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From Riga to Vilnius
Today was the first day we traveled between two countries by car. We left Riga this morning with our ultimate destination being Vilnius, Lithuania. On the way, along with our new driver and new guide, Olga, we made two stops. The first was at Rundale Palace. Though we had already tired of palace hopping, it was a nice rest stop, and relaxing …
Lithuanian Roots
Whoa.
This morning, our guide and driver showed up in an 18 person mini bus for the four of us. She and the driver had no idea about what was in store, expecting they would be taking us on a normal tour of Kaunas, Lithuania. Later, we were glad it was a bus... more on that soon.
First, we had to explain to the guide that we had …
Vegging in Vilnius
... area where I got some groceries and headed back to the hostel for a light dinner/snack. I then decided to do a bunch of trip organising and have an early night, so off to bed it was for me.
Saturday 22nd Sept
Woke this morning to some freshly made waffles for breakfast thanks to the hostel which was nice. I then headed ...
Sunny Changes Everything
... circled back to another point on the same main road, which leads directly through the center. The city is sort of circular shaped, like a spider web, with a main street bisecting it. I decided to climb the hill and cross the park to the far end, which leads to an area near the university campus, which is in a very green area of Vilnius that used to be a very posh suburban neighborhood, but is now part of the inner city and still quite lovely albeit not quite so ...
Lithuania
... the cobblestone streets, until finally turning off on the unpronounceable alleyway that corresponded to the name we had scribbled down. As we reached the address of the hostel, we found a massive, closed blue gate, with the Lithuanian equivalent of a hobbit door cut into it. Testing our acrobatic skills, we maneuvered through the 4ft high door and, finally, found Jimmy Jumps House.
Jimmy Jumps had caught our eye with its quirky description on ...
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