Vilnius Stories


Change of direction

Vilnius is all good; elegant buildings in the very centre, surrounded by lots of equally lovely buildings in various crumblesome stages of decay. There's also a nice little arty area that pretends it's independant but sort of isn't really. It's all about pretend, apparently. I found another one of those free walking tours where a local shows you the ...


New Year's In The Baltics

On the way home from Lithuania, I was re-reading my guidebook to pass the time, when I came across a passage that I had previously missed: "It's not unsual in the Baltics for winter temperatures to drop to -20C." It's a good thing I hadn't read this little nugget of truth earlier, or I may have skipped what turned out to be a fantastic trip. It was a...


A Must For Frank Zappa Fans!

Lithuania’s landscape is generally rural and extremely flat, although pine forests and tranquil lakes are a feature of its National Parks. Numerous storks can often be seen standing in fields or occupying nests atop telephone poles and any other handy elevated spot. Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius is the largest (population nearly 550,000) and one of...


Up a TV Tower Tower on a cloudy Day!

Tom and I decided that we would make mission to Lithuanian TV Tower today to see some proper sights as we had seen such a good view from the Castle tower the day before, the classic thing being that when we got there it was too cloudy that we wouldnt be able to see anything! Good planning! Really glad it was such a waste of time as the tower was situate...