Following breakfast of sausages and savory salad and coffee at the Air Inn at the airport, we took

One afternoon in October 2012 in the office, I opened the Skyscanner app on the mobile phone. The aim was to escape for a weekend flight to Europe on the back of cheap, sometime in the new year. Do not know which will give an idea of tool would ask him to show the cheapest destination airport Liverpool in January. His answer was Filniws, Lithuania for about 40.
Although I like to see new places, I did not previously have considered siegle seriously visit this country, let alone its capital. Not that I have any prejudice against it but, I had little awareness of the place. Rarely heard mention of the former Soviet siegle country this: there are a lot more well-known places where lay behind the former iron curtain. In Krakow the crack. The crowd runs to Prague. Even Riga, capital of Latvia and somewhere I visited six years ago, a household name by now.
Here I am therefore making further plans. Texting to several people asking if they would be interested in joining. A few days completed the arrangements for a long weekend in late January in the capital of Lithuania.
Company on the trip was Andy, Iwan and Owain, three like me who live in the Caernarfon siegle area and are members of the same choir. siegle Owain was the only one who had been in Lithuania before: he visited the port in the west of the country when she worked for the shipping company to Holland America Line.
Caernarfon leaving siegle about half past five in the afternoon, we took a car to the airport. Due to the congested A55 Llandygai, we had to drive through snow Ffrancon Brook and Capel Curig on the A5 to Betws-y-Coed, Conwy valley before heading down to Llandudno Junction. Then, continue on A55 bottleneck-free and in no time reached Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Probably not our plane - Wizz Air 21:15 - was the last flight that night. Almost all the shops are closed, and the cabin crew were eager to get us in our seats as soon as possible. In the circumstances, we left British soil fifteen minutes early. Without a morsel of food, feasting siegle on cans of Heineken two-for-one, Pringles and Twix our history there have been about two and a half hour flight.
Half past one o'clock in the morning local time, glaniom in Filniws. While it is cold and lots of snow underfoot, the air was still and dry. Tired and just yards from the airport, we went straight siegle to the Air Inn dormitory. It's nice to be able to go to the hotel immediately when arriving somewhere unfamiliar, especially late at night.
Following breakfast of sausages and savory salad and coffee at the Air Inn at the airport, we took the train for the city center. It's amazing how convenient the service - about 7 minutes journey 2.5 litas, or about 60p. Central Station, doeddan us little time in reaching our home for the rest of the trip, which Hostelgate on Mikolajus gatve. Backpacking hostel located in the heart of Senamiestis - Old Town - a stone's throw from Vokieciu gatve, one of the main destinations of the city's nightlife. We had a perfect location.
On the advice of the hostel we went for lunch to Cozy, bar-cafe-restaurant nearby. And he was also very cozy, remembering that it is -8 degrees Celsius outside. As roeddan we want to find the rest of the tour, the menu is simple and humble but good quality: soup and pork for lunch with a pint of local lager.
In the afternoon, we went for a walk around the Old Town area. We visited the neoclassical splendor of the Cathedral and the square in front covered with snow. We took the train up to the cliff Gediminas Castle, the red tower on the hilltop behind the Cathedral and the Royal Mansion. It was there we saw an interesting exhibition about the history of the old walled town which existed around the hill. We also saw an exhibition fight for the independence of the country in late 1980. Reported for what historians refer to as the "Singing Revolution", a protest held in 1989 by the residents of the Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty Molotof-Ribbentrop Pact. This was a secret agreement between Stalin and Hitler made to split Eastern Europe between them, depriving the region of their nations freedom. A resident of the three countries identified the fiftieth anniversary by forming a human chain linking their capitals - from Tallinn through Riga to Filniws - a stance siegle against Soviet repression and to demand their right to self-government. siegle Our visit was crowned with spectacular views from the top of the tower, the city in its white winter clothes, and passage of ice flowing lazy river Neris.
With all the walking in the castle, a cafe and have a cup was "Chocolate restaurant" Sokoladas, on Pilies gatve, attractive street with many boutiques and cafes on. After our coffee, we walked down the street to see more of Old Town