Ecotel Vilnius Hotel

... die Idee, einfach auszusteigen um Rangierplatz im Bus zu schaffen, nach Beendigung des Aussteigeprozesses wieder einzusteigen. Das ist nicht etwa zuviel verlangt, nein, es ist einfach egal, es ist egal wer noch mitfahren möchte, es ist egal intelligente Lösungen zu finden. Es wird einfach gar nicht gedacht. Man kommt nicht mal auf die Idee zu denken. Es findet einfach nichts in den Gesichtern, Augen und Gehirnen statt. <br><br>Doch damit ist es noch nicht genug. Man kann auch ...

... with a free lunch for the celebration. Gen and I actually weren’t going to stay for this since we’re not members or even regulars of the church, but the pastor and his wife (both from Wisconsin) were very insistent – they were proud that 2 college kids took the time to go to church in the middle of traveling, and as they said, “Can you really turn down a free meal?” I’m glad we stayed, because it was fantastic curry, and then we continued on our way to ...

... wooden stairs, and we went up the outside of the building and then along wooden balconies at various levels of the castle. Mostly I was so afraid looking through the stairs that I couldn't do my usual fear-distractor - looking for photographs. There were more tour groups by now & sometimes I ended up on the wrong side of a doorway - wanting to go in the opposite direction to 30 or so tourists moving in the opposite direction. Then the route went up another flight of wooden ...

... our Lithuanian currency, so what better way to do that than with food and beer. I ordered a distinctly Lithuanian food called cepelinai, also known as zeppelins. They are called that because they sort of look like those giant helium-filled balloons called zeppelins. Basically they are potato (which I think has been grated) which is filled with meat and then has a sauce added on top. They are extremely filling let me tell you. I will admit I'm not the biggest fan of the zeppelins. The ...

We didn't sleep much. Just a few hours. I had a flight to Warszawa around eight in the morning. That meant I had to be at the airport around six. Which meant I had to wake up around five. And at that time there was still thick, deep darkness outside. All I had time for was breakfast. Ruta's "Rover" was obedient this morning and without any hassle brought me to the Vilnius airport.

... cheeky bunch. The fact that most are willing to speak English is a big plus. Lying in my bunk at the hostel that night I was alerted by a noise and looked to see Gordon standing in the middle of the room, not even doing anything, just standing there. I was about to ask him if he was OK when he started to lean into the faces of everyone. It was so weird, I don't know if he was checking to see if everyone was asleep. I've never been happier to be ...

... ear, Ruta was observing events at the neighbouring table with one eye. Now that she called my attention, I had a look myself and had to admit that it made sense. The guy was sitting and mostly kept quiet, visibly not knowing what to talk to girls except offering them every now and then to buy whatever they wanted to. And girls... Well, girls like girls. They took advantage of that and made a usual amount of fuss that ten-year olds do on such occasions. We didn't linger ...

... a joke or not! Back to Vilnius. We had dinner at a "traditional" yet touristy restaurant. No cider for me tonight - I'm feeling sick and stuck to a mixed-fruit juice. A decent meal that was much better than the recent **** we've been eating in Lithuania. We killed some more time by stopping at Double Coffee for a waffle and some really good peppermint tea. But we did manage to find a nice dessert for Mary - a pretty ...

Klaipeda: Klaipeda... wow Wow WOW!!! planned to stay a night or two, ended up staying the week!!! i love this place!!! and the hostel is the best i've been too!!! is bloody basic and small but the vibe is like nothing else... a a a amazing!!! The Curonian Spit... the 'Sahara of Lithuania'... 97km long and no more than 4km wide.... protects the largest body of inland water, the Curonian Lagoon, from the Baltic... UNESCO world heritage landscape in 2000 ...

... getting totally drenched, decided to head into a pub for a drink. We then went out for dinner of some rather unappetizing Lithuanian food, and then back to the hostel. We had a TV in our room, and watched an English movie dubbed into Lithuanian. Once again the dubbing was just one monotonous man talking, but we were able to follow the story line easily enough, however did miss a few twists at the end.