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matcrazy1 Says: Look at very dirty back window of a bus which stood on a bus stop in Veisienai. I found some very dirty cars in Veisienai as well. Well, there were (in 2004) still a few villages close to Veisiejai which were accessible exclusively by unpaved roads or better to say tracks....
matcrazy1 Says: Driving highway 134 from Lazdijai I turned right opposite to gate in white wall of parish church and I parked my car there. The only way to visit Veisiejai was walking around on foot unless you posess a bicycle. Well, one can walk around park (Veisieju Regionino Parko...
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The bookstore in this bright green cottage, on my picture, offered a lot of books on many topics but exclusively in Lithuanian language. There were no postcards there.
The middle-aged woman who sold books, was staring at us like she had never seen any foreigners there. Well, maybe we really were the first ones there :-).
What to buy: Maybe some books on Veisiejai and the area around but they were in Lithuanian only. Well, some had many lovely pictures inside. At least you can take a look at the pictures to get an idea what to expect and to discover around...
What to pay: For some illustrated books on the area 20 - 40 Lt or so. No credit/debit cards accepted.
Updated Dec 25, 2006
Address: Knygos, Veisiejai, Lithuania
Notice-board, euroenthusiasts?
matcrazy1 Says: Natives used to stick various advertisements and notices on this notice-board (bulletin board) on my picture. What about sticking VT label there? Well, next time.. I was in Veisiejai just before the election to the European Parliament (13th June 2004), the first in which...
Native Americans in Lithuania?
matcrazy1 Says: I found this totem-like basis of statue in front of St. George's church in Veisiejai.Some Lithuanian chapels, statues looked similar (at least in high and thin shape) to tribal totem poles built by Native Americans of the Northwest America. Lithuanian influences in North...
matcrazy1 Says: There was wooden entrance to Veisiejai Regional Park (or more exactly, its Administration) in city park. At first, it looked strange for me, that they always put a turtle as a logo of the park. I thought there were no turtles living there but some snails. Well, maybe...
matcrazy1 Says: Windows of local houses were always equipped with sheer curtains and always were curtained. Some patterned curtains looked like hand made. It was not the Netherlands... I can't forget windows of numerous houses in the Netherlands, say in Amsterdam. The windows, even on the...
matcrazy1 Says: I found this drawing, on my picture, affixed to front facade of St. George's church. What did it mean? What happaned in 1526 there? Brave knight killed a dragon to save princess???Unfortunatelly there was no historical information on Veisiejai both at place and on my travel...
Improve your pictures... at home
matcrazy1 Says: If you take a picture of dark high cross/chapel/statue on light background of sky and if you can see only black object with no details on light background: 1. Don't worry, take it easy, keep smiling :-),2. Improve your digital picture using appropriate software (use gamma...
Pictures of high crosses/chapels
matcrazy1 Says: Look at my picture. It was taken using automatic set up of my digital camera. Hmm... black shape of cross-chapel-statue? with white sky in the background.Well, it was very difficult, sometimes impossible to take good or even acceptable picture of dark object (cross/chapel)...
Parish church of St. George (1817)
matcrazy1 Says: This white parish Roman catholic church of St. George (Sv. Jurgiu baznycia) was built about 1817. It didn't look very interesting for me from the outside as I could easily find similar churches around my place in Poland. Unfortunatelly all church doors were closed in early...
Country of lakes and pure nature :-)
matcrazy1 Says: Veisiejai is located in country of lakes which covers large part of Lithuania close to Poland's and Belarus's border. Well, I stopped by one of them along highway 134 from Lazdijai to Veisiejai. I didn't see any visitors and any tourist facilities there - I mean camping,...
matcrazy1 Says: I stopped in Veisiejai for the two reasons:1. it was marked as place, object of interest on my map,2. I saw this lovely park, on my picture, along the right side of my highway 134 from Lazdijai towards Druskininkai. In a moment I saw white edifice hidden among trees (parish...
matcrazy1 Says: I found this sculpture on a chapel put outdoors by St. George's church. It depicted a brave knight killing a dragon.Well, with reference to legends and tales, there were many dragons living in Lithuania including Nine-headed Dragon. Well, not all dragons were bad... More:...
matcrazy1 Says: This chapel was put outdoors by St. George's church. I paid attention to typical Lithuanian roof over the holy statue, hmm... not that typical statue as not wooden one. The design of wooden decorations was typical for this area of Lithuania, and northeastern Poland as well.
White chapel - typical and... unique
matcrazy1 Says: I found this high and thin wooden chapel, on my picture, put on a meadow by St. George's church. Its design, shape and especially the roof topped by cross was typical for Lithuania. Only the white colour was unique. Lithuanian wooden, high and thin chapels were usually...
matcrazy1 Says: This cross with crucified Jesus Christ was put by the grave of priest Stanislovas Mikalajunas. I paid attention to typical, Lithuanian decorative design of edges of the holy cross. It's strange, but sometimes they reminded me more relatively far Romania than very close...
matcrazy1 Says: There were a grave with high, wooden cross (on the left on my picture) and wooden statue - chapel (on the right) in front of facade of St. George's church.There were fresh flowers put on the grave. The commemorative plaque had inscription which said that priest Stanislovas...
matcrazy1 Says: The only tourist information I could find in Veisiejai was included on that information plaque on my picture which was fixed to a wall of St. George's church.There were plaques similar in style and shortage of information limited to Lithuanian language, fixed on a wall of...
Forget about car thefts but...
matcrazy1 Says: I was warned many times not to travel to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia by my car because of high risk of car thefts. Haha, I do NOT believe in it although I don't know any official police statistics. Maybe it could happen in the past... maybe in larger cities, maybe if I...
Peace, quiet and... Esperanto creator
After visit to hmm... rather ugly Lazdijai it was very refreshing to stop in Veisiejai - green, small, lovely town in southern Lithuania close to Poland. Dr. Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof (1859 - 1917),...
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