http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Lithuania en-us Wed, 14 May 2008 01:42:44 BST Wed, 14 May 2008 01:42:44 BST Hola despus de 15 das tengo otra historia que contar bueno por aqu tambin se celebra el da del trabajo entonces desde el 1 hasta 4 tuvimos libre y quera aprovechar el tiempo para conocer algo nuevo estaba pensando ir a Estonia y Finlandia pero finalmente decid quedarme en lithuania y conocer mas de este pas porque ese es el principal objetivo de este viaje conocer lo que pocos me pueden c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Klaipeda/blog-273534.html After Vilnius I went to see one of the most inspiring sites in Lithuania The Hill of Crosses. Situated near the city of Scaroniauliai pronounced shoolay sounds a bit Asian to me in the north of the country the hill houses more than 50.000 crosses.The tradition of placing crosses here dates way back around the 14th century and today is the finest example of Lithuanian defiance of fo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Siauliai/blog-268689.html From Latvia I moved south to Lithuania first stop was Vilnius. I found Vilnius to be a very clean and assesable. It was also the turing point of the weather. The snow started to stop you could tell cause every one was starting to creep out of their houses for the first time. I spent a few days touring around seeing the sights and the museums then took a day trip to Trakai. Trakai is a small t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/Trakai/blog-268600.html Bueno creo que es tiempo ya de contarles mas experiencias hace das fui a un castillo muy famoso llamado Trakai que queda en un pueblo con el mismo nombre y es muy visitado por turistas de todo el mundo esta situado en medio de 2 montaitas pequeas bosques y lagos este castillo fue un importante centro poltico y militar de los grandes duques y reyes de este pas el pueblo de Trakai es tambi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Klaipeda/Trakai/blog-268162.html Whats your mission on your travels That was the question I was asked by two girls I went out for dinner with on my last night in Vilnius. Well a very good question indeed what was my mission Travel round the world walking backwards or only using female donkeys as the preferred method of transportation or taking a picture of every person I meet that was wearing pink sandals To be honest http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-267437.html From Berlin I took the train up to the island of Ruegen in the north of Germany and from there I caught a ferry to Klaipeda in Lithuania. The ferry ride was smooth. The only time a bit of action arose when I decided to burn a piece of paper in my cabin. The crew of the vessel were not amused at all about this as I soon found out when about seven crewmembers appeared outside my door After med http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Klaipeda/blog-267427.html Alright the best news first I've made it safely back into civilization i.e. the EU. Unsurprisingly it's like a different world here no more surly people bad service spitting as a form of expression and no more Cyrillic But how did it all come aboutAfter my last proof of life I managed to catch the train from Kyiv to Minsk after 10 hours of waiting at the train station. Yes I could have http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-267129.html Bueno aqu de nuevo con ms historias y lugares que mostrar el anterior fin de semana estuve en un evento llamado Synergy o sinergia en espaol en que consista este evento Bueno fue un evento donde se reunieron personas de todos los pases blticos que son Polonia Lituania Latvia y Estonia y se trataba de integrar esos 4 pases que son casi como hermanos y vivieron la invasin de Rusia es http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-263885.html Well i guess i have to make a short update of what is going on with my life as in the last months i was most of the time out of time. Starting with the beginning of March i am working in a company as HR assistant and i get to travel a lot in between Kaunas and Vilnius i have to wake up at 530 or 6 every day and i make about 200 Kmday by car...i am not driving. During the last week my healt http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-262080.html Well. The 2nd baltic conference just passed and again i was there as facilitator or in this case agenda manager. The conference was organized by AIESEC in Kaunas and in my perspective it was a success. In between work being a bit ill and some white nights this conference was a real energy buster and in the same time energy eater....i kept my energy during the conference but after it i was like http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-262074.html Well a nice surprise for the End of March besides the MC election was the fact that i was invited again to facilitate a working group in Lijot Forum this time the topic was inter cultural education. I had a one day session with 10 youth organizations and developed a project that hopefully will be put in practice in 2009. The forum took place in Kernavele i am not sure if this is the spell http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/blog-262070.html Si querido publico ya mas de 1 mes por aqu en esta tierra un poco fra pens que no me tocara nieve pero eso es lo que me ha sobrado desde hace 15 das bueno les cuento mi primer experiencia en la nieve era una tarde y empez a caer como arroz pero no era arroz sino nieve y yo dije ldquoque maravilla ya puedo conocer la nieverdquo y me sent en una silla y me quede mirando para arriba http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-260396.html Bueno despus de ya 15 das fuera de casa he conocido mucha gente y muchos lugares ya tengo muy buenos amigos que hacen mi estada aqu aun ms fcil Bueno les cuento que estuve en un lugar muy especial y muy hermoso un lugar de oracin donde se siente una paz tremenda es como para nosotros Buga este lugar se llama Santuario de Ostra Brama y aqu se encuentra un cuadro muy hermoso y milagroso http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-254335.html Bueno hoy les escribo desde Vilnius Lithuania maana desde cualquier lugar del mundo despus de 3 aos quieto en colombia he tomado la decisin de volver a abrir un nuevo desafi en un capitulo de mi vida despus de fregar tanto de que me iba y pasaba el tiempo y nada por fin llegue a lithuania el 27 de febrero la experiencia empieza desde colombia creo que venir a Lithuania es uno de los pr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-251392.html Arrived early morning in Vilnius the captial city of Lithuania and booked into the Old Town Hostel just outside the city walls. To enter the town you must walk through the gate of dawn and past the St Theresas church where there was often mass crowds out in the street preying below it. Again the city had beautiful old buildings with plenty of character around.Spent the first couple of days exp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/blog-249278.html My trip from Efland North Carolina en route to Lithuania began last Monday. With the help of my brother I packed all of the things that I would need from now until October when I return to New York. The packing process was not much different from my last two big prtrip packs but the difference this time was that I did not necessarily know what I was packing for. The past two times I packed http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-243800.html Dear Blog readers I have not written in quite a while the reason being that I have been home visiting friends and family. More blog entries are forthcoming as I am back in Lithuania and have lots of exciting travels planned for this summer. Here is in brief my plansI will be here in Lithuania for a month and a half staying with Viktorija and her family going to baseball practices worki http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-243029.html This is only my small observation concerning formal leadership. Working for AIESEC in the last 4 years was the greatest experience that i have had but during the last year i met some very interesting situations in conferences that i have been and i would like to stop on one. In October i had a short notice 3 hours before training on leadership now what happened is that i had a room with 80 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-236236.html I was having this thoughts the other days about how people lead other people and about the kind of leaders i met during the last 34 months. Most leaders that i have seen lately are afraid to step out of their comfort zone they tend to play safe and see where the road takes them in stead of making at least small risks that could bring so much more. Now observing these in the last months m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-236222.html This year was the first season that the Lithuanian Cup was awarded. The Cup was an end of year tournament that allowed all of the adult teams in Lithuania from both the first and second divisions compete for a championship. It was the final weekend of the season. This was also my final weekend in Kaunas. Saturday it was rainy and there were questions whether we would be able to play the game http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-221432.html It would be very easy to forget the fact that you are in Kaunas Lithuania while roaming through the great halls of Akropolis the newlyopened 3story megamall in downtown Kaunas. If not for the Lithuanian being spoken this could be any other mall in Minneapolis or New York or New Jersey or Greenwich Connecticut or Durham North Carolina. In fact the mall is even more flashy and fancy than http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-221344.html SeptemberI was on the hill for game 1 of the Lithuanian finals. The weather was horriblelots of wind lots of rain very cold. Kaunas stadium can sometimes give you the feeling that you are on top of the world. The clouds are right above you there are few trees around not much protection from the weatherin short you feel like you are in the clouds on a mountain summit perhaps. The rai http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-221340.html So in my AIESEC Career i had the opportunity to chair the Global Village of Euroco...how could i say no Euroco 2007 was organized by AIESEC in Vilnius and because i mentioned AIESEC Vilnius... Congratz guys and Girls you have done a great job... So the External Global Village took part in Europa shopping Center a modern MOL in the center of Vilnius The pictures will tell you a lot about http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-217652.html Uh 2 months from the last post some things happened during these months so i decided to write at least two posts today. I am in Coffee Inn a small coffee bar in one of the most known streets in Vilnius the office is out of internet and this place makes me feel like writing. I will start with the month of September. First to remember moment was Discover 2007 for AIESEC in Vilnius nice conf http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-217643.html These days I met some old travel companions of mine and we talked about our expedition in Eastern Europe from some while back. There were many beautiful things that we saw the people were wonderful even if we could barely understand them the language was melodious but who knows what they were actually saying right And I also remember well the Castle of Kaunas in Lithuania because I met someo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Kaunas/blog-209324.html June 2005The excursions out of Vilnius didnrsquot get off to the most promising start due to Mirandarsquos use of the Lithuanian language. After a difficult conversation with the lady in the ticket office who didnrsquot speak English about the whereabouts of a bus to Trakai Miranda repeats one of her two words in Lithuanian alus. The word she was looking for was actually aciu instead http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Trakai/blog-209092.html June 2005Welcome to the most central city in Europe at least that is what the National Geographical Institute of France published in 1990 Vilnius. A large city with an almost village like feel to it and another Eastern European melting pot as a result of the regular transfer of ownership over the centuries. The population today still contains a large proportion of Poles and Russians and has a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-209089.html Early morning I wake up around 530 probably because of my less than pleasant sleeping position as we put the tent up on a slight slope my head is actually about 10cm lower than my feet which didn't make for a great night's sleep. Then I realise it's 630 Forgot about the time difference again I really must change my clock forward. As Hans is up as well we decide to just get up pack aw http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-205571.html Tijdens onze kotenzoektocht van de afgelopen week had Jasmijn vlakbij dworzec centra322na centraal station een pijl richting Vilnius zien staan. Zondag de dag na onze intrek in de flat bedacht ze dat het misschien wel een leuke bestemming was voor een trip en ik vond dat nog niet zo'n zot idee en meteen die dag gingen we nog naar het station om tickets te boeken bij Eurolines.Maandagavond http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Lithuania/Vilnius/blog-205567.html