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Border Crossing Experience & Vilnius in Lithuania
... and then returned to Vilnius. Upon arrive we then visited the old KGB headquarters. From the outside this building was quite grand, however that gave a false impression of what lay within. This was operational right up to August 1991 when Russia's hold on numerous countries within the USSR fell apart when Boris Yeltsin took power. The KGB immediately deserted the headquarters on that day, obviously fearing their fate (due to their role in the ...
A whirlwind visit
... rooms in the basement, but in all of the 12 rooms and displays, we found only one measly reference to Jewish citizens: "240 000 were killed, 200 000 of them Jews." Well, they all but snuck that one in, leading us to infer a thing or two about the "unofficial" attitude towards Jews.
Well, if you could believe it, I have composed this entire entry on my iPod touch during a very long 4 hour drive to Riga, the capital of Latvia. The Lithuanian and ...
The currency is lit
... 71year old. One of her comments to the journalist was " I travel light no tampons or condoms"
The town of Vilinius has various points of interest such as the KGB museum, Frank zappa statue (nobody knows why) and the Arch of Dawn. We found Frank's statue and the Arch but the KGB was shut, so we consoled ourselves with a bottle of wine and ...
European Escapades
... with us. We realised something was up when he decided to hang outside the Pub and drink his beers on the street while we ate dinner. He continued to talk about how he had just split up with his fiance and all he wanted to do was pick up girls. It was all he talked about. We went back to the hostel to get ready for the Pub Crawl and we walked down to the starting Pub. I bought the first round and we sat around watching the Ireland vs Russia Euro Qualifier. It ...
Taurage Adventure
... have any better ideas for finding my relatives, I did a quick gut check, agreed, and insisted I would go to the hotel afterward.
As we drove to their lovely home by the river, Remigilia explained that she has a good friend who is a local English teacher. Before long, her friend Judita arrived and was able to help translate the genealogy information my friend Clydia compiled about the Waitekus family. We stayed at Remigija's house for ...