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Perkūnas – a reminder of pagan Lithuania
Lithuania was the last European country to convert to christianity in 1386. Before that one of the great pagan gods was Perkūnas, the god of lightning and thunder and storms. He possessed many weapons...
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Spoilt for choice on Stiklių Street
Tourists might associate this street with the Jewish ghetto which was destroyed in 1941 whilst Lithuania was under Nazi occupation. However the name refers to the glassblowers who worked and sold their...
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Šv. Konstantino ir Michailo Cerkvė, Vilnius, Lietuva.
Reblogged from Kindadukish's Blog: On Basanavicius Street, a bit away from the city centre, you’ll find the Russian Orthodox church built to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the reign of the...
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Cathedral Bell Tower renovation in Vilnius
Next to the cathedral on the edge of the main square (Katedros aikštė) is the impressive 52 m high bell tower (Varpinė). Although the square was only created in the 19c when the cathedral was being...
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Karaim in Trakai
I’ve posted about Trakai before and mentioned the cornish-pasty like dish called a kibinas. These were introduced into Lithuania by the Karaims The Lithuanian Karaims (Karaites) are believed to have...
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Sunday Morning Stroll in Žvėrynas (Vilnius).
Originally posted on Kindadukish's Blog: Žvėrynas (literally the menagerie) is one of the older neighborhoods and smallest elderships in Vilnius, Lithuania. According to the 2001 census, about 12,000...
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The Genocide Museum, Vilnius………a detailed history, well almost.
Originally posted on Kindadukish's Blog: After visiting Lithuania for the past 8 years, making about 34 trips I finally got around to visiting the Genocide Museum in March 2014. It is difficult to...
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That most English of days: St George’s Day
mikethepsych:A patrons saint we share with many other countries Originally posted on Mike the Psych's Blog: Flying the flag as the wind turbines on the moors behind stand silent as if saluting it. The...
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Where’s the evidence?
Lithuania underwent a transformation after independence in 1991 and wanted to shake off its former soviet image. They removed much evidence of the former soviet times but some they kept. The statues on...
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Did What Is Right
mikethepsych:I visited the museum in his memory when I was at Summer School in Lithuania in 2008 Originally posted on Please Understand Me: According to his own conscience. Which was against his...
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The Japanese Schindler in Lithuania
The story of Japanese Consul Chiune Sugihara has already been told in the reblog I did yesterday. I took these photographs in 2008 at the museum in Kaunas his memory. We were taken there as...
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A Little Light Humour in Lithuania………..NOT!
mikethepsych:NB This is NOT a news item! Originally posted on Kindadukish's Blog: Ambushed, handcuffed and interrogated by the KGB: Welcome to the terrifying tourist attraction that transports you back...
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Just like going home………………..Vilnius!
mikethepsych:This is the view in July 2013 after they had de-forested the slopes around the castle and were re-laying turf Originally posted on Kindadukish's Blog: Vilnius Castle My colleague and I are...
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The green, green, grass of home
On my last trip they were re-turfing the mound on which Gediminas’s Tower is built. That’s now finished as you can see from this photograph although they are still doing some work on the masonry at the...
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Vilnius, a city of contrasts
As you cross the Green Bridge from the city side there are these buildings sitting incongruously side by sideThis is not the first time I have noticed such contrasting architecture.
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Show of solidarity with Ukraine
I was walking down Gedimino pr and noticed that the Marks & Spencer store was flying two flags. The national flags of Lithuania and of Ukraine, two former soviet republics. As a Brit with friends...
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The Church of St Parasceve in Vilnius
This attractive little Russian Orthodox Church, the Church of St Parasceve (or Piatnickaya in Russian) is situated at Ribiskiu Didzioji 2 behind the outdoor market place at the top of Pilies g.before...
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Goodbye Lita; I’m going to miss you
Lithuania has finally met the convergence criteria and will adopt the euro as its official currency on January 1 2015. Lithuania has been the only country to have been refused entry to the euro because...
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Uzupis………you never know what to expect!
Originally posted on Kindadukish's Blog: On my numerous visits to Vilnius in Lithuania I always find time to wander round the bohemian quarter called Uzupis which is sometimes compared to Monmartre in...
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