Most of my friends and family thought I was crazy when I told them that, for my vacation, I was going on an old sailing ship as a trainee in the cold, unforgiving waters of the Baltic Sea in northern […]
Lithuania
Top 10 Things To Do In Kaunas, Lithuania
Kaunas, Lithuania: European Capital Of Culture 2022 We first visited Kaunas, Lithuania during a Thanksgiving weekend about five years ago on an exchange trip. Our gracious hosts were musicians and fellow teachers and they bent over backwards to show us […]
Cultural Exchanges and Making Lifelong Friends!
Getting to Know Your Global Cousins For some reason, I just assumed that cultural exchanges were for students. There are all types of student exchanges in high school and in college. I never really expected there to be opportunities like that […]
Kaunas Town Hall, Lithuania
Another Lithuanian Adventure If you’ve been following us long, you know we feel a strong pull to visit the former Soviet Union satellite countries. It is fascinating to meet the people and witness their revival. And if we can visit […]
Vilnius Gate
I love the gates of European cities! As a young girl, my visions of Europe were always walled towns with winding roads, and huge massive gates with gigantic wooden doors to keep out the riffraff. To my surprise, many towns […]
Kaunas at Night
A view of the Lithuania city of Kaunas at night Kaunas is a wonderful city to visit. We did not have enough time there, but we did visit a few of the more key sites and even attended a […]
Folk Dancers Entertain Us in Kaunas, Lithuania
A private viewing of this dance group kept our hearts pumping! Jim and I visited Lithuania where we were hosted by teachers and musicians. What a trip it was. We started out in Vilnius, the capital city, then moved on […]
The KGB Building in Vilnius, A Stark Memorial
An imposing and horrific reminder of the Soviet era, the old KGB building in Vilnius has been reshaped into a museum to honor its victims. Walking down the main street in Vilnius, you can’t help but notice the KGB Museum. […]
Lithuanian Recipe Apple Cake
Nijole’s (Lithuanian) Apple Cake and Recipe I stayed with a an amazing host family while I was in Kaunas, Lithuania and Nijole was a fantastic cook. One of her favorite things was the little garden plot the family owned a […]
Trakai Castle – Lithuania – Worth the Visit!
What better place to visit on our very first day in Lithuania, but Trakai Castle? Only 23 kilometers southwest of Vilnius, it’s an easy day trip, and one I would highly recommend. The home of the dukes of Lithuania, this […]
Lithuania via my iPhone
We spent last week in Lithuania. The first day we did a quick tour of the capital, Vilnius then headed over to Trakai Castle. The majority of the time, we spent in Kaunos with an awesome host family. Here are […]