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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 Dannyintheworld
June 21st 2007

Friends :)

Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius

mona's 3
:P

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]

By Dannyintheworld
June 21st 2007

Kaunas and FUN.

Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas

Kaunas
;)

During the last weekend i went to Kaunas. Kaunas is a 400.000 inhabitant city in Lithuania, about 100 Km away from Vilnius. After a small tour of the city we went we went to a small restaurant and got some Lithuanian traditional food and beer, the food consists from boiled meat covered in boiled potatoes, and the beer was “alive” beer. The city itself consists from 2 sides, the old city and the new city, both of them very beautiful. The nice part of this trip is that I met the AIESECers there and went to a party, to be honest [View Full Entry]

By Vilius
May 30th 2007

Baseball Practice in Gintaras Stadijona

Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas

A view from home plate

It is clear that we are a battered team at this moment, only two days into the Lithuanian Championship. I strained a muscle in my right shoulder sliding back into first on Saturday; right now I am wearing a brace and the doctor has told me to not play for at least one week. I was at practice, though throwing and running a bit. Marijus Dargus was back at practice even though he is recovering from knee surgery and cannot do anything more than walk. He apparently called Sigitas immediately after he heard about our devastating 22-5 loss saying that [View Full Entry]

By Vilius
May 30th 2007

Quarry

Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas

Andrius
He is single, ladies

Some pictures from swimming at the quarry. [View Full Entry]

By Vilius
May 29th 2007

Beers for Homers: a Kaunas Tradition

Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas

Sakylas
Our home run leader from last season. The secret to hitting for power: eat lots of sausages.

Last year I wrote about the great Lithuanian baseball tradition (in fact Kaunas baseball tradition) that if you hit a home run you are obliged to buy beers for the whole team. I commented initially that this was an incredible tradition, but a rather expensive one for the few players who most often hit the home runs. On our first day of games last weekend Aivaras hit the first homerun of the Lithuanian championship. And I learned that in fact this year the team has changed the tradition because some guys complained about having to always buy the beers after [View Full Entry]

By Vilius
May 29th 2007

An American in Utena

Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas

Vetra Stadium
The stadium in Utena. it is the only stadium with a backstop, fences, dugouts....a real baseball field.

I continue to learn more and more about baseball here in Lithuania. Last Sunday at the games in Utena I was playing first base when a ball was hit to the shortstop, who threw a wild throw to first wide to the right. I went to catch the throw and was toppled over by the Utena runner as he ran past first base. I tumbled once and landed on my feet, and impulsively said ‘Aziprasau,’ (sorry). The Utena guy said ‘hey man, sorry ‘bout that, you alright?’ And I said ‘you’re not Lithuanian.’ ‘Nope,’ he said. So how did I [View Full Entry]

By Vilius
May 28th 2007

Kaunas Lituanica vs Utena Vetra

Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas

vs Utena Vetra

Things have not gone as expected and hoped for here in the Lithuanian Championship for the Kaunas Lituanica squad. Just a little background; in 2006 (last year), Lituanica won the championship easily losing only three games all season and winning the final series 3 games to 1. At this point last season, the team was 6 and 0. Right now our record stands at 2 and 4. True—we are not the same team as we were last year. Three of our best players are not playing, others are injured and only half-strength. In addition it appears that the other teams [View Full Entry]

By Vilius
May 21st 2007

Kauno Dienos

Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas

Kauno Dienos
The Carnival rides in front of Kaunas Castle.

This past week was ‘Kaunas Days’ in Kaunas, a whole week to celebrate the greatness of Kaunas. It started off with a bang last weekend with two full days of music, artisans and vendors from all over Lithuania coming to Kaunas to sell their art, foodstuffs, to show off their trade. There were three music stages, and a big carnival with carnival rides, cotton candy (the literal translation from Lithuanian was ‘Sugar Cotton’), and bumper cars. Of note is that all of the ride names, the signs and words on the sides of this portable carnival show were French or [View Full Entry]

By Vilius
May 19th 2007

Lithuanian Krepsinis Championships

Europe » Lithuania » Kaunas

Pre-game warmups
Kaunas is in green, lietuvos Rytas in red.

First, let me explain the title of this entry. 'Krepsinis' is the Lithuanian word for basketball. In Lithuanian, baseball is 'beisbolas', soccer is 'footbolas' (like english 'football), table tennis translates directly as do most other sports.....but basketball is 'krepsinis,' pronounced 'Crap-Sheen-is.' Back in March Donatas and I made a deal that I would buy him a pair of new Easton batting gloves in exchange for tickets to the Lithuanian Basketball Championship between Lietuvos Rytas of Vilnius and Kaunas Zalgiris. I came through on my end of the bargain, and so did Donatas….he g [View Full Entry]

By Ake_och_Emma
May 19th 2007

Emma drinking beer

Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius

Svyturys
Svyturys beer

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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