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Through the Eyes of a Son: Journey to the Islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa:
5-DAY ROAD TRIP Denis from Pärnu, Estonia, found himself on Hiiumaa Island for work. He was peacefully driving along a narrow road when he received a call from his Lithuanian friend. As they chatted, his friend casually mentioned that at that very moment, two Lithuanians were also traveling through Estonia: a father and his son. Denis knew my fath
Towns and villages of Northern Lithuania!
21 km hike from Linkuva to Žeimelis Semigallia (Lithuanian: Žiemgala, Latvian: Zemgale, German: Semgallen) is a historical land that was previously inhabited by the Semigallian Baltic tribe and is now split between Latvia and Lithuania. Linkuva and Žeimelis are two historically important towns in Lithuanian Semigallia. Both of them take a special p
Morning in Lithuanian wilderness: Camping with my wife and child!
Once upon a time, there was a man who had a wife and a child. He spent many months working long hours, building those grain storage silos one after another, never being home. All this time he kept in mind that his lady was working twice as hard as she had to take care of their tiny little daughter which had indescribable capabilities of both, radia
Journey around the world: Slovakia
MAGIC REVEALED All I knew about Slovakia was only a handful of facts. During Soviet times this land of castles and high mountains was a part of so-called Czechoslovakia. Slovakia became an independent state only in 1993. Mostly because of countless caves, rivers, and national parks it is now a quickly developing tourist destination. “Good mornin
Journey around the world: Poland
POLISH-LITHUANIAN COMMONWEALTH The importance of the historical relationship between Lithuania and Poland is immense. For over two hundred years the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania formed a dual state. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth reached its largest territorial extent, in the early 17th century. The state had a common ruler, w