Novotel Hotel Vilnius

... br>Das waren die Hauptbeweggründe nach Litauen zu gehen. Land und Leute kennen zu lernen, Kultur und Traditionen mitzuerleben und die Sprache zu lernen. Ich möchte wissen wo letztendlich auch ein Teil von mir herkommt. Und in meinem Studium habe ich die Gelegenheit diesen Teil von mir kennenzulernen.<br>Also völlig weg und ab von Karriereraserei, Aufstieg und Weiterbildung. Denn litauisch ist nicht so wirklich Weltsprache No.1.<br>Ich mache also ein ...

... morning, and continued to grow all day and into the night. Every courner, alleyway, steps, park and lampost were filled with enthusiastic music makers, and a crowd looking on. Generally the crowds size depended on the quality of music produced. Thankfully most was high level stuff and ranged all the way from classical to to heavy metal with everthing inbetween. The vast majority was in the mother tounge apart from the odd Beatles and Jimi Hendrix impression. All in all ...

... much simpler to merely say I was a tourist. Then she asked me to count the places I'd been to and things I'd seen in Vilnius. I obliged her by trying to really tell her where I'd been and what I'd seen. And then she asked me the crucial one: "What is your opinion about the Lithuanian people?" I paused for a moment and then asked her the same counter-question as I had the black-haired girl at the "Ambassador" hotel reception: "Do you want me to be honest or polite?" Now she stopped for a ...

Jetzt mal ein ganz langer eintrag...der letztens sollte so noch garned veroeffentlicht werden..aber ioch kam dann doch ned mehr an den compu... Bin von tartu nach riga getrampt, klappte super...da standen viele Tramper an der bushaltestelle, ich hab schon den Mut verloren, aber viele nehmen mit...vor allem auch ganz normal menschen, also eherpaar um 50, frauen alleine etc... Das problem ist das sie einen nicht unbedingt dahin bringen wo man ...

... independence in August 1991, Lithuanians could at last start believing their independence would hold out this time and Vilnius would be able to turn to itself. Lithuanians are today the large majority in the city once again and the town has been emerging as a modern European city, being the major economic centre of Lithuania and one of the largest financial centres of the Baltics. Pizza came and went, neither the best nor the worst I'd ever had, and I moved on. My way led me to ...

... Or maybe being the birthplace of the most famous Lithuanian ruler, Vytaustas the Great. Either way, Trakai has achieved its fame. Today the restored Island Castle, dating originally as far as seven centuries back, is the only one of its kind in Eastern Europe. We parked almost right by the arched wooden bridge, spanning the distance between the mainland and the island inside the Galvë Lake. The castle was already well visible from there, so we wouldn't have to wander around, looking ...

... to Trakai, where the men served as soldiers and guards. I eat at a Karaim restaurant and it's great to eat Turkish-type food after a couple of months of northern European cooking - at the end of the meal I have a Ukrainian liqueur which tastes of honey and hot pepper and is delicious. After lunch I have a look their small but interesting museum. Then things start going wrong - I have a map, but it has little detail, and I try and take a shorter routs to reach the other main ...

... a repeat of the previous evening however wisely, without the last 3 hours. A sample selection of the personalities, a 2 year veteran from the us peace corp in Azerbaijan, a Swedish girl with a faultless English accent , a gaggle of Portuguese party animals, a sheep shearer etc.. Day 7 Vilnius Feeling fine this morning, maybe I was hasty to blame the Vodka the previous night. Sean is packing up to leave and I am discussing my plan take a day trip to ...

... train that is supposed to lead me to Russia! So, at one point it had to come. I hop in the train to Saint Petersbourg. So glad! The landscape is... well, there is no landscape, only trees around; the track runs through the forest. But it's beautiful. Around midnight, the typical tough and so unpolite custom officers turn up and check the visa and search the whole train. Nothing will stay unsearched. The clowns in uniform check my passport and visa. I keep ...

... of the old town in this day, including the castle, the hill of the three crosses (a really nice view over the city), a lot of very beautiful churches (it is surprising how many churches there are there) and a small part of the self-declared independent republic of Uzupio, but I couldn't find its constitution. :( Then I went to the HC meeting in some bar, managed to find the members there (it is ...