Hotel Turne Siauliai
Rudes St. 9 Siauliai, Lithuania
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La Collina delle Croci
Ho deciso di eliminare la tappa a Paluse, centro nevralgico di un bel grande Parco Nazionale a est della capitale, perche' il solo pensare ad una giornata tra i boschi con questo incubo dei mosquitos che stanno rovinando la mia permanenza in Lituania, mi era semplicemente impensabile.
Cosi' mi sono diretto senza esitazione ad una delle tappe che in assoluto piu' ho aspettato in questo viaggio, la Collina delle Croci.
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Der fünfte Tag- durch 'Ostpreußen' nach Litauen
E.D.:
Das war ein Tag!
Wir beginnen ihn frohgemut an der Grenze zu dem ehemaligen Ostpreußen, jetzt Teil der russischen Föderation.
Nur wenige Autos vor uns, und dann noch ein netter Kerl der uns sagt, dass Motorräder immer vor fahren - aber da bewegt sich erstmal garnichts, eine rote Ampel, eine geschlossene Schranke, warten.
Nach ca. 30 Minuten sind wir doch drin, im einem 'Park Ferme', d.h. hinter und Schranke zu, vor uns ...
Kryžių kalnas - Hill of Crosses
Yesterday we cycled to the Hill of Crosses about 12 km outside of Šiauliai in Northern Lithuania. It is belived to have started after the uprising in 1831 and is a place of Catholic pilgrimage.
Pope John Paul visited here in 7 September 1993 and there is also a Franciscan Hermitage located on the grounds. When the Soviets occupied Lithuania the hills where bulldozed but people continued to risk life by creeping in at night to plant crosses.
Brenda
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The Hill of Crosses
I took a bus ride south and crossed into the last of the three Baltic Republics, Lithuania. Like before the border was hardly even noticed and we finished our ride in Siauliai. I stopped by the bank to exchange my remaining Latvian currency into Lithuanian Litas and was on my way.
I rented a bicycle and started the roughly seven mile ride to the "Hill of ...
Siauliai - Hill of Crosses
... push in front of tourist, I think they make a game of it). Our next problem was, where do we get off? As the Hill of Crosses in the middle of no where.
After about 20 minutes Stephen asked the little old lady next to him, Okay well he point to the name on a piece of paper, where we get off. From what we understand she told us next stop. We then walked up a deserted road for 2km in slippery icy conditions to soon find the ...
