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The view from Gediminas Hill to the Old Town of Vilnius. Plenty of old red rooftops.

A view to the Old Town of Vilnius from Gediminas Hill.

The Train to Vilnius and the Kindness of Strangers

22/05/2016 / Arimo / 1 Comment

When things don’t go as planned, it is very relieving to have people ready to help you out.

A cargo ship in the harbor of Klaipeda by the Baltic Sea.

Klaipeda, the Curonian Spit and Why CouchSurfing Can Be So Useful

20/05/2016 / Arimo / 0 Comments

I was not originally planning to go to Klaipeda, the Baltic Sea port of Lithuania. However, a member of the CouchSurfing community sent me a message after seeing my travel plans in the website and recommended that I should definitely go there. And she was right.

How Many Jesuses Can You Fit on a Hill?

18/05/2016 / Arimo / 0 Comments

I arrived in Šiauliai, Lithuania after a long day of sitting on buses all the way from Tallinn. After spending the night with my super nice Couchsurfing hosts Iván and Ester, I had time to walk around the historical town of Šiauliai and its most famous landmark, the Hill of Crosses (Kryžių kalnas).