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The most ridiculous question is: where are Lithuania?A lot of people from foreign countries don't know about it. Sometimes they ask: "What is mean Lithuania?"When one my friend have been in France, he asked passer-by: "Where are Lithuania".Passer-by smiled and said: "Somethere in Africa".Bad knowledge in geography can cause smiling, due to this I have put a map.
In many places- even in Vilnius speaking English will not help you. Not many people speak English, and in many museums (especially outside Vilnius) the information is only in Lithuanian so you can only WATCH the exhibits.
At almost 20 Litas per person, we considered it a major rip-off for an open air sculpture exhibition. Driving from "Centre of Europe" to "Europe Park" is a nightmare as the road is in very poor condition and the directions are very poorly marked.Definitely not recommended at this price. There's even extra charge for car parking (unguarded) there. Go from Vilnius, instead of from the "Centre of Europe" site Ignore Europa Park and do not support their greedy attitude. Lithuania is full of nice sculptures accessible free throughout the country. There's a sculpture park in Klaipeda and Grutas Park near Druskinikai is much cheaper.
Since high antiquity Lithuania is called 'The Land of Amber'. In ancient times amber was worth its weight in gold, and special caravans were carrying amber to Rome from the Baltic region.There are two serious hypothesis how amber appeared in the Baltic sea: 1st - Perkunas (King of Thunder) destroyed Amber Palace of Jurate (Princess of the Sea) because she felt in love with simple fisherman Kastytis. 2nd - Amber has formed itself from a pine resin through million years. Amber is not just beautiful, it is useful as well: it cleans the environment in which it rests. When wearing, it brings purification of mind, body, and spirit. Amber activates unconditional love in mankind, stimulates the intellect, It is also a symbol of renewed marriage vows.You can buy amber in Pilies and other streets of Vilnius, Klaipeda, Palanga, and other unpredictable places. Beware of cheats! Sometimes the amber...
There are more than 100 000 crosses on the hill. You can only add your cross but not to take one for the memmory:)HILL OF CROSSES - the place important to every Lithuanian. It is a spontaneous, slightly primitive creativeness, expressing the mysteries of our legends, traditions and pre-Christian symbols. The Hill of Crosses is a Lithuanian Golgota. Again our memory goes back to the period of bolshevik occupation. Lithuanian emigrants and deportees, dispersed in the West and in the East, with tears in their eyes, great pain in their hearts took with them their songs, customs and handiwork, the traces of which can be found in many places of the world. Some of them were deported, tortured and persecuted for their firm beliefs of the Christian church. Carrying Christian crosses on their shoulders and putting them on the Hill of Crosses was a spontaneous form of spiritual resistance. But the...
No matter how hard they insist, I cannot help to think of the countries that used to be behind the iron curtain as East. Not to mention the former Soviet Union!! After all, I grew up in the cold war era and these mind sttings are difficult to change at my age...And now, the French Geographical Institute comes and says that the geographical centre of Europe is exactly 25 Kilometer North of Vilnius!!But how on earth??Believe or not, this supposed geographical center of a continent whose limits are not even clearly defined is a modest place that will not impress you. the hit is marked with a rather unassuming stone in the middle of a typical Lithuanian farming landscape.
soon will be more info:) Local CurrencyLithuanian litas (Lt) come in denominations of 10Lt, 20Lt, 50Lt, 100Lt, 200Lt and 500Lt notes; 1, 2 and 5 litas coins, plus a number of weightless centai that are worth very little and generally annoy.Since 1994 the litas has been pegged to the US$ at a rate of 4Lt to US$1. In line with Lithuania's progression towards EU membership pegging switched to the euro on February 2, 2002 at the rate of 3,4528Lt to €1.Most places of any note in Vilnius and some other cities now happily accept major credit cards, and ATMs joyfully spew out money to any foreigner with money (or not) in their account.However, if you're planning on spending any time in the countryside take plenty of cash as things can still be a little backward in rural areas.By the way, take a close look at a banknote of 10 litas – a cash memorial for two of the most famous Lithuanian pilots,...
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If you are a western person and are travelling in Lithuania by train or bus, be careful with the route. There are a lot of passenger transports that its routes cross the Belarus or Russian territory. For these cases you NEED A VISA just for the country you are crossing the territory, if not, you would get problems. Most of people in Lithuania (including the ticket collectors) doesn’t know about this, so they can’t advise you.For example, many train routes departing from Vilnius to Poland, are crossing Belarus, that is normal for the lithuanian people as they don’t need a Visa, but a western person needs it. Remember again: the Lithuanians never advise you about this point as normally they don’t know about this political distinction.
There are a couple of tricks I've learned over the years to tell fake amber. Amber can come in several different colors, ranging from amber-colored, to white and green. It all depends on the conditions under which it petrified (amber is petrified pre-historic tree sap). I believe the green kind is the rarest.The most common and easiest to fake is amber-colored amber. A lot of times, what you're actually buying is glass or plastic. One way to tell that it is plastic is if there are bubbles in the amber. Real amber doesn't have any...although if it has little bugs or leaves in it, you know it's real.If your amber is set in a metal, make sure on the back that it is open. Closed-back jewelry is most likely fake. I have nothing to help you with telling whether the metal is real though. : ( As for pricing, you shouldn't pay more than something like 25% of US prices for amber.
Radisson SAS Astorija Hotel Vilnius Vilnius
8 Reviews and 101 Opinions The Radisson Sas is one very nice hotel here in the old city. Good location where you can walk to...
Park Inn Kaunas Kaunas
5 Reviews and 115 Opinions New modern hotel. Now name Reval hotel Neris. I work in Reval hotel so i know how everything is...
Promenada Klaipeda
4 Reviews and 8 Opinions I didn't stay in the hotel myself, but I know from my guests, that there is a good breakfast and...
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Q: How would somebody describe a road Trakai – Alytaus – Lazdiai – Augustow (Poland). If do it, than via Dirvoniskes or not? I am...
A: hi It depends what you want. If you are just driving then it's ordinary road, going mostly through forest, fields and small villages. Road quality is quite o.k. If you...
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