View over islands in the lake

Trakai

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June 27th 2019
27 June 2019 Trakai has a heavily restored picture-postcard castle on a small island in Lake Galve linked to the town by a couple of footbridges. In showery and sunny weather, we took a boat ride there across the lake from the campsite and spent a pleasant afternoon exploring the castle and town. ... read more

Europe » Lithuania

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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 199... ... read more