Vilnius

The Two Heads of Lithuania

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August 4th 2016
<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Day 195 Sunday 31st July 2016 – Riga to Vilnius Light streaming through our window at 5 in the morning had us a wake but we didn’t crawl out of bed till 7.30. Had asked the front desk last night when would the kitchen be opened for breakfast and she told us 8, so we headed down right on 8 to be confronted by the whole pla ... 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