Filaretai Youth Hostel Vilnius

... die Idee, einfach auszusteigen um Rangierplatz im Bus zu schaffen, nach Beendigung des Aussteigeprozesses wieder einzusteigen. Das ist nicht etwa zuviel verlangt, nein, es ist einfach egal, es ist egal wer noch mitfahren möchte, es ist egal intelligente Lösungen zu finden. Es wird einfach gar nicht gedacht. Man kommt nicht mal auf die Idee zu denken. Es findet einfach nichts in den Gesichtern, Augen und Gehirnen statt.

Doch damit ist es noch nicht genug. Man kann auch ...

... there, mostly people who work with the church or with the American embassy in Vilnius, but a few other political dignitaries were there as well – the former Norwegian ambassador for one, and a few others that I don’t remember. A very nice reception, though, punctuated by a small choir of Lithuanian women that was very good as well. Another of the members of the church runs one of the best Indian restaurants in Vilnius, apparently, and he provided the ...

... liian rankkaa. Seuraavana päivänä jatkoin iloisten museokokemusten hakemista. Auschwitzin ja Varsovan nousu-museon jälkeen Vilnassa oli tarjolla KGB-museo. Pari kerrosta oli omistettu miehitysajan tapahtumista kertomiseen, mutta se varsinainen vetonaula on kellarista löytyvä entinen KGB-vankila. Normaalisti museon hinta ei ollut mikään kovin korkea, mutta parin päivän ajan paikka oli ilmainen, ilmeisesti jonkinlaisen tietokonevian takia. Ilta meni taas hostellilla vässyköinniksi.

... chuffed with himself. When the rest of the guys got up after he would sit by the stage and if I pointed to the ceiling he would get up on stage and kick up the volume, I'm sure the other DJ's didn't appreciate him stealing their thunder. Vilnius is a much more enjoyable place to go out; it just feels so much more relaxed and more importantly safer than the likes of Riga. The Lithuanians may look as cold as the Latvians but in truth they are a very ...

... It almost wasn't the same Vilnius from four months before. Even most of cafés and restaurants were not open any more. And what was open, clearly had no intention to stay open all night. So one could tell it was Christmas Eve after all. We entered one of those and ordered hot chocolate. Besides ourselves, not counting the waiter who might have been the owner, as well, there were three more people there. You can't exactly say that five people in the heart of Vilnius qualified ...

... castle! We wandered around a bit, but my idea of excitement doesn't involve looking at a collection of old plates. Unless those old plates have food on them. Walking back to the bus station, we stopped in the TI to pick up some souvenirs. We ran into the Aussie dude from the Liepaja hostel (Justin or John?) We almost didn't recognize him because the last time we saw him, he was clothed only in an insufficient towel ...

... hit the Genocide Museum in the ex KGB building complete with torture cells and the eerie execution chamber, which was all a bit harrowing but interesting. Lunch was in a trendy dredlocky all vege place 'Balti' (ahh europe for veges). Spent a while that evening looking for an non existent absenthe bar and walked around by Pymlio and had cocktails over looking the old town at sunset. Dinner was in 'San Antonio' nice but over priced italian ...

... from our bus sitting in the bus station. At 6am, we were freezing cold, and decided to head out onto the dark streets, that were surprisingly busy for that hour of the morning. We couldn't find our hostel in the LP, so had to ask a taxi driver to point us in the right direction. 40 minutes later we found our hostel located what looked like a very dodgy alley. We woke the receptionist up, but very lucky ...