Friday, February 15, 2013

12 vasario 2013: Vilnius, Lithuania

ANTRADIENIS
Complimentary waffle breakfast with a hazelnut and cream spread. Headed out to walk around Vilnius.
A variety of salted fish.
Lietuvos Spauda. Lithuanian Media.
Seimas, the Lithuanian Parliament. Barricade and anti-tank defenses memorialized outside the Seimas from March 11, 1990 when the Act of the Reestablishment of the Independent Lithuanian State. 
Reflections along the Neris River.
Snow covered playground.
Pedestrians get a heads up with a yellow light before it turns green. Heart-shaped lock.
Signs pointing tourists to Vilnius attractions are labeled in Lithuanian and English.
There was a small museum located inside the main tower of the Gediminas Castle. There was a display on the Baltic Way, which was a human chain of 2-2.5 million people that connected the three Baltic states on August 23, 1989 to represent the collective desire for independence. 

View from Gediminas Castle. Do not litter.