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Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR in 1940. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently restructured its economy for integration into Western European institutions; it joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004. To be updated

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By krimbow
October 26th 2009

A Baltic State-ment from 1998 Europe » Lithuania

MAP OF BALTIC

Back on the Road The Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were to be our new mission. We bought a return flight to Estonia and so on a gloomy rainy summer’s day we flew out into the unknown. We arrived mid afternoon and made our way to the Bus Station and bought tickets for an overnight coach to Vilnius (Lithuania) We had two weeks to visit 3 countries, so I came up with the plan of taking the overnight coach to Lithuania and then working our way back up to Estonia via Latvia. So with the tickets bought, we now [View Full Entry]

By Everette
October 16th 2009

Vilnius-Lithuanias Ancient Capital Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius

Gates of Dawn in Vilnius
Locals cross themselves or pray before going through the gates.

Hi Everybody! I am going to get Walt to write a summary of his visit to Chernobyl later. This is a very old computer. I am having to hit most keys more than once. I apologize in advance for errors. I do not always have time to proofread my entries. I know the when to use "there and their." I cannot tell you why I sometimes type the wrong letters. I have had to go back repeatedly on this blog and reinsert apostrophes and ts. They keep disappearing. Our train trip from Warsaw to Vilnius was uneventful. The scenery was pretty [View Full Entry]

By Smiling Jurgita
October 10th 2009

The path of my life Europe » Lithuania » Siauliai

a princess

I think I don't need something to say about my journey through my life. Jst have a look to my photos and you will understand everything... [View Full Entry]

By Smiling Jurgita
October 10th 2009

Two in one Europe » Lithuania » Siauliai

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We will have a baby soon... In the photos my pregnancy is 35 weeks... [View Full Entry]

By Layla and Ste
September 19th 2009

Vilnius Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius

P1000468

So after we arrived in Vilnius on Tuesday, we ended up spending most of the morning in the Hostel,just catching up on things. To be honest it was really niceto just chill out for the day as we had been so busy so far.The hostel were really great and let us hang around until there were beds free, they had quite a big kitchen where a lot of other guests were hanging out- everyone we met so far was australian, all really nice people. We eventually ventured out late afternoon. The hostel had these city maps called spy maps, and on [View Full Entry]

By mr mink
September 6th 2009

hotel Rinno - photo update! Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius

fluffy Hotel Rinno
formerly attached to a real animal??

yes - more photos - this is for Bob (see comments page). Here's one of my room key - its on a quite cute fluffy thing that may or may not have been formerly attached to a small animal [View Full Entry]

By mr mink
September 6th 2009

the final Vilnius - that will have to do Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius

Vilnius - once a Church?
now a casino??

Vilnius - the slow finale yes well it was a very slow start - as well as being an Accidental Tourist I have also become a less than fired up get outta the door one. Have to set an alarm almost to get up for breakfast at 10 - then take more than 3 hours to get out the door. Mind you (he says as an excuse) the weather here has been rather spotty. Its about midnight (I work hard at this y'know) and there have just been some spots of rain - which is better than last night when the [View Full Entry]

By Jonaitis
September 6th 2009

A Visit to Trakai and Many Environs Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius » Trakai

Where are we again?
Even my hair looks confused.

In keeping with our desire to see a national park in each country, we’d mentally marked down this as the day to make a trek out to Aukstaitija National Park. However, at the last minute we chickened out of the 2-hour bus trip that would drop us several km away from the park, and decided to visit Trakai National Historic Park instead, a preserve on a peninsula that was a mere 40-minute train ride out of town. With two castles, a ton of lakes, and an obscure sect of Judaism calling it home, we figured it would be the perfect fit, [View Full Entry]

By mr mink
September 5th 2009

showery Vilnius - the rainy capital Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius

Vilnius - St Catherine's Church

Saturday night fever - or it could have been without the Rivers stowaway parka in the camera bag - not to mention the pullout cover for the camera bag to keep it a little drier. Cos it did get a little wet here later today - in fact the light rain started about 6pm and was around while I climbed the hill to the fortress tower Gediminas Castle. However when I walked down and into the bottom of the town main street leading up to the main square it really started to pour down - and it was heavy man! I [View Full Entry]

By Jonaitis
September 5th 2009

Vilnius Day Three Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius

Frank Zappa and Pals
"Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best..."

On our second morning in Vilnius, we still had no hot water, so we called our apartment manager to see what she could do. For some reason I don’t totally understand, calling a plumber was not an option, so she drove us to an unrented apartment so we could shower. Again, it was a beautiful place with some weird flaws, like a shallow recess behind the tub with no drain, so after the shower, Graham wound up bailing a whole mess of water back into the tub with a juice glass. Well, whatever, at least we were clean. Back to Double [View Full Entry]

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