Vilnius old town

Lazing about in Lithuania

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July 11th 2008
After hanging out in Riga for a while, we hopped on a bus South to Vilnius the capital of Lithuania. We had heard good things about Vilnius that it was like Riga but without all the tourists and we had met two guys in our hostel from Vilnius who assured us that Vilnius was very nice. They even offered us a lift there the next day but after watching them drink three quaters of a bottle of Jack Dani ... 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