Early morning I wake up - around 5:30 - probably because of my less than pleasant sleeping position: as we put the tent up on a slight slope, my head is actually about 10cm lower than my feet, which didn't make for a great night's sleep. Then I realise: it's 6:30! Forgot about the time difference again, I really must change my clock forward. As Hans is up as well, we decide to just get up, pack away our stuff and flee the still mosquito-infested meadow. In the next town on the way, Eliskes, we stop to get some cake for [View Full Entry]

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Another old town, and to be honest by now we’re a little old town fatigued. Sort of like travelling in Asia and grimacing at the thought of seeing another temple, or Tibet and visiting yet another monastery - we’re just hankering for something different. So to be honest we didn’t spend too much time lingering around here. Instead our Lithuanian hosts Danielius and Grazina took us out to the countryside for a taste of something a little different. We took a day trip out to nearby Kernave which is the site of manmade hillforts that dat [View Full Entry]

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Catching taxis in Vilnius is not as easy as it sounds.... First of all, you can't hail them down: they will not stop to pick you up. Why? I don't know. Second, it costs more (perhaps even double) to catch a taxi before 8 or 9am and after 10pm....Maybe they just see the tourist dollars. I asked a local boy what the story was, and this is what he told me: " The best way to catch a taxi is to call for it. It is cheaper. If you get into a taxi in the street, they will charge you more. [View Full Entry]

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Eateries are a plenty in Vilnius. My favourite was a little tea house that i think was part of a chain of tea houses, but the atmosphere and the food were fantastic. And the prices were reasonable as well. I think it was called "Skonis ir kvapas" on Traku Street. We ate there twice because the place felt genuine, and though the menu was also written in English, as are a lot of menus in Vilnius, it didn't feel like it was catering to the tourist. Indeed, i think on both occasions we were the only foreigners there. The entrees were [View Full Entry]

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This is what everyone says when i tell them where i've been. Vilnius is kind of like Venice, except without the canals. Ok, and when i was there it wasn't sunny either. But with its churches and cobblestones it has an old world charm, that is romantic in itself. Simon and I were near the top floor of a hotel; he was attending Europython, and i was being tourist. I scoured the inflight magazines and the hotel magazine for addresses of small restaurants. Before we had left i'd looked into the tango scene: there was one, and i was determined that [View Full Entry]

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Hello again I am already in Lithuania and as the first time i am so impressed by this Country. I am in Vilnius and i am preparing a new entry for this BLOG. BUT before that entry i want to introduce to you 1 person that is very important for me, 1 person that wes always there when i had a problem and from my perspective the image of Exchange :). SN of AIESEC Pitesti, Drrrruuummmmssssss pleaseee forrrrr MONA SERBAN. Mona after 1 year in Colombia and 1 in Turkey is now in Great Britain. For me this girl is [View Full Entry]

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We have mentioned it before but we say it again. Emma likes beer but Ake doesn't. Consequently when we are in a restaurant Emma often orders beer but Ake orders juice. When the waiter or waitress arrives with our order they more often than not give Ake the beer and Emma gets the juice. If your aim is to save money here in Lithuania it is better to drink beer than to drink juice, because beer is cheaper. Well strictly juice isn't very expensive either. Heck, probably nothing is expensive here! [View Full Entry]

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We had four days off from work and decided to go on a trip to one of the lesser known neighbouring countries to Sweden, namely Lithuania. Lithuania is the southernmost of the three Baltic countries. Up until 1990 Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union. The formerly strong ties to Russia is something you can notice still today when you visit Lithuania. For instance the hotel we stayed in has furniture that looked like it came from a storage house in Novosibirsk, the supermarkets sell several different brands of Russian vodka but only rarely West [View Full Entry]

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Hello friends. We have been to Vilnius A couple of months ago dad took us to Tallinn in Estonia. We only stayed there for one day but we liked it very much. But now that we have seen a little bit of Tallinn we wanted to see more. But mum and dad refused to take us there again. They said that they have been there before and that there really isn't much more to see than the old town and we saw that when we were there with dad. We still tried our best to convince mum and dad to [View Full Entry]

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Unfortunately our stay in Vilnius wasn't long enough... We arrived from Riga on Monday afternoon after a long bus ride. We've decided to not plan our trip which meant that we hadn't booked a hostel before arriving in Vilnius - this caused a bit of frustration, but everything worked out in the end. Vilnius is a beautiful city. I loved the Old Town in Riga but I have to say that Vilnius' Old Town is even more gorgeous. Like the streets in Riga, the Old Town in Vilnius is made up of old cobblestone and I can't get enough of it! [View Full Entry]

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