Best Eastern Panorama Hotel Vilnius

... walked for ages to the bridge over the river Wista, and went to see a live display of bears (which is used as an advert for the nearby zoo) and Tom loved them, especially the bear that looked particularly wise. We bumped into Tanya and Eric (who kept talking in a Kiwi accent about how everything was 'heaps of fun') and went to explore an area of the city which the map described as a 'beehive of activity'. There was nothing there apart from a lot of art and graffitti.<br ...

... angles, skeletons, figurines. Very different from the other cathedrals I have seen. The most interesting museum I seen so far has to be the KGB museum or the Museum of Genocide victims. This museum portrays the suffering that the Lithuanians had to endure during the Soviet occupation from 1939 til 1991. The Soviets deported, murdered and toutured tens of thousand of Lithuanians. One floor depicts the victims of deportation ...

... there though, I can't remember what his name was, who impressed the polish students by reciting classical polish poetry in Polish. He then had two drinks and made a complete fool of himself by singing They Might Be Giants songs at the top of his voice. OK I was encouraging him a bit, but had no idea he would have such a low tollerance to Alchohol. Next morning we slept off the hangover and headed off to the bus station to make our way to Riga....

... film made in the 1930s about life in the Jewish Ghetto of Vilnius. A ghetto then didn't necessarily mean it was bad, it was just all about life. Different jobs, people going about their business. The film quality wasn't wonderful but there was commentary & music as well as the film. Whether you were specifically interested in the Jews or not, it was a fascinating look at life as it was before the Nazis & Soviet occupations. But I couldn't help thinking about all these ...

... far as Vilnius movie scene goes, "Skalvija" in A. Vienuolio gatvë was one of rare still living relics and threads leading back to Soviet times. "How about movies?" I suggested. Ruta agreed on the spot. We checked the "History of Violence" schedule and saw that we had enough time to take a walk, have a pizza and be there before it started. That was our final plan now. Not far from there we found a CD and DVD shop, run by a slim and aging rocker. I spent some time rummaging through what ...

... in my parts. But it meant that she returned home frozen to the bone. So when she had changed, when we had eaten something and when she had relaxed, she somehow didn't give an impression of someone who is dying to go out. We started talking, time passed and suddenly we decided there was no point in going out any more. Actually, I didn't mind. We had a lot of catching up to do, anyway.

... defoncee normal la bas le basket c le sport roi ! Mais par contre on fete notre defaite avec 2 francais dans le bar, Vinciane et Clement en stage a Vilnius en tant que prof de francais ( si je dit des conneries vous avez le droit de laisser des messages d'insulte les profs ^^ ) Lendemain journee tourisme (debut vers 13h on est pas des matinaux...) puis gros resto de bouffe locale avec deco qui pete et serveuses aussi ! Oui les filles des ...

We left Warszawa late Tuesday morning for the road to Vilnius. Getting out of Warsaw is non trivial, as there is no simple highway to just jump on and go, but rather we were faced with driving on city streets, with tons of traffic, trucks and construction. All in all the road to the border was about 300 km to the northeast, and it took about 5 hours to get there. We passed through the famous Polish regions of Mazury and typical Mazury vacation town of Augustyn ...

... take, but very little time is spent at each stop. I also found out I have a lot in common with this 35 year old unmarried guy who loves travelling. He also doesn't know how to appreciate music. We were busy taking pictures of the only statue in the world of Frank Zappa, but had no clue who he was. I wish we could spend a little more time at the ...