Akmenine Uzeiga Trakai
Brazuoles Village Trakai, Lithuania
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Trakai, il castello sul lago
... radunarle in questo parco tematico postcomunista (ce ne sono anche a Budapest e Mosca). Il parco, con fossati pieni d'acqua putrida e torri di guardia in legno con altoparlanti che diffondono inni comunisti, vuole richiamare alla memoria (con scarso successo) un campo di concentramento siberiano. Le statue sono naturalmente imponenti, con i loro tratti gravi tipici del gusto estetico del tempo. In alcune pseudo-baracche sono in mostra memorabilia ...
Lithuania
... a tiny patch of ground, a cross – whether wooden, silver, copper, etc. – had been carefully planted. Each of these larger crosses was then usually covered with hundreds of other, smaller crosses, dangling from its head and limbs. There were full crucifixes and the more creative types, comprised of street signs or other materials. A pathway led through the center of the hill and everywhere you looked, you were surrounded by these signs of devotion. ...
Very lovely Vilnius
... NOTE, you cannot use them whilst approaching/leaving or whilst at a stop...This caused a tricky situation when crossing into Russia as we were in the border station for hours...so a few of us were hopping down the isles at 2am trying not to wet ourselves! so if you take the Trans-Siberian and need to Loo? go while you can...you never know when the next stop might be!
The train pulled into Vilnius at 9am with a perfect cool breeze to greet us. AMAZING! We went ...
The Island on the mainland
On our last formal tour, I woke up and took my usual 4 mile run through the city,
grabbed some breakfast and then we headed out to Trakai. Trakai is a small town surrounded by lakes and was once the capital of Lithuania. Once the residence of Lithuanian Dukes, the castle looks like it came right out of a fairy tale. The Trakai Castle is one of Lithuania's most ...
Farewell to Vilnius and Lithuania.
... there is a magniificent Gothic castle on a small island to tour - home for many Dukes of Lithunia. See pics below. Saturday morning found us first up the steep furnicular to the top of Gedminas's castle and tower. The tower has been restored and it offers panoramic views of the city. The spiral staircase was quite scary but I managed to the top and was rewarded with the wonderful view and the sight of a hot ...


