Lizza had three goals in Vilnius - get a pedicure, buy some souvenirs and, of course, see the city. She also wanted to make more of an effort to talk to the locals.
Vilnius (map) is the capital of Lithuania, one of the three Baltic breakaway former states of the Soviet Union. It is situated between Poland and Belarus. It is only 2 hours flying time from Frankfurt or London. Arriving into Vilnius by air, one is greeted by a large tarmac apron far in excess of the [...]
Vilnius, Lithuania 31 August 1999 Dear All, Lonely Planet is really screwed up in terms of cybercafe locations – or maybe such places tend to open and shut down quickly. One of the two listed in Riga wasn’t there and I spent much time searching for one above a Vilnius dogdy nightclub, only to be [...]
Kaunas, Lithuania 30 August 1999 Laba Diena, (Hello in Lithuanian) I’m now in Kaunas, the second largest city (and capital during the period between WWI & WWII) of the Republic of Lithuania. On Sunday morning (after a late night chat with the landlady’s 2 pretty daughters), I took the 7am bus across southern Latvia into [...]
Frederick Bernas 
The Baltic Breakaway. 
Vilnius (map) is the capital of Lithuania, one of the three Baltic breakaway former states of the Soviet Union. It is situated between Poland and Belarus. It is only 2 hours flying time from Frankfurt or London. Arriving into Vilnius by air, one is greeted by a large tarmac apron far in excess of the [...] 