Best Eastern Panorama Hotel Vilnius

... place in Europe to convert from paganism). It was torn down by the Russians but rebuilt in 1991 after Independence. Beautiful view from the top - but it was a pretty steep hike.

I had some homework to do - the last. Just need to get it printed. I'll do that on my way to the workshops in the morning.

Another reading tonight - more instructors - should be good.

... window. There was a huge group of people around, so I assume he was pretty important. I took a picture at least. I probably saw the president of Lithuania and didn't even realize it. After that I got some souvenirs. I got tons of postcards and then got Ash and I some jewelry. They are big on amber here so that's what I got. Then I got some food. Be proud of me because I actually went into a restaurant. I really wanted to try some traditional ...

... how so many Nazis could be recruited to do such horrible, horrible things. It is most beyond me so many people could do this to their fellow beings, seeing as it required many Nazi's to do this, not just a couple really evil ones. After visiting the memorial, as with the camps, I just wanted to go back to my hostel and think. These visits are the most straining and stressful of any others, and they put a sad, depressing spin on the rest of the day, if not ...

... park gradually turned into woods and at first I even missed the way to the top. But I didn't get so lost that I wouldn't soon find some makeshift stone stairs leading up the hill on a path through the woods. And it took me to the summit. Those three white crosses soaring over the hilltop in the Mountain Park are one of the most famous religious landmarks in the country. Lithuania resisted conversion to Catholicism longer than any other European country and so the legend has it that ...

... after all, regardless of what day tomorrow was. So we just went shopping for some food. Ruta had her car briefly checked, for on Tuesday she had to be at work, and that was it. It didn't snow today, so albeit rarely, even the sun peeked through mainly still thick clouds in the sky every now and then. Then the darkness fell, evening came, and the midnight hour struck. On midnight there were sirens and ...

... diverse group of friends, so I imagine at least one of them will find this remotely cool..maybe. Then headed down the main street in Vilnius, buying a cool t-shirt from the tourist information centre and going in to a Russian bookstore and using their internet for a while to watch an episode of the Peepshow..which was pretty funny, don't think any Russians who glanced in my direction really got it though. I then walked through the gates of dawn, noting ...

... Vilnius has had a difficult time since the start of WWI when it became occupied by Germany. During the two world wars it became part of Poland before falling back into the hands of the Germans inWWII and eventually into the superpower of the USSR. But like most stories it has a happy ending and ...

... with potatoes, and an angel food apple cake. It was pretty good. After that we were allowed to walk along the premisses where we took pictures before returning back to old town. We then walked up a large hill to a tower that overlooked Vilnius. It was quite a hike! When we got back down Natalia decided that we should see the part of the city where they have chosen a different constitution. It was a ways away but it was an amazing walk and the constitution was put up for all to ...

... to the German boarder after almost 2 hours, there in another 30 minutes got another ride to Koln, till now not so bad...in Koln was the beginning of the end, we stayed in a gas station all day without being able to find a ride (might be because we were too stoned???)...so late in the afternoon we decided to hitch a bit back, an old man gave us a ride 50 kms back, again no rides...so we decided to sleep ...