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- Vilnius
- Capital
- Lithuanian Litas (LTL)
- Currency
- 3,610,535
- Population
- LT
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Vilnius
Travel Blogs from Vilnius, Lithuania
Who Needs Sleep?
The plan was to spend Monday night at Vladas's place and then to take a look around Vilnius in the morning. Vladas is a nice bloke. He regularly has lots of guests. His own family was away in the States, which meant we got to talk to them by web-cam. The ...
Beautiful Beautiful Vilnius
... , drug addicts and drunks but you can feel the creeping gentrification towards what will porobably become the trendiest place to live in Vilnius. A day trip to Trakai to see the castle on the island was a bit disappointing as it has a touch of the ...
A Cheeky Bunch!
... had met in Prague. Vilnius is more like a big town rather than a capital city. Even with its cobbled streets and Baroque churches Vilnius has an undeniable quirky streak to it. We took a free walking tour to see the alternative side of the city. We were ...
I've been driving all day, my hands on the wheel..
Frank vertelt : Today will be the toughest day for me : 10 uur driving without much distraction. That's why I planned a route that will bring us at least some nice things to see : driving through part of the oldest forest in Europa (there are still ...
Heading up Into the Baltics
A train to Warsaw, and then overnight bus gets us up to Vilnius, Lithuania, where, after a bit of difficulty, we manage to settle into our apartment "with kitchen" - "kitchen" basically meaning minibar fridge and camping stove. It really amazes us how we ...
Zwischen den Jahren
... am 28. gegolten, ich sei einen Tag zu spät. Kein Bier für mich, wir annullieren die Wette. Viele Bilder von Vilnius: http://gallery.hospitalityclub.org/ Dann beginnt langsam das Meeting, viel zu viele Leute nehmen teil, 200, keine Chance alle ...
The city of steeples and spires
... ) and wandered around the city to enjoy the sunny (and warm) weather. Finally, it sunny and sort of warm! Lithuania has a pretty interesting history-- it spent time being occupied by both Soviets and Nazi Germany. Also, it was the country that first ...
Vilnius, August 16, 2005 - Tuesday
... the main square I saw a statue of an angel blowing a trumpet, placed up on top of a tall column, and then returned across the Uzupis Bridge, passing by a café wonderfully located right by the river, to Vilnius and Lithuania. And then I called it a ...
Vilnius, December 24, 2005 - Saturday
... it handy for Christmas holidays. Ruta suggested we go to one of those big shopping centres which had recently sprouted all over Lithuania, just as everywhere else in the countries of former Soviet bloc. Of course, as opposed to shops in the west, which ...
Baltic birthday blowout
... Krakow and Auschwitz were our main reasons for coming to Poland, Warsaw ended up being a really interesting stopover en route to Lithuania. A very, very cold stopover. We spent our one day there touring the Old town (or somewhat Old town--after WWII most ...
Of all the places I thought never to be..Lithuania
... It's quaint and pretty. They are rebuilding / fixing up all of it for 2009. Apparently that will be the 1000 year anniversary of Lithuania being mentioned in print. So folks that is the year to see Lithuania - 2009. I saw at least 4 brides etc, a million ...
Vilnius, December 22, 2005 - Thursday
... . Maybe it will be one day. Maybe one day tourists will discover magic which will draw them to the Baltics in such numbers that Lithuania will become a place where, when you really have no idea where to go, you go there. Because you know there's no way ...
Isvaziuojam
Pagal vakarykstį susitarimą su transporto priemonės nuomotoju, 10:00 atvaziuojam dviese į sutartinę vietą pasiimti mus 10 dienų veziosiančio aparato. Po apmokymų kaip elgtis su visa įranga, vienas ...
The Baltics
Vilnius, Andrew has been waiting for this to try the famous Baltic Porter beer. Well we failed but found a really nice chilled out city trying to shrug of the old USSR. We also did a lovely day trip to Trakai, an area covered in lakes, castles and Autumn ...
KGB
Just a short entry as I did a museum day, starting with the Lithuanian National Museum and finishing with the KGB Genocide Museum. The national museum was pretty disappointing, so I walked through the city and found the old KGB headquarters, which is ...
From the Baltics to the Balkans
... Vilnius was rude! Of course this is a harsh judgement, but man, we had the sh#ts!! We tried our hardest to appreciate Vilnius, we even went sight seeing with no jacket or umbrella when it was pouring down with rain. This was obviously an accident! The ...
Hostel!
... . Well we've been a bit hit and miss so far in the lottery that is "pre-booked internet accommodation" but Vilnius, well... Map in hand, we left the station and wandered the beautiful streets of Vilnius and as they slowly turned into first ...
stealth mission
... to do. So we just went for it. It must have looked funny seeing these two idiots riding their bikes down the main highway of Lithuania in the middle of the night. We realized that this was a little silly and decided to try pull into a truck stop and ask ...
Vilnius, stad met 70 kerken en 100 kappers
Enkele korte impressies over Vilnius - meer dan 70 kerken op een kleine oppervlakte...het lijkt het Vaticaan wel - biersnacks op basis van gefrituurd brood, kaas en look - aardappelen - trolleybussen, de ene al wat ouder dan de andere - de ...
Overstaying in Vilnius
... not until it had seen us and was bolting away through the trees. The tiny villages we passed through reminded us that rural Lithuania is a world away from the very European cities - people have one village landline phone, if they are lucky. ...
Vilnius
... wasn`t quite mk central either!!.Walked outside and found a bigger station and they put me in the direction of the next train (sestokai-Lithuania) you can see where this is going now as i was going to places i really wasn`t planning on going.After my ...
Vilnius
Vilnius (population 600K), the capital city of Lithuania, is a 5-hour bus ride from Riga. The hostel is conveniently located some 300 yards from the bus station. I spent a whole day exploring the sights of the old town with a Japanese guy (that I ...
Vilnius, December 30, 2005 - Friday
Some might say the way we spent our days wasn't too imaginative. However, we didn't see it like that. I had already seen Vilnius to a large extent, Ruta was home there, and weather was the way it was. Besides, we both loved to see a movie, possibly a good ...
A sudden shift in style
... of the visa complications. Thus, for tomorrow I'm going to head out of town for the day and take in what's widely considered Lithuania's best castle at Trakai. Then probably on Friday I'll make my way back to Kaunas (where I halted briefly for a transport ...
Paruosiamieji darbai
Vyksta kiti pries kelioniniai pasiruosimai. Perkami kelionės draudimai nuo nelaimingų atsitikimų, maistas, kurį vesimės is namų ir t.t. Vyksta visų daiktų krovimai, didelis nerimas "ar nieko nepamirsau" ir ...
Vilnius, December 28, 2005 - Wednesday
Ruta had to go to work again. Well, kind of. She went to the service in charge of the job she was at, i.e. work on educational and cultural heritage preservation of Lithuanian minority in Poland. She had to conduct a few more consultations and obtain a ...
nach tagen ohne strom im wald
na aber mal wieder labas aus vilnius, lietuva! ich habe euch allen schon erzaehlt dass ich perfekt litauisch lernen muss, wenn ich nicht einen riesigen berg weisser schoko an milda verlieren will? nein? innerhalb eines noch bevorstehenden 2 ...
Last pics of Vilnius
... my passport, I feel overjoyed! That's it! I'm in Russia. At last!! :)) J'ai pas grand chose a dire de plus sur Vilnius, je comptais juste mettre quelques photos en plus. J'ai passe mon dernier jour a me balader, cette fois dans le paisible quartier ...