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 ...

Final stop today was to the Bourse Art Museum opposite the Dome Cathedral. I didnt reallhy know what this was, the guide said there was a collection of ceramics.Entrance was meant to be 6 Eu ($7) but they said it was free today. The exhibits were on two floors. The first exhibit floor had eastern art from East Asia and the Near East.The main exhibition floor was filled with traditional European Art. The Building interior was also quite elaborate.After a long day ...

Walking thru the old town I was trying to get to the castle at one end. When I found it the museum was closed due to building renovations. There was some bikers event going on as there were lots of bikers walking around town and the road was closed off for the bikers further on. Drunk locals were waiting by tourist areas and trying to approach me a few times.I found the Three Brothers house and went to the Dome Cathedral which had 1.50 Eu admission ($1.75).Then I...

After my morning bus ride from Tallinn Estonia to Riga Latvia, I dumped my bags at my hotel ready to explore since I was only here for the one day. I passed back thru the central market navigating my way to the Orthodox Cathedral which was outside the town centre, so I could navigate my way back to the centre after.The old town is bordered by a canal and a grand theatre. Many couples tie padlocks on the canal bridge.There is a central tree boulevard dividing the ...