Loving the Baltics

Trip Start Sep 08, 2012

Trip End Oct 06, 2012

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Flag of Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Today we travelled from Riga to Vilnius - which took a little under 4 hours on the bus. The one thing we liked about this tour is we are in each city for 2 nights, there is minimal bus travel and there is a lot of free time.

Vilnius is very pretty, and quiet well preserved - given the history.

So, after arriving in Vilnius, we wandered through the markets just outside our hotel, scored shasliks for a second time, then visited the KGB museum. Its official name is actually The Museum of Genocide Victims. It was a pretty confronting place to visit but we felt it was important.

We then had dinner with the group, before wandering around Vilnius at night. Tomorrow is a city tour, followed by Trakai Island Castle.

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Abandoned Latvia/Lithuania border crossing	Shasliks again	Vilnius markets	Vilnius markets
Vilnius markets Comments!	Vilnius markets	Church near hotel	Old relic Comments!
View	Old KGB head office - now museum	Vilnius in the evening	Vilnius in the evening
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Vilnius in the evening - found a concert :-)