Tag Archives: Lithuania

Baltic Balagon

After our emotional visit to Vilnius we elected to have a spa day.  Not that we have ever had a spa day.  Regardless, we headed to Druskininkai a well known spa resort on the Nemunas River in southern Lithuania renown for its mineral waters. (pictures show up better on the blog, click on the linkContinue reading “Baltic Balagon”

A Serious Vilnius

Vilnius, Lithuania; Wilno to Poles who called it home until after WW2, Vilna in Yiddish. Dubbed the Jerusalem of North by Napoleon. Nicknamed Babylon in the 16th-18th due to its multi-ethnic demographic. It was not until independence in 1990, that for the first time in modern history Lithuanians became a majority at 63%. of theContinue reading “A Serious Vilnius”