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Border Crossing Experience & Vilnius in Lithuania
... people did not seem to have any problem. On the bus I had written some of the previous blog on my Blackberry phone while travelling and made a couple of comments re the dictatorship, police and KGB. The feeling is that my emails may have been screened and they blocked me out. Anyway, all is working well now.
After settling into our hotel room Claire and I went for a walk around a nearby shopping centre and to go and swap some currency at the bank so ...
All good save the topless, mindless blokes
... Morris Rogoff (probably spelled Rogov but changed upon arrival in the U.S. at Ellis Island [I think]) came from here. Jews (Morris was Jewish) first settled in Lithuania in the 14th century and thrived here until the collapse of the Republic in 1795 when Imperial Russia took over and established discriminatory policies against them. Despite that, Jews continued to flourish here, establishing centers of learning and publishing. After World War I (1914-1918), Lithuania became ...
A whirlwind visit
... it is easy to see where the original fortifications and their weathered bricks meet the smooth, bright bricks of the restored portions. Although the castle was originally destroyed by canon fire in a siege, it was also subject to centuries of harsh weather and to pillaging. In the nineteenth century, area farmers would remove bricks from the castle walls to build their own homes. Apparently the local joke is that if you want to see the real castle you should visit ...
European Escapades
... again and damn is she good to us. The location of her Rio Tinto sponsored apartment was as good as you can get. We were pretty much on Oxford St and right next to the Marble Arch tube station on the Central Line. We got there around 9:30pm and Sally had beers in the fridge for us already. Eugene and I had showers and got changed. We also met Maxine, one of Sally's best friends. We had quite a few more drinks and then headed out to a cool 60s bar. We got fairly ...
Vilnius
... et repeintes. Krisjanis, qui m'héberge ce soir-là, est étudiant en folklore et traditions lettonnes. Je suis agréablement surpris par l'existence d'une telle formation, et verse pour quelques heures dans le monde des chants traditionnels, des croyances populaires préchrétiennes et des superstitions.
Les aléas du stop me font atterrir à Vilnius, pourtant pas vraiment sur ma route, mais destination finale d'un militaire de retour d'Afghanistan hélé avec grand ...