One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock!

I was in Vilnius Lithuania when i came across this group of old school rock'n'roll lovers.. they were swinging and bouncing all over the place to the sound of the tape player until..
The year or place don't change a thing, same story everywhere, and it didn't take long before a cop came to put a stop to these evil youngsters having too much fun!
Can't they just be quiet and watch TV like normal people?!

"swinging is not a crime!"

Trakai.. and stuff!

Just about a half hour off Vinius, I went to check out the Trakai castle.. to get me out of the city..
I don't think the castle itself is all that special (but what do i know?) but the location is great!.. it's build on an island in the middle of a big lake; it's gorgeous!

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I've been waiting for a decent connection to post a couple of pics but it's not happening for now so you'll have to wait as well!

In the meantime you can start learning some usefull lithuanian vocabulary:
taip = yes
ne = no
labas rytas = good morning
labas = hello
viso gero / ate / iki = good bye
ieshkau = i'm looking for..
aciu = thank you
atsiprashau = sorry
ash tave mylih = i love you
esi grazi = you're pretty!

Enough for now, that's all i've got anyway!
But alltogether, Vilnius seemed a very pleasant city with cool and funny people, many students.. only the bars close at 12 so it makes the night life a little... let's say hard to find!

Anyway by the time i'm catching up with this post i already made my way to Riga.. so it's about time to move on to the next post!
see you in a bit!

Vilnius, Lithuania

Allright, after 13 hours sitting in a bus, i made it to Vilnius.. it's just impossible to sleep on these bus seats, but it's allright cause i was smart enough to carefully pack my mp3 player in my backpack, down in the luggage compartment! Around 2am i finally collapsed... only to be awaken at 4 by the customs officers.. At least i enjoyed a beautiful sunrise over Lithuania!

no, that was on leaving gdansk in the night.. here's the sun rise..

and that's a cool one: entrance to the Independant Republic of Uzupio! A part of the town declared itself an independant republic and is supposedly "ruled" by artists.. cool place anyway!

there, amongst nice art work and other funny things, you'll find.. the prehistoric dishwasher!

And here is the famous constitution..

then i walked up the hill, to get a nice overlook of the city.. and, if you can read between the lines, what these pictures tell you is: "this is a morning spot!" don't go there mid-afternoon or you'll be counter light and the view will suck!

on the way down i found a group of "lindyhop" swing dance students practicing in the street, it was really nice..

er.. and that is a church!

Enough for today folks.. it just takes too long to upload these pictures!