The Narutis Hotel Vilnius
24 Pilies Street Vilnius, 2001, Lithuania
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Lithuania ends the Baltic bonanza
... we were happy.
We were supposed to do a free walking tour, the same one that we had done in the other two cities, but we ignored/forgot about the sign in our hostel saying that you had to book in advance as this had not been necessary before. Apparently you shouldn’t ignore signs like that, as we learnt 10 minutes after the scheduled start time when we had been standing at ...
Dinner in vilnius
... lights and knocking on the door. They were pretty cool though, after finding out we were from the Uk they didnt seem too bothered, but just told us we were parked in a no parking area and to move a few meters down the road. pretty easy. we slept fine after that.
the next morning we were woken up by mothers bringing their kids to the preschool we slept in front of. classy. We drove back into town ...
Well Hung
... space. Mothers with babies in strollers walk, sit and admire their children as do mothers the world over. As in many cities of the world, most people here do not make eye contact with oncoming strangers so smiles are not exchanged.
The city is quiet until I approach a park and hear the familiar "pock, pock" of tennis balls. Here a complex almost the same size as the Plaza Tennis Center near my home hosts players of varied abilities. ...
The city of steeples and spires
... of each is different. Apparently, Lithuania used to be pagan, but is now nearly 90% Roman catholic. This could explain my second point-- when people pass any of these dozens of churches, the pause and do the sign of the cross on themselves. This practice makes us look like ********, standing there next to them snapping pictures of the cathedrals. But, in our defense, they are beautiful.
We went to dinner at ...
Slight change of plan- Vinius for the evening...
... border into Lithuania, the complexion totally changed, with more greenery, lakes, and something to stay awake for.
At the change of train at Sestokai in preparation for the 2 and a half hour final train to Vilnius, we were trying to make up time but eventually this was to no avail. As we reached Kaunas, we were still half an hour behind schedule, and on hitting Vilnius Central station, we saw the St ...



