{"id":1850,"date":"2007-10-27T23:30:58","date_gmt":"2007-10-28T06:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/27\/a-week-in-lithuania\/"},"modified":"2011-11-14T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T01:29:00","slug":"a-week-in-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/1850","title":{"rendered":"A Week in Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I only just returned home from Lithuania. The trip home took about 18 hours but, before\u00c2\u00a0calling it a night,\u00a0I wanted to briefly recap my week there.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Statue of King Mindaugas at the Lithuanian National Museum\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Lithuanian-National-Museum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image1849\" style=\"height: 310px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Lithuanian-National-Museum.jpg\" alt=\"Statue of King Mindaugas at the Lithuanian National Museum\" width=\"469\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Statue of King Mindaugas<br \/>\nLithuanian National Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: Statue of King Mindaugas at the Lithuanian National Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania. Photographed by Stephen J. Danko, 25 October 2007.<\/p>\n<p>My itinerary in Lithuania included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday, 21 October 2007: Arrive in Vilnius, meet cousins Liliana and Aidas, take a brief tour of the Old Town, have dinner at U\u00c5\u00beupio Caf\u00e9 in Vilnius<\/li>\n<li>Monday, 22 October 2007: Visit the Lithuanian State Archives, take a longer tour of the Old Town, see <em>Zmones:)<\/em> (Lithuanian Music and Dance) at the National Drama Theatre<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, 23 October 2007: Visit the Lithuanian State Archives,\u00a0visit the\u00c2\u00a0Trakai Historical National Park,\u00a0meet\u00c2\u00a0cousin Vitaus for dinner<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, 24 October 2007:\u00a0Visit ancestral villages of\u00c2\u00a0Liki\u00c5\u00a1kiai, Butrimonys, and Alytaus, see <em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em> at the National Drama Theatre<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, 25 October 2007: Visit the Lithuanian State Archives, tour the Polish part of Vilnius, have dinner at Restoranas Senasis Lokys in Vilnius, see <em>Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball)<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0at the Lithuanian Opera and Ballet Theatre<\/li>\n<li>Friday, 26 October 2007:\u00a0Visit Panev\u00c4\u2014\u00c5\u00beys to meet cousin Romualda, see <em>Gulbi\u00c5\u00b3 e\u00c5\u00beeras (Swan Lake)<\/em> at the Lithuanian Opera and Ballet Theatre<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, 27 October 2007: Return home<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was a busy week!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Copyright \u00a9 2007 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I only just returned home from Lithuania. The trip home took about 18 hours but, before\u00c2\u00a0calling it a night,\u00a0I wanted to briefly recap my week there. 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