Road Scholar - Baltic Road to Independence 2013 - Lithuania Part 2/2
Vilnius,
Lithuania
View from the hotel. Old Town is to the upper left.
Presidential Palace
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Road Scholar - Baltic Road to Independence 2013 - Lithuania Part 2/2 |
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Vilnius,
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View from the hotel. Old Town is to the upper left. |
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Presidential Palace |
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View of Vilnius University behind Palace. Later photos with oval windows were taken from this tower. |
Vilnius University Library with rare books and maps. |
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These volumes end in 1939 |
Old books in display case. |
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Restored ceilings |
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I asked if I could look at a few of the books a researcher had on his desk. He replied 'Carefully'. I looked in the reference sections for 'Kaszeta' or related without a
hit. But, I did spot a reference to Kacinskas, some friends in Massachusetts.
Some of the group climbed up to the tower. Limit is 10 at a time due to one-way ladder.
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St. John's Church |
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Some street photos in Vilnius
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Town Hall Square (North end) |
Town Hall Square (South end) |
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The pink building on the right was the location of our final group dinner. |
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St. Ann's Church |
Old market area |
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Ex- KGB apartments were much nicer than for ordinary families |
Hot air ballons over the hotel |
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Pedestrian bridge, hotel is just to the left of center |
Looking back from the other end of the pedestrian bridge and walkway |
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Old Jewish Ghettos |
Lithuanian manhole cover - contrast with Soviet version below |
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Soviet manhole cover |
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Visit to historic Trakai Castle |
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Click on text above to read |
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photo of poster in shop |
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Cooking Demonstration The cooking demostration featured Potato Zeppelin with sauce, and Lithuanian Cold Beet Soup. The zeppelin is basically a partially cooked potato dough with a meat filling with a bacon, onion, and sour creme sauce. |
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The dough |
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Then formed into the zeppelin shape and boiled to finish the cooking. |
Simple sauce |
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Beet soup as served at dinner
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Visit
with the Januškiene Family in Vilnius
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Birute (English teacher), Romas (Engineer), Paul (Youngest son) |
Living Room |
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Their house viewed from garden area |
They built a second house on the property for their daughter |
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View into daughters house, very modern |
View from street of the two houses |
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The study group With lecturer Mr. V. Kavaliaukas, Advisor to the Prime Minister |
A few miscellaneous photos
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Lithuanian bus driver |
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Vilnius University map |
Solar electric panels on a commercial building in Vilnius |
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Mr. V. Kavaliaukas and Irena Januskeviciute (tour leader) |
All images and text © 2013 by William & Sandra Kaszeta
