Blogs from Vilnius, Lithuania, Europe - page 14

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Last days in the Baltics. It would be easy to say I have a grasp on this area of the world, but like many of these old cultures, it is hard to understand the mind set of the people without living amongst them for some time. However, during my 2 or so weeks of travelling around this, very Eastern, part of Europe, I feel glad to have come here, and happy with my time, and the people who I have met along the way. Before making my next trip Belarus, I looked around Vilnius and felt somewhere entirely different to either Latvia or Estonia. Something, I couldn't quite put my finger, what it was anyway. From the start , the Lithuanian s seemed much more friendly and this perhaps came from Lithuania being the least visited ... read more

Lithuania and Vilnius.. A place that has now changed me in so many ways by the time I had left the country to be heading back to Australia. First stop in Lithuania was the hill of crosses and i remember thinking this is one creepy place.. It is not just one hill of crosses either, the whole area is completely covered in them and an amazing sight when first seen. It is hard to get to though from the city that is close by if not having a car. It ended up a local bus trip, guessing where to get of then walking for a hour or so to the hill. Getting back was worse and since I had a bus to catch I ended up rushing through the place. Next stop was Kaunas and it ... read more

Now, following the new trends in AIESEC in Lithuania, MC officially opened the team-building season with an unforgettable session in Andzelika's place (2 KM away from Bulgaria (and all other countries starting with "B" like Budapest, Berlin and Beer) according to Deny/ 2 KM away from Belarus according to the map). Location: EXCELLENTEeee...Andzelika's cabin in the country side, enough space to sleep, play, eat, drink, run, drink, make Koldunai. Thank you Andzelika. Participants: Kaja, Elin, Andzelika, Ieva, Deny, Rytis, Vytenis and of course me...ups...but let's not forget ANDRIUS, our beautiful chair. Events during the day: Arriving, driving, laughing, looking around, preparing the fire, buying chickens, beer, Koldunai and other elements....Also andrius prepared his evil plan..... Tasks during night: I was responsible to open the beers...and the rest to drink the... read more

Hi from ho-hum Vilnius Hmmm.... I was expecting to be blown-away by Vilnius, but so far I haven't seen anything that compares to the beauty of Tallinn (but, to be fair, I've only been here for a couple of hours, so I'll reserve judgment for now). The bus ride from Riga to Vilnius was a painless 4 hours (I had my raspberries and my mobile phone games to occupy me). When I arrived, I got a little lost finding my way from the bus station to the AAA hostel. The hostel had a pretty creepy feel right away, made even creepier when I found out that the rooms were made up of pods! I'm sleeping in a pod tonight ... Lithuania, thus far, is just creepy (made even creepier by the nutcase who has been chanting ... read more