End of the Human Chain

On August 23 1989 around 2 million people made a human chain from Tallinn, Estonia to Vilnius, Lithuania (That's over 600km people) in protest of Soviet rule of the Baltic States. This is where it ended. (Or started depending on who you ask)

...And now we play the waiting game

August 11th 2006
The bus was actually on time, I couldn't believe it. I left Riga to the minute and was on my way to Šiauliai (Prenounced Shou-lay) in Lithuania. When we arrived at the border, we had to wait for 20 minutes while the passports were processed. This begun a theme for the day, waiting. Once at Šiauliai I headed to the Information Centre to find out ways to get to to my destination. I had to wait in ... read more

Europe » Lithuania

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

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