Ninth Fort, part of the Kaunas Fortress.
@Kaunas @Lithuania
Hill of Crosses, a site of pilgrimage. The 1st crosses were placed in the 1800s and currently there are 100,000+ crosses on the hill. Pope John Paul II visited the site in 1993 and declared it a place for hope, peace, love, and sacrifice.
@Siauliai @Lithuania
Hill of Crosses, a site of pilgrimage. The 1st crosses were placed in the 1800s and currently there are 100,000+ crosses on the hill. Pope John Paul II visited the site in 1993 and declared it a place for hope, peace, love, and sacrifice.
@Siauliai @Lithuania
Honey beer and Lithuanian cepeniniai (potato dough dumplings with meat).
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Honey beer, water, and milk were the main beverages consumed among the Balts in ancient times.
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Cepeniniai is the national dish in Lithuania. They call it “dumpling” but it looks and tastes sort of like Chinese zongzi.
@Vilnius @Lithuania
Trakai island castle.
@Trakai @Lithuania
Trakai island castle.
@Trakai @Lithuania
Trakai island castle.
@Trakai @Lithuania
Trakai island castle.
@Trakai @Lithuania
Hill of Crosses, a site of pilgrimage. The 1st crosses were placed in the 1800s and currently there are 100,000+ crosses on the hill. Pope John Paul II visited the site in 1993 and declared it a place for hope, peace, love, and sacrifice.
@Siauliai @Lithuania
Hill of Crosses, a site of pilgrimage. The 1st crosses were placed in the 1800s and currently there are 100,000+ crosses on the hill. Pope John Paul II visited the site in 1993 and declared it a place for hope, peace, love, and sacrifice.
@Siauliai @Lithuania
Ninth Fort, part of the Kaunas Fortress.
@Kaunas @Lithuania
Ninth Fort, part of the Kaunas Fortress.
@Kaunas @Lithuania
Ninth Fort, part of the Kaunas Fortress.
@Kaunas @Lithuania
Climbing another bell tower.
@Vilnius @Lithuania
St Anne’s Church.
@Vilnius @Lithuania
Lithuanian and Latvian peas with cracklings, and giving honey beer another try.
@Vilnius @Lithuania
Gediminas Tower.
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Trakai island castle.
@Trakai @Lithuania
Trakai island castle.
@Trakai @Lithuania
Trying cepeniniai at a different place.
@Vilnius @Lithuania
