Hotel Sudavija Kaunas
Sodo gatve 1A, Marijampole Kaunas, LT-68295, Lithuania
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A tourists delight
We left Riva to head for Kaunas, with its magnificent castle, Town Hall and hot air ballooning in abundance.
No screens due to a strained "V" finger from previous flights so suffice it to say we are in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Next stop Belarus
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Lithuanian Roots
... made over a medicinal beverage known as 999 (9x3=27 herbs) and Nijole kept the drinks flowing. She reminded Barb a lot of her grandmother, who came to the U.S. from this area in 1913. Barbara was given rue, the symbol of Lithuania, an aromatic shrub that is a major aspect of life events in Lithuanian culture. A special cake was prepared known as sakotis and it was very tasty. Then, in came Nijole's daughter, with bags ...
Time to get out of doge.
... almost
to tempting but to have to lug our bags around what would be a place
that would require a lot of walking prohibited this.
It was starting to get hot as we aproched the train station. All around
the povertiy of the airea we were in was clear. People rummaged through
bins and Shap dressed young men stalked around the bus station looking
for cons.
We booked our tickets ...
Beautiful dusty roads and wonderful clean sheets
... water we were walking over clean stone in crystal clear water. Standing knee deep on a stone, hundreds of fish came and swam around out legs, a few small ones even daring to nibble my toes. We then waded through an avenue of tall reeds out into the faster flowing water where we could brace our feet on a rock and leaning into the current, relax and let the water flow around us, so wonderful and cooling.
Until late in the afternoon we were at the river eating, ...
Rumsiskes
Trekking about 25 km to the east of Kaunas we visited an open-air museum in Rumsiskes, which contains original homesteads from the 4 ethnographic areas of Lithuania. These original Lithuanian villages provide a comprehensive picture of the lifestyle of the rural inhabitants from the 18th century to the early 20th century. These homesteads were collective farms during the Russian occupation that didn't end until 1990. ...


