Cathedral square

Vilnius and Trakai castle

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July 18th 2008
We drove through Poland, past Bialystok and had lunch in Augustow before reaching Vilnius in the late afternoon. We explored the city in the evening in the sunshine, and again the next morning in the pouring rain! The cathedral square with its bell tower is really pretty, as is the old town with its many churches. Fortunately the weather changed very quickly and we set off for Trakai castle in ... 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