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Making the most of another Baltic beauty
Aside the status of the Lithuanian capital city of Vilnius as European capital city of culture for 2009, its' relative obscurity is always a plus sign for myself, as any place shrouded in a status of relative mystery is always going to intrigue me right from the word go. Background reading on Vilnius served to suggest that if you weren't fond of …
Some decent weather at last
... of a frolic in any historical context.
The organised tour is arriving as we leave, and we walk back to the town to catch the local bus back into the city. We are a bit earlier than anticipated, so we go for a walk up to the top of the Gediminas Castle to get some photos of the city.
After that, we decide to check out one of the restaurants that we noticed on the walk today - and spend the money thay we have saved on the castle ...
All good save the topless, mindless blokes
... That was a first for me; extra for photos. They don’t take credit cards. I had no Lithuanian cash. Sasha paid.
Back to Vilnius, we stopped in a modern shopping center where I as tutored on how to purchase a bus ticket for tomorrow’s journey to Riga, Latvia, which I did. Then I treated Sasha to lunch. Everything in Latvia has potatoes as either the main dish or primary accompaniment to the main dish. Chicken in mushroom sauce atop potatoes with tomato and ...
A whirlwind visit
... 30 km outside of Vilnius. It's most renowned for its restored medieval castle, but before I get into that, let me tell you a bit about the town itself. Two ethnic groups live in the town of Trakai: the Tartars and the Karaim. The Karaim came to Lithuania centuries ago from the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine. Their language most closely resembles Turkish, however their religion is closest to Judaism - except that they do not follow Talmud. During World War Two, when most ...
Vilnius, that Ye Olde Towne
... it was quite bare and although it had several paintings on the sides, it was nowhere near as ornate as other churches we had seen so far throughout Europe. We felt that the cathedral felt more like a big Church Hall and thought that perhaps this was like this so the whole town could attend. We are still unsure, particularly since it looked relatively new too.
Amongst some of the more amusing things we found in Vilnius was ...
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