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1 - Crossing the Lithuanian border to begin our Baltic
States trip in earnest |
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Curonian Sandspit viewed
from Ventės ragas
across the Nemunas lagoon |
3 -
Curonian Sandspit dunes
seen from the Ventės ragas lighthouse |
4 -
Sunset across the
Nemunas lagoon at Ventės ragas |
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A quiet summer morning
at Mingė in the Nemunas delta |
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Fishermen's cottages
and River Minija at Mingė |
7 -
River Nemunas at
Rusnė forms the Lithunian~Russian (Kaliningrad) border |
8 -
River Danė waterfront
at port-city of Klaipėda |
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9 -
Arch Commemorating
Klaipėda's re-incorporation into Lithuania in 1923 |
10 -
Klaipėda's docks at the mouth of the Nemunas River |
11 -
Car ferry across to the Curonian Sandspit at Klaipėda |
12 -
The
Grey Dunes of the Neringa Curonian Sandspit |
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13 -
Parnidis Dunes at Nida
stretching away towards Russian border |
14 -
Viola litoralis
growing on the sand of the Parnidis Dunes |
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Sand-cliffs
of the Parnidis Dunes overlooking Curonian Lagoon |
16 -
Lithuanian
border-crossing into Russian enclave of Kaliningrad |
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17 -
Soviet-era and
post-1991 memorials to WW2 atrocities, 9th Fort at Kaunas |
18 -
Old Town Hall in Rotušės aikštė (Town Hall Square) at Kaunas |
19 -
Gothic Perkūnas House, a medieval merchants' hall at Kaunas |
20 -
14th century Vytautas
Church on banks of River Nemunas at Kaunas |
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21 -
Killing pits of
Paneriai, site of 100,000 German WW2 individual murders |
22 -
Early morning train
from Rūdiškės rural halt into Vilnius, Lithuania's capital
city |
23 -
1980s building of the
Lithuanian Seimas (Parliament) in Vilnius |
24 -
Plenary chamber of the
Lithuanian Seimas (Parliament) |
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25 -
Vilnius Cathedral and
bell-tower from Gedimino prospektas |
26 -
Rotušės aikštė (Town Hall Square) in Vilnius Old
Town |
27 -
Madonna of Gate of Dawn
sacred icon (Aušros vartų Marija) |
28 -
The peaceful haven of
Camping Harmonie set in pine forests near Rūdiškės |
