Blogs from Vilnius, Lithuania, Europe - page 7

An diesem Tag bin ich von Riga mit dem Bus nach Vilnius gefahren. Dort habe ich eigentlich nicht mehr viel gemacht und es gibt leider keine Fotos.... read more

An end of…… …. four years of a new culture, many different experiences, find the real love, interesting people, new amazing friends, an education, a hard language, never ending cold winters, awesome time, night long parties, beautiful summers, relative searching, exam weeks, dance in the rain, Couchsurfing meetings, a beginning of an education, Cili Pica/Kaimas restaurants, travelling, hosting wonderful people, our engagement, having Friday whole week, surfing next door neighbor couch, sitting and studying whole day, eating a kebab at night, a funeral, spending nights in Riga airport, sleeping on the lectures, dreaming, planning, living the real student life, having few months long conversations on Skype, waking up and don’t realize where we are, many layers of cloths, watching movies, walks in the night and day, cepelinai – a great Lithuania food, celebrating, sharing a good ... read more

I've been pleasantly surprised with Lithuania. Granted, I've only been here for 5 days but it has a good feel about it and, the roads have seen a significant improvement. Yay! What I am a little disappointed about though, if that's the right word, is that there's no fanfare when you cross the border, no passport inspection, no stamp. You're lucky if you get a welcome sign. I'm not saying bring back the days of old but I am nostalgic about trying to discern which country's stamp it actually is in my passport... And you know, if you're on the road for 3 months (or longer say) it would be great to have a little more proof, other than the this-is-the-date-you-arrived stamp and the this-is-the-day-you-left stamp with nothing in between, that you actually travelled through the ... read more

Location The Hill of Three Crosses lies just outside of Old Town Vilnius near the Upper Castle. It is not hard to get there even if you are walking, as we were. It is a bit tiring to get to the top on a hot day like today. Knowing that the probability of our being in Vilnius again is slight, we included it even if we were already pretty tired from walking for hours. In my opinion the major reason to visit the crosses is the view of the city from the top. Certainly you can see the crosses themselves quite well from other places. So, if you are in town I would say not to bother with the climb. We walked up the road since if there is a path through the woods we missed ... read more

May 28th to May 31st. We have wanted to visit the Baltic States, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for a number of years. Through the years at IBTS we have been blessed with meeting and becoming friends with a number of people from these countries. This year we decided we would visit this area of the world. After all we are not getting any younger and there is no guarantee we will ever be back in Europe. We like to travel by train, but this was not a viable option given our time restraints. It is possible to go by train from Prague to Vilnius, but it requires a number of changes and quite a bit of time. It is also possible to go by bus ... but riding on a bus for 48 to 51 hours ... read more