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32. Gdansk

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Although not in the Baltics, Gdansk is on the Baltic Sea, and on the way home, so we decided to stop here for a day. A bonus, so to speak. Entering Poland from Lithuania is a difference of night and day. Once across the border, we realise how poor Lithuania actually is. In Poland the [...]
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31. Druskininkai

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Druskininkai is a small Lithuanian town in the far SE corner of the country, near the Belarus border. It is insignificant, except that it has somehow developed in the spa capital of Lithuania. “Druska” is Lithuanian for salt, and refers to salt springs that apparently form the basis for this development, although I have seen [...]
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30. the Museum of the Centre of Europe

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I am not sure that the claim of this museum, also known as Europos Parkas, to be the centre of Europe is geographically entirely correct – although, apparently, the French National Geographic Institute has, in 1989, determined so. But in any case, at about half an hour’s drive north of Vilnius this this is a [...]
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29. Vilnius

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Vilnius is considered one of the best preserved old towns of Europe, ‘old’ meaning medieval. It was established in 1323 and grew to become the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea, including large parts of Belarus and Ukraine, and even Russia. However, its biggest expansion [...]
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more examples of Kaunas’ street art

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Although perhaps not all of equally great quality, the street art of Kaunas is actually a good attempt to enliven the city. In between the Old Town and the Art Deco buildings the murals and sculptures provide a welcome distraction from the architecture alone, and in most cases add significant colour to the town – [...]
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28. Kaunas

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The young host of our B&B was very enthusiastic about Kaunas, and convinced us not only to have a look at the Old Town, what all the tourists do, but also concentrate on the Art Deco buildings, which sprang up in the newer part of the town from the 1920s onwards. Although Lithuania gained its [...]
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27. the crosses

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We didn’t spent much time in Klaipeda. Our first experience in Lithuania was a little disappointing. Saturday night was deserted, hardly anybody in the streets, the town was dead. Sunday morning we did a fleeting tour of the city, by car through the centre – admittedly, not a very balanced approach, but there seemed little [...]
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26. the Curonian Spit

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I had to look it up, too, but the Curonian Spit is the name an almost 100 km long, thin dune-covered sand bank that separates a lagoon from the Baltic Sea. About half of it is Lithuanian territory, the rest is Russian, part of Kaliningrad. The Lithuanian part is accessed from Klaipeda, our entry into [...]
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25. Liepaja

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Liepaja was not in the plan, but our Latvian friend suggested we go here (and I do listen to others, occasionally). And we didn’t regret it. For starters, I have been going on about wooden houses for a while now, and guess what? The apartment we booked in Liepaja was in one of those wooden [...]
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the Pedvāle Art Park

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The Pedvāle Art Park, near Sabile, warrants a separate entry to this blog, because there is a great variety of art works – sculptures, all made to be exhibited outside. There is quite a bit of stone, or stone and metal, no doubt influenced by Ojars Feldbergs, the sculpturer who is the brain behind the [...]
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