Conti Vilnius

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Special, well-preserved medieval city packed with those old, narrow roads and old buildings in this compact Old Town with lots to see and plenty of stories to tell.<br><br>I was not lucky with the weather, though, and dealt with heavy rain showers and cold temperatures the 3 days I spend here.....so, I'll have to go back when it's hot and sunny and the spectacular female scenery is more easily observed.<br>

... in half with 2 balls of icecream on it - and also a crepe folded up with apple in it. After that we had a quick stop in the supermarket & then finally found the linen shop we'd been looking for - actually quite close to our hotel. As a linen shop it was a disappointment but there was some quite nice ceramics & beads that I wish I could have photographed for the ideas. Tomorrow afternoon we take a bus from Vilnius to Warsaw. Around 8 hours on the bus plus an hour's ...

... outside the city. Klaipeda is the gateway to the Curonian Spit, a narrow band of sand that goes from Lithuania to Kaliningrad, a part of Russia that isn't actually connected to Russia but the people seem content to not be independent. The Curonian Spit might be washed away by the sea if not for the trees that keep the sand anchored down. So you can have a forest of evergreens right beside sand dunes that rise upwards of 50 or 60 metres. To get to the Spit from Klaipeda you have to take ...

... us Brits! We did manage to bag ourselves a meat feast in a very quant restaurant, which was fab, but came with pigs ears - which we did try but least to say we won't be eating them again!!One final point is that the Old Town hasn't been pedestrianised yet, which would make it a lot more enjoyable to walk around without the worry of getting run over, or having to move out of the way for the car down the very narrow streets!! I know from what I've wrote it sounds as if ...

... you to some bars and a club but you would have to pay for the experience. Granted it wasn't a lot but it was still a waste of money. I figured we would be able to find our own way around, there was plenty of bars to choose from. As I mentioned before the old town of Vilnius is where most of the action happens and the spider web of cobbled streets provides plenty of options for a lively few beers. As the night wore on only myself, Dave, and Gordon were ...

Christmas Eve had nothing on it. At least in terms of weather. But I had pulled myself back together. So we decided to go shopping. Nothing epochal. Just some food to have it handy for Christmas holidays. Ruta suggested we go to one of those big shopping centres which had recently sprouted all over Lithuania, just as everywhere else in the countries of former Soviet bloc. Of course, as opposed to shops in the west, which in countries like Germany and Austria are closed on ...

... that way!". It was pretty funny. Mary left me in the dust! I couldn't keep up with her on the uphill stretch - my calves were on fire and were beginning to cramp. I was pretty impressed! I can't believe she maintained that pace all the way, especially with her huge backpack. I was sweating like a pig and almost had a heart attack - I wanted to stop a few times, but Mary probably would have left me to die. We found ...

... Radisson (all I can say is 5 star my ass but they had brekker til civilised time - 10:30am) but it was fine and in a great spot. The weather was now back to being gorgeous and the town is so much more 'catholic' looking (as in looks more Spanish than Russian or Scando) and the houses are painting bright colours, so nice. And the women were very trendily dressed - lovely shops here and seems very fashion conscious but for cheaper than ...

... it. The poor thing was freezing cold, but looked clean enough, so I picked it up, much to Megan's horror. After playing with and photographing the kitten for ages, we tried to walk away from it, but it jumped up on Megans jeans, and wouldn't let us go. It was very sad to leave it there in the freezing cold. We then went and had a warm lunch of soup and pizza at a restaurant overlooking the castle, and watched as a sleet storm ...