This morning my friend had arrived and we were taking a day trip to the former capital Kaunas. Before that I wanted to visit the Synagogue which was close to my hotel. There is a rich religious diversity, not only in the number of Churches, but also other faiths such as the Synagogue and a Tatar Mosque we were going to visit in Kaunas.It was quite warm again and the Synagogue didnt open till 10am. We went to the market hall down the street to kill some time.It wa...

This afternoon I was in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania and the last of my Baltic States after my morning ride from Riga Latvia. I was back in warm weather and blue skies. It was mid 20s, the warmest it had been on this trip so tshirt weather.One of my travel buddies was supposed to meet me this afternoon but his flight had been delayed till the evening so I had the whole afternoon to explore on my own. The southern entrance to the Old Town is thru the Gates of...

This morning I was leaving Riga Latvia and moving onto Vilnius Lithuania. As my hotel was next to the bus terminal I had lots of time to kill so explored the Central Market.The district has curved warehouses which seem to be separate buildings but are in fact all connected. There are different sections for meats, cheeses, cakes, breads etc. The prices were so cheap under a dollar I shouldnt have gone to the supermarket yesterday to stock up.Outside I had lots of ...