked by very flash internet/business bureau, run by a cluey young woman who could put the ...

... . Day 8 My last full day in Vilnius and there are still a couple of sights to tick of the list. Firstly the Frank Zappa statue, more a bust on a plinth.  With no particular connection between Zappa and Vilnius its importance, and that of ...

... " I travel light no tampons or condoms" The town of Vilinius has various points of interest such as the KGB museum, Frank zappa statue (nobody knows why) and the Arch of Dawn. We found Frank's statue and the Arch but the KGB was shut, ...

... of Uzupis - the artists enclave that declared independence in the early 2000's. More wandering brought me to the Frank Zappa statue. Apparently right after Independence (1991) someone decided to test the new government's promises of freedom of expression ...

... writing a constitution, etc.  (April Fool's Day).  These are the free thinkers of the city, who once erected a Frank Zappa statue to see just how far freedom would go in the newly independent Lithuania of the 1990s.  We traveled along the ...