I have some advice: Don’t holiday in Lithuania if you don’t like carbs, if you wince at the thought of loosening a belt buckle or if, for whatever reason, you don’t enjoy eating. Over four days in Lithuania I sampled three hearty meals a day, always accompanied by locally brewed beer or the dangerously…
A drizzly day in Vilnius can be deceptive. Rain hits the greys of dilapidated tower blocks and the cobbled streets of the old town are shiny underfoot. Serious faces peer from characterless coffee shops at the dreary city through the window. However by looking a little closer, from derelict churches to nondescript kindergartens, a very…
From a thin slice of fertile land that extends into the lakes of Lithuania’s southeast, wooden jetties push into the still water dangling narrow fishing boats and colourful pedalos. Wide paths splashed with autumn colours throw bright yellows and umbers against old fortress walls. The beady eyes of mallard ducks are often the only others…
During a walking tour of Lithuania’s capital, our guide produced a statistic: 60% of the time in the country it’s either snowing, raining or overcast. My short time in Vilnius didn’t disappoint and there was a solitary hour during which I glimpsed the pale blue of a sky that remained covered for the rest of…
