Lithuanian Photo Gallery - Weeks 4~6

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1 - Crossing the border into Lithuania
 on a little known 'back door' route
2 - Sunset over Lake Vištytis
looking towards Kaliningrad Russia
3 - Storks nesting on power pole
 at Vištytis village
4 - Lithuanian border-fence with
Kaliningrad, topped by coiled razor-wire

5 - Delightful setting of Medaus
slėnis (Honey Valley) Camping
6 - Sunset across the Nemunas
    lagoon at Ventės ragas
7Curonian Sandspit viewed
     across the Nemunas lagoon
8 - Storks nesting on barn rooftop
 near Mingė

 
9 - A quiet summer morning
 at Mingė in the Nemunas delta
10 - Nemunas River at Rusnė forming
 the Lithunian~Kaliningrad border
11 - Barbecue by the Nemunas
 Lagoon at Dreverna Camping
12 - Sandy wastes of the Grey Dunes
  on the Curonian Sandspit

 
13 - Viola littoralis growing in the
 barren sands of the Grey Dunes
14 - Open sand-scape
  of Parnidis Dunes
15 - 60m high Parnidis sand-cliffs
looking out across Nemunas Lagoon
16 - Lithuanian~Kaliningrad border-
crossing on Curonian Sand-spit

 
17 - Pine-woodland setting of
Camping Pajūrio at Klaipėda
18 - Arka Monument celebrating Klaipėda's re-unification with Lithuania 19 - Klaipėda's docklands filling
 the Nemunas esturary
20 - Klaipėda's Castle moat marina
 against backdrop of D and K Buildings

 
21 - Narrow cobbled streets and
wooden houses in Klaipėda's Old Town
22 - Klaipėda's neo-Classical Theatre
   lining Theatre Square
23 - Soviet memorial to German mass
murder of Jews at Kaunas Ninth Fort
24 - Distant Kaunas tower blocks from
      Ninth Fort memorial parkland

 
25 - Elegant Baroque white tower and
  façade of Kaunas Town Hall
26 - Medieval red-brick Gothic
 Perkūnas House at Kaunas
27 - Red-brick Gothic Church of
Vytautas on banks of Nemunas River
28 - Kaunas Old Town and modern city
viewed from Aleksotas funicular railway

 
29 - Kaunas Cathedral dating from 15th
 century reign of Vytautas the Great
30 - Art Nouveau buildings
along Kaunas' Vilniaus gatvė
31 - Replica of Darius and Girėnas'
 1933 aircraft Lituanica
32 - Dappled shady orchard at Antano
 Gedvilo Sodyba Farmstead-Camping

 
33 - Lake-island medieval castle
 at Trakai
34 - Killing pits of Paneriai memorial
 site to WW2 German mass murders
35 - Stone-lined pit with original
 ladder used by corpse burning squads
36 - Purging Stalin at Grūtas Park

 
37 - Shaking hands with Lenin
   at Grūtas Park
38 - Taking the spa waters at
Druskininkai Mineralinio Vandens Buvetė
39 - Druskininkai Orthodox Church
     of Joy of All Who Suffer
40 - Wind-blown sand of Gaidzų Kopa
inland dunes in Djūkija National Park

 
41 - A forest wild camp at Marcinkonys
 in Djūkija National Park
42 - Shady spot in beautiful landscaped
   gardens of Harmonie Camping
43 - Early morning train from Rūdiškės
 rural halt into capital city Vilnius
44 - The Lithuanian Seimas
  (Parliament) Building in Vilnius

 
45 - Official photo at Seimas press
  briefing interview stand
46 - Plenary chamber of the
   Lithuanian Seimas (Parliament)
47 - Vilnius' Sv Stanislav and Vladislav
   Cathedral and bell-tower
48 - Statue of Vilnius' legendary
 founder, Grand Duke Gediminas

 
49 - St Anne's Church with façade
  intertwined with red-brick tracery
50 - Presidential Palace in the year
celebrating independence centenary
51 - Grand open space of Vilnius'
    Rotušės aikštė (Town Hall Square)
52 - Icon of the Madonna
  of the Gate of Dawn
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