Vilnius Cathedral

Vilnius and kayaking in rural Lithuania

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May 24th 2011
We arrived at the bus station in Vilnius in the late afternoon. The station is just south of the old town which is rather dodgy and unfortunately we are staying at an apartment quite close to it. We eventually find the apartment which is in a gated community along with some crumbling, falling down little huts which we later discover are old soviet wood storage huts. The apartment is act ... read more

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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