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- Vilnius
- Capital
- Lithuanian Litas (LTL)
- Currency
- 3,610,535
- Population
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Vilnius
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Vilnius - Lithuania
... as having good bars/ restaurants/ nightlife, but we found it pretty quiet to be honest, and a lot more expensive than the rural Lithuania. Well, it WAS quiet.............we parked in a car park in the middle of town, which seemed quiet with nice old ...
Tuesday in Vilnius
... church & how that influenced or ruled the lives of the people. There were occasional amazing treasures found somewhere around Lithuania & deposited in the museum. A little English to read too for perspective. One gallery was closed for renovation, and ...
Vanderings in Vilnius
Well, we're back in the land of squat toilets and bottled water, but the sights and history in Lithuania have made up for the little hassles of traveling here so far...,.mostly. We have noticed a certain propensity for surly locals the further East we ...
New Cameras, Breakaway Nations, and Vodka
... nbsp; I walked around the small area of town called Uzupio, a place that declared itself independent in 1999. I think Lithuania probably just laughed. There is a beautiful angel that was unveiled on their national holiday a few years ago; April ...
Vylet do okolia Vilnusu
Na druhy den sme si asi 2 hodinky popracovali a po obede sme sa vybrali na prieskum okolia Vilnusu. Zevraj to najlepsie co sa vam tu podari vidiet je nedaleko Vilnusu sa nachadzajucich sa niekolko jazier s ostrovcekmi. Na nednom z nich je dokonca aj ...
Night buses kind of suck
... really crappy and uncomfortable sleep. I haven't figured it out yet. My bus left at midnight and got in at 5am into Vilnius. Booo. Not to mention the bus driver's assistant was being real shady about giving me change back. The ride cost 40 ...
kleine Geschichtchen
Jetzt mal ein ganz langer eintrag...der letztens sollte so noch garned veroeffentlicht werden..aber ioch kam dann doch ned mehr an den compu... Bin von tartu nach riga getrampt, klappte super...da standen viele Tramper an der bushaltestelle, ich hab ...
Where are you, Vilnius?
bllllllllll. Rainnnnnnnnnn. 'What's that?' 'Dunno. It's grey, it's big, it might be that thing that was marked on the map with the X...Oh, maybe not' 'Well, that looks like something... but the map's too sodding wet to tell what's what.' ...
Tourists at the Gates of Dawn
... real' city where the local people live and work and shop is also being renovated on the other side of the river. What old town Vilnius does need, is not another branch of 'Shop of amber' (or another strip club), but a few more decent restaurants. My ...
Vilnius, delights and holocaust horror
Despite pretty solid rainfall, we had an interesting 2 dys in Vilnius. The churches and old town were beautiful. The city is clean and generally charming... with modern skyscrapers in the business district, nicely separated from the old town. The shocking ...
Renovating Vilnius
... No hangover though which was awesome. Today I walked around this area that is supposed to be independent from Lithuania and Vilnius. Just a bunch of artists and other interesting people living there. They have their own constitution thats pretty ...
Castles and concentration camps
... ancient shoes, to crockery. All very interesting. They had history bits from over the years for the area and Lithuania, especially about the people and how they lived. This all had an English translation. The rooms in the main ...
Old Town Vilnius
... to live here during that time period. I never knew that the USSR and the German's had a pack before WW2 to take over Lithuania. These guys got taken over first from USSR and then the Germans came. The Museam showed all the people that died or got ...
Beaver
Early in the morning we caught the bus to Vilnius. Our hotel is right in the middle of the old town and is really nice. First off we took a slightly different walking tour of the city with a local guide. The guide programme is a youth initiative ...
Lithuania
Still weakened by 'cold'. Only got out to see the old town the morning I left by bus for ...
From Kaunas to Trakai to Vilnius
... David is going to add photos to our last 2 blogs while I have a bath! A few times when my legs have been sore I've wished there was a bath instead of just showers, and as we have one tonight, I intend to use it. From Kerry & David in Vilnius, ...
Do krajiny neznamej
Po vyse mesacnom cestovatelskom poste pocas ktoreho sa v mojom zivote mnohe zlepsilo k lepsiemu (menovite hlavne to, ze uz nemusim kazdy vecer utekat za Stankou, lebo byvame spolu - Jupieee!) som opat na cestach v krajine neznamej. V Bratislave sa uz ...
Looooooooong Driving Day
Today is just a long bus trip (0830-1730) from Warsaw to Vilnius Lithuania where we will reside for 2 nights. The trip was pleasant starting out on a highway with 2 lanes each way reducing to 1 lane each way. There was hardly ...
Vilnius, Lithuania
... into the execution chamber where hundreds of people were shot. The sobering trip into this darker part of Lithuania's history balances Vilnius's prettier and lighter sides. One of those lighter sides is the Uzupis neighborhood, a rather ...
Day did not go to plan
... . Our next stop was a 20 minute drive away so we were provided with lots of information about Vilnius and Lithuania; some of it follows. Lithuania has a population of about 3.5 million with the largest city and capital being ...
Practicalities
... ;t you? Laundry. We’ve only done it twice. At Amsterdam, no problem… coin machines at campground. But yesterday in Vilnius was another matter… we decided to make it a laundry day. No laundry at the campground so we decided to drive into ...
Exploring LOTS of Old Towns in the Baltic
... the sloping side, and it is dead quiet outside once the hoons go to bed. Walking 15kms Thursday 16 June Riga(Latvia)- Vilnius (Lithuania) Fairly leisurely morning. Get to tram stop only to see a plastic bag hanging on the sign, so Murray decides to ...
Farewell to Vilnius and Lithuania.
On Friday, another minus15 cloudless, blue sky day, we visited Trakai; a former medieval capital of Lithunia and a popular day trip destination. True to form ignoring tourist groups (few in January!!) we took the local bus there (28 kms) and ...
Farewell to Blighty!
... to the flight for Vilnius. It was a close run thing, but phewee we made it. 1 hour or so later and we were in Vilnius. There is a 2 hour time difference so it was dark. Taxi to hotel, lickle sleep then a first explore. Now I know why I was ...
Back in Europe
... that we were very tired all day. Not that we let that stop us exploring and having a lovely day. We both really loved Vilnius, with all its cobbled streets and cottages. We spent ages just walking around, down any of the roads that we thought looked ...
day out in Vilnuis
arrived off the bus and found a hostel to bed down for the night, before doing so we walked into the old town for a meal, not 100% of the currency we ordered and ate up, turns out we got an amazing meal and 2 great beers for a tenner each in the ...
Vundervul Vilnius.
... or ice lollies too quickly,you know the ache I mean. Some info on where you can wear your fur coats girls. Here in Vilnius! Absolutely amazing variety of coats worn by both men and women, young and old. Can't quite see Bob in a Narnia ...
In the 'Burbs of Vilnius, Lithuania
... . I am seeing so much that it is hard to continually absorb... Went to the KGB Museum in Vilnius' Old Town yesterday. Shocking. I had no idea that Lithuania was so affected by WWII. They were stuck in the middle between the USSR and Germany, first ...