http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Lithuania en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 17:33:44 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:33:44 +0000 Amazing city even in winter when I am here now in my hotel with awesome breakfast and quite good location 1520 mins to Vilnius old town www.europolis.lt.Any ideas what to visit here in the evenings Cause I was suing this local travel guide www.invilnius.lt and found Vilnius sightseeing places but not much about clubs and pubs. Thanx. R. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-769183.html The next stop after Siauliai was Kaunas some four hours by bus. I planned to visit Kaunas during the previous autumn visit but changed my mind and that was a correct decision as I saw this time. I slept a good night at the hostel checked out and left my luggage at the bus station storeroom. It is located in a different building than the station itself. When I first read about Kaunas I did http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-768018.html The only reason for my visit to Siauliai was to see the Hill of Crosses Kryziu Kalnas in the district of Domantai 12 kilometers from the city easily reached by scheduled bus in the direction of Joniskis. The day was all about buses the first one taken from Sigulda to Riga the second one in thirty minutes from Riga to Siauliai a minibus. I bought the ticket via the Luxepress website. Every http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Siauliai/blog-768015.html Lithuania VilniusAnother long bus trip and I arrived in Lithuania39s capital Vilnius. Unfortunately it was raining and I was struggling to read my map and follow the directions to the hostel which was aparently only 1015mins away. I finally worked out where I was information paramount to figure out where I needed to go and navigated a slightly dodgy area of towninto tiny cobbled stone str http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/Trakai/blog-767234.html Maybe it is the cobblestone byways that meander through Vilnius and appear more suited for horses than horsepower. Perhaps it is the unexpectedly historic architecture or the hulking castles that whisper of medieval derringdo. While modernity certainly intrudes it would not be a European capital without its Prada and Ermenegildo Zegna stores now would it somehow or other this Lithuania http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-761456.html I flew from Rygge to Vilnius early in the morning dozing a little while the passengers nearby being somewhat noisy. Having landed I at first stood waiting for the bus but then went to find the train station. You have to walk some 30 meters the train came in 20 minutes it consists only of two coaches and reaches the city in no time ticket was bought from the fare collector. Weather was total http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-760055.html Lithuania is credited with causing the collapse of the Soviet Union. Mot trong nhung muc dich chinh cua chuyen di nay la toi muon biet ve 3 nuoc Estonia Latvia va Lithuania. 3 nuoc nay da duoc doc lap nam 1991 sau mot thoi gian dai bi Lien So chiem dong va thong tri. Toi muon xem coi xa hoi cua ho tro nen the nao sau khi Cong San khong con nua.Vao nam 1939 Nazi Germany va USSR Lien So ky 1 thoa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/blog-757536.html The small nation of Lithuania is overloaded with character conviviality and culture. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the countrys capital Vilnius. Although the citys difficult postSoviet past is ever present a newly vibrant atmosphere has successfully subdued it. As you fly into Vilnius youll still catch glimpses of the old planned streets factories and those diminutive u http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/Trakai/Druskininskai/blog-740248.html Well hey one and allSo I guess its about time I wrote about the third and final country I visited in my little Baltic jaunt.When I last wrote I was just leaving Riga following a girl as so many before have and so many after me will. Well I have never and probably will never meet Delila or Lysa again. Pretty sad thought I guess but actually I am quite happy about this. You see now I have thi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/Trakai/Druskininskai/blog-739205.html After a comfortable four hour bus trip from Riga we arrived into Vilnius at around midday. I had drawn a rough map of where our hostel was located in relation to the bus stop. We walked for around 400 meters downhill until we realised it was uphill in the other direction you would think we would be good at this by now We did make it to our hostel a small apartment located in the old town howeve http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-738630.html Dear Friends and FamilyAnn and I have safely navigated the last four travel days and are currently in a 4star hotel in Vilnius. I could get used to this fancy travelin lifestyle I will mostly let the photos speak for themselves. Ann and I had a couple of hours in London during the 2012 Summer Olympics then jetted off to Frankfurt for a night on the town including the famous Apple Wine Festival http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-736975.html Hoy he salido temprano y he seguido la Via Baltica al sur me he metido en la ciudad de Paneveyz y he descubierto finalmente el tipo de cambio son 35 Lats por un euro. De ahi he seguido al sur. Al final estaba harto de todos los camiones y me he metido por la caretera interpueblos. Un rato habia asfalto luego tierra y al final pedruscos y arena asi que he vuelto a la carretera general y ahi he http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/blog-733233.html Hoy he salido tarde porque ayer estube hasta la una para hacer mis tareas principalmente porque habia un prejubilado aleman en el hostel y me estaba dando la chapa y como soy un tio no puedo escribir y escuchar a la vez... A eso de las 1030 he salido del centro de Riga he encontrado la carretera de salida a base de orientarme por la posicin del sol y de dar un par de vueltas de ms por las http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/blog-733229.html I didn39t think that these photos were good enough for the main blog ... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-730734.html Last day in Kaunas...last day in Lithuania...last day of me jolly holidays I spent this morning milling over my journey with a ham and cheese crepe. I had a wonder to the funicular on the other side of the city to the other one that I went to the other day....it was also closed. I wouldn39t of been arsed but there was a church at the top I really wanted to see. So I climbed the steps....and n http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-730283.html Today has been 39one of those days39. I got up just in time to get the 9.37 bus to the IX Fort got to the bus stop at 9.34...plenty of time. Wasn39t concentrating...missed bus...another arrives me and the driver have a funny conversation him in Lithuanian me in English about how I39m at the wrong stop.... For the first time ever in my life .... I HAD READ A MAP WRONG. I was meant to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-730119.html I don39t think I could of picked a nicer place than Kaunas to spend my last few days. It39s really chilled almost car free and the people talk to themselves or they speak to me just I don39t understand....I didn39t have a good night as I think I might be coming down with something is backpackers flu a diagnosis so switched off my alarm and slept until 9.30. I decided what was ne http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-729860.html Immediately after breakfast I dashed out to the shopping centre to get some packed lunch and as you do came back with a bus ticket As I walked to the trolley bus stop the number 5 was just arriving great timing so I climbed aboard stamped my ticket and was at the bus station before you could read a short story.I then went into the ticket office to get a ticket to Trakai but was confounde http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Trakai/blog-729769.html Left the hotel at 09h00 walking across the Green Bridge to view the Soviet statues left as a reminder of what was and then continued down Vilnius Gatv to the main Tourist Information Centre and the Town Hall. City doesn39t appear to be as vibrant as Riga nor even Tallin.Then continued on to the Republic of Uupis where I studied its constitution Everyone has the right to live by the River http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-729669.html Today I am knackered. Not mentally but physically. My feet feel like they are slowly solidifying and I can feel every muscle in my legs. All my clothes smell the same even though I have washed them in the shower... and I am constantly with a glow of suncreamsweat. I am nearly ready for home...but not quiteI slept until passed 9 today which was unusual for me and I even didn39t wake up when http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-729632.html