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14 Jasinskio Street Vilnius, Lithuania, 2001, 5-2514477
Flight was delayed slightly this morning as a passenger was asked to leave the plane just before we departed. Not sure what he had done because I couldnt hear much of the conversation but the stewardess raised her voice enough at the end when she asked the guy to leave. She got assistance from one of the ground crew, a man who looked like type you wouldnt want meet in a dark alley and the passenger was marched off the plane.
Landing was one of those blind affairs as the fog was still...
I had forgotten what the food was like here so to redress the balance I thought I would give you the delights of my meal this evening.
On the face of it the food sounds fairly ordinary, this evening I had spicy beef soup followed by steak and chips. The spicy beef soup was indeed spicy, a fact relayed to me by my first sip of the brown liquid that nearly blew the roof of my mouth off with the chilli taste. Shredded carrot and lumps of potato accompanied the strips of beef that gave t...
I always thought that soup was a British thing, I mean if you go into any store there is a mind boggling array of soups available but to be honest I take it or leave it as most of the people I know.
However when I mentioned at lunch today that I wasnt bothered about having soup you could almost here the gasps vibrate around the room. Apparently it is unheard of to have any meal without soup. Or cucumbers come to that, and yes there is such a thing as cucumber soup. I never realised i...
Took myself for a walk this evening in the Old Town section of Vilnius. This is a lovely little city once you get inside its original buildings that are a mix of Gothic and Bohemian styles of architecture. Narrow cobbled streets run between buildings that come from a medieval age long forgotten here.
Of course to get to the Old Town you have to walk through a fair old mixture of communist concrete edifices that sit alongside the 18/19th century structures. The KGB museum reminds you ...

... from the cabin with a face that asks more or less 'Are we still in the EU?' and get on an old trolleybus, looking rather sick. <br> <br> --<br> <br> I devote the entire afternoon to strolling in the old town, which is compact and everything is at hand. The first interesting stop is Zaliasis Tiltas ('a green bridge') over the Neris river in a place, where one bank says 'I love you' and the ...
Vilnius, Lithuania translucent... in and soon we were slowly climbing a partially frozen, narrow local road, surprisingly full of cars, densely parked along its edge, towards a white edifice on the very hill summit. It was Kalvarijø baznycia. Calvary Church, that is. Ruta parked, too, and then we got out to take a look around. So, the church was on the very top of the hill. On its back side there was the inhabited section of Vilnius. And from its front gate, that a long row of stairs lead up to, one could see a ...
Vilnius, Lithuania the_wayfarer... from. Much as Lithuania has turned westwards and much as people like Ruta mentally and psychologically have been trying to put as much distance between them and their Russian neighbours, money talks all languages. And whether you untie a purse of a Russian or an American, or a Chinese for that matter, money always rustles the same way. So now we all found ourselves in the Cathedral which had been restored in 1980s, and in 1990 returned to the Catholic Church. We all ...
Vilnius, Lithuania the_wayfarerOn the bus to Vilnius - Mary saw a Spaniard that she liked. We speculated that he is Fernando's younger brother and dubbed him Pedro. We arrived at Litinterp - I guess I forgot to confirm our booking, because they had no reservation for us. Luckily, they could still provide us a room. Unluckily, there were no hotties like the ones from Klaipeda working at the reception. We checked out the accommodations - better than Kaunas ...
Vilnius, Lithuania pwong... they find I guess for sale in any container thay can find... tins, plastic bags, cartons... all overflowing with foods... breads galore... by far the best I have ever tasted... they definitely know their breads!!! Trakai: Old capital... wow... castle surrounded by water... boat cruise... floating bridge... porta-loo boys... oh so funny... crafts... nature... beauty... yachts a plenty just floating by... community... gaiety... such a beautiful place...
Vilnius, Lithuania washablebeej... for photography. The whole thing was maybe not what I had expected, I was thinking it would be more of an adventure park, possibly with a Communist roller coaster and a guy dressed up as Stalin that could pose for photos with kids, but it was really just statues standing in a forest and a bit of old communist radio in the background. I didn't even find the giant statue of Stalin's head. It took half a hour to walk around, then we ...
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