Biggest Old City of Europe (Vilnius, Lithuania)

"Whats your mission on your travels?" That was the question I was asked by two girls I went out for dinner with on my last night in Vilnius. Well, a very good question indeed - what was my mission? Travel round the world walking backwards, or only using female donkeys as the preferred method of transportation, or taking a picture of every person I meet that was wearing pink sandals? To be honest, I don't have a mission. My only idea for the beginning of this trip is that I want to reach China by traveling overland. I feel this will give a more gradual start than if I stepped on a plane in Europe and got off in crazy Beijing, Manila, or Delhi. Apart from that, it's just me traveling as I feel like. BTW: Sorry Clara and Franziska for disappearing on Sunday, I just felt like moving on. Hope you had a good trip back to Poland!

Well, but what about Vilnius itself? After grey Klaipeda, it was quite a change! The city, especially the old town is lovely. I spent hours at a time just wandering around aimlessly. Coming to think of it, I actually spent a great deal of time doing not much at all on my four days there, which was great! I did take a day-trip however to Trakai with its picturesque Island Castle, have a look at the picture. One thing well worth seeing in Vilnius is the KGB-museum, which used to be the KGB-prison in Soviet times. The horrors that went on in this place have been made quite visual by the museum-administration, especially the execution room (with up to 45 executions per night) left a lasting memory.

Next stop: Šiauliai (Lithuania). For more pictures have a look at http://pictures.beiske.com

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