Kaunas, Lithuania 16.6.2012
Yes – we managed to get out of Riga after all. We arrived in Kaunas at 2.40 am after quite an unpleasant journey. Piritta’s friend Povilas was there to pick us up from the bus station, thanks so much for that. We were so tired that we went right to sleep after getting to the apartment.
Next morning I woke up to the sound of door bell ringing. I crawled out of bed and went to see what’s going on. I can’t find Piritta anywhere, I’m alone in the apartment. Everything is in it’s place, Pirittas shoes are inside and her phone is on the table. Then suddenly the phone starts ringing. I answer and end up explaining Povilas (who I met only shortly the previous night) that I just woke up and managed already somehow loose Piritta. Just about then the door went and Piritta came in. She had been “exploring” the building, apparently trying to open the door for Povilas. I already imagined that she had been kidnapped or something. Good morning everyone.
So after everyone had been found again we made a plan to go see some sights in the old town and grab something to eat on the way. But before that I of course had to go and embarrass myself by slipping quite loudly in the shower, as if I hadn’t made a fool of myself already. Well I didn’t hurt myself, guess that’s the main point. Unless if you take into a count the mental damages of course. In that case I was a total wreck.
We went to eat in to this Hare Krishna place and the food was good! Then we walked around the old town and this small park, which was kind of an island next to the old town. There was still some time to kill before we would meet Povilas in the afternoon, so after exploring this shopping center we stopped to have this delicious looking ice cream. It was to die for.
Later we met Povilas and went see the Denmark-Portugal game with some of his colleagues. We also made a plan to go visit Vilnius the next day. The tickets should be quite cheap for students, so we thought that why not. The train would leave in the morning, so we would spend almost the whole day there and then come back in the evening.
Vilnius 14.6.2012
The ticket would have been cheap if they would have accepted our Finnish student cards. The sellers we really rude and it seemed that they didn’t speak any English. So we weren’t even able to explain that the cards were student cards. Hmmrrr.
Anyway, Vilnus was nice city, with the old town, 50 churches and many more statues and let’s not forget a river that every capital must have. In Vilnus I really liked the huge amount of parks and the republic of Uzupis. Uzupis is a part of town, but it’s independent. They have their own flag, president, parliament, army (12 people ;D) and constitution law.
The atmosphere in Uzupis was a mix of bohemian relaxed lifestyle and the creativity of the locals, for example the streets where filled with the locals art. The whole ideology could be seen in the constitution of Uzupis, which was there in the street for people to see, and it was also translated into like 14 different minority languages including Finnish! Me and Piritta were so surprised that we had to take a picture. The text itself was quite fun, you might be able to read some of it from the pic. Especially number nine: everyone has the right to be lazy or just do nothing at all, was great, we totally agreed. The street art was also very nice. The title of this text comes from this graffiti we saw on one building. It could be!
We didn’t really stay in Vilnius for that long, we decided to jump into a train and go back to Kaunas as the tour was over. There we decided to have a relaxed night at home. Not that exiting but we were very tired and it was kind of a luxurious to have “a home” to go to.
15.6.2012
After a lazy night we had a lazy morning. When we finally got up we spend the whole afternoon making lunch for our hosts. After two hours work we had managed to prepare a meal that was supposed to be a vegetable risotto. It didn’t impress anyone though. Wonder why.
In the evening we went to the old town to wonder around with Povilas, after he’s car decided to break down in the old town. Then he had to head out to a graduation party with friends, so me and Piritta decided to walk to the apartment. In the evening we continued them we started in the morning, and had a lazy night watching The Big Bang Theory. We did do some laundry so we wouldn’t feel totally lazy.
16.6.2012
Saturday. The sun was shining so we went to see this Monastery with Povilas. We walked around the whole area, which was so beautiful. Then we had a picnic by the lake and after that headed to the centrum because Piritta’s shoes were breaking down. We couldn’t find any suitable ones so we headed to a restaurant to try this one traditional Lithuanian dish, which you can see here. It was good, very summery!
After eating it was time to go and chill out in the market square. We tried to watch some football from this huge screen but we found out it wouldn’t start until 22 pm. Too bad, we decided to head home. First we had to go to a store though, because I had a sore throat and decided to try cure it by trying this traditional Lithuanian liquor that had honey in it. It actually worked! At least my throat was ok the next day.
17.6.2012
On our last day in Lithuania we decided to go see this free tour we had already tried in Riga and Vilnius. In the company’s web site they said that the tour would start at noon from “the white church”. We never found this “white church”, because apparently there happens to be several buildings that fit the description. We ended up going to see the town by ourselves, Povilas showed some great places around the town. Later in the evening we had some wine and went to see the football game in a bar. Portugal – Holland 2-1.
We had lost of plans what to do in Lithuania, but one after another they crashed. Most we are sad that we never made it to the seaside, Neringa, which we heard is extremely beautiful. Maybe next time.
Next morning I woke up to the sound of door bell ringing. I crawled out of bed and went to see what’s going on. I can’t find Piritta anywhere, I’m alone in the apartment. Everything is in it’s place, Pirittas shoes are inside and her phone is on the table. Then suddenly the phone starts ringing. I answer and end up explaining Povilas (who I met only shortly the previous night) that I just woke up and managed already somehow loose Piritta. Just about then the door went and Piritta came in. She had been “exploring” the building, apparently trying to open the door for Povilas. I already imagined that she had been kidnapped or something. Good morning everyone.
So after everyone had been found again we made a plan to go see some sights in the old town and grab something to eat on the way. But before that I of course had to go and embarrass myself by slipping quite loudly in the shower, as if I hadn’t made a fool of myself already. Well I didn’t hurt myself, guess that’s the main point. Unless if you take into a count the mental damages of course. In that case I was a total wreck.
We went to eat in to this Hare Krishna place and the food was good! Then we walked around the old town and this small park, which was kind of an island next to the old town. There was still some time to kill before we would meet Povilas in the afternoon, so after exploring this shopping center we stopped to have this delicious looking ice cream. It was to die for.
Later we met Povilas and went see the Denmark-Portugal game with some of his colleagues. We also made a plan to go visit Vilnius the next day. The tickets should be quite cheap for students, so we thought that why not. The train would leave in the morning, so we would spend almost the whole day there and then come back in the evening.
Vilnius 14.6.2012
The ticket would have been cheap if they would have accepted our Finnish student cards. The sellers we really rude and it seemed that they didn’t speak any English. So we weren’t even able to explain that the cards were student cards. Hmmrrr.
Anyway, Vilnus was nice city, with the old town, 50 churches and many more statues and let’s not forget a river that every capital must have. In Vilnus I really liked the huge amount of parks and the republic of Uzupis. Uzupis is a part of town, but it’s independent. They have their own flag, president, parliament, army (12 people ;D) and constitution law.
The atmosphere in Uzupis was a mix of bohemian relaxed lifestyle and the creativity of the locals, for example the streets where filled with the locals art. The whole ideology could be seen in the constitution of Uzupis, which was there in the street for people to see, and it was also translated into like 14 different minority languages including Finnish! Me and Piritta were so surprised that we had to take a picture. The text itself was quite fun, you might be able to read some of it from the pic. Especially number nine: everyone has the right to be lazy or just do nothing at all, was great, we totally agreed. The street art was also very nice. The title of this text comes from this graffiti we saw on one building. It could be!
We didn’t really stay in Vilnius for that long, we decided to jump into a train and go back to Kaunas as the tour was over. There we decided to have a relaxed night at home. Not that exiting but we were very tired and it was kind of a luxurious to have “a home” to go to.
15.6.2012
After a lazy night we had a lazy morning. When we finally got up we spend the whole afternoon making lunch for our hosts. After two hours work we had managed to prepare a meal that was supposed to be a vegetable risotto. It didn’t impress anyone though. Wonder why.
In the evening we went to the old town to wonder around with Povilas, after he’s car decided to break down in the old town. Then he had to head out to a graduation party with friends, so me and Piritta decided to walk to the apartment. In the evening we continued them we started in the morning, and had a lazy night watching The Big Bang Theory. We did do some laundry so we wouldn’t feel totally lazy.
16.6.2012
Saturday. The sun was shining so we went to see this Monastery with Povilas. We walked around the whole area, which was so beautiful. Then we had a picnic by the lake and after that headed to the centrum because Piritta’s shoes were breaking down. We couldn’t find any suitable ones so we headed to a restaurant to try this one traditional Lithuanian dish, which you can see here. It was good, very summery!
After eating it was time to go and chill out in the market square. We tried to watch some football from this huge screen but we found out it wouldn’t start until 22 pm. Too bad, we decided to head home. First we had to go to a store though, because I had a sore throat and decided to try cure it by trying this traditional Lithuanian liquor that had honey in it. It actually worked! At least my throat was ok the next day.
17.6.2012
On our last day in Lithuania we decided to go see this free tour we had already tried in Riga and Vilnius. In the company’s web site they said that the tour would start at noon from “the white church”. We never found this “white church”, because apparently there happens to be several buildings that fit the description. We ended up going to see the town by ourselves, Povilas showed some great places around the town. Later in the evening we had some wine and went to see the football game in a bar. Portugal – Holland 2-1.
We had lost of plans what to do in Lithuania, but one after another they crashed. Most we are sad that we never made it to the seaside, Neringa, which we heard is extremely beautiful. Maybe next time.
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| Street art, Kaunas, Lithuania |
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| We had some problems with internet connection |
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| Girl dreaming, Vilnius |
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| Vilnius |
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| Border of Republic of Uzupis and Vilnius |
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| Mermaid of Uzupis |
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| World's first backpacker, Uzupis |
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| Uzupis |
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| True? Only in Uzupis |
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| The constitution of Uzupis in Finnish |
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| Uzupis |
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| Vilnius |
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| Vilnius |
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| Kaunas |
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| Kaunas |
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| Traditional Lithuanian cold soup, Kaunas. |
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| Morning coffees in front of a white church, Kaunas |
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| Kaunas |
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| Kaunas |
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| Kaunas |
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| We found Fazer, Kaunas |
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