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May 10th 2009
Day 8-9 (May 10-11) A four hour journey by local bus took us from Klaipeda to Vilnius the capital of Lithuania. Vilnius is a place with many churches and preserved buildings. It has one of the oldest universities (1500’s). The next day we visited the old capital at Trakai about an hour away, and it’s feudal castle and museum surrounded by a lake. Rather amused by the three dimensi ... read more

Europe » Lithuania » Vilnius

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

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Sharyn J

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Welcome to my Travel Journal. Ill be updating here as often as I can so you can catch up on my travels whenever you have the time. (I hope Ill be better at updating than I am with emailing or phoning!). There are green boxes below to help you jump to a particular country. Where am I now: 26 December 09 - At Lovices, in Wijchen, The Netherlands Below is a summary and map of the key places Ill be visiting. * Japan, China, Mongolia, Russian Federation * Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania * Poland, Germany, Austria, Czech Repub... full info

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