Kaunas old town

Vilnius to Trakai

---

June 2nd 2011
Before breakfast we went next door to the Gates of Dawn which houses the chapel of the Virgin Mary, very moving to watch the old ladies struggle up the stairs to pray. The alter was spectaclarWell we set off from Vilnius HK wishing we had a GPS, but after one slip up finding the old church in Trakai we did find the castle,, built of red brick it was amazing built around 1400 restoration started a ... read more

Europe » Lithuania » Trakai

---

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