Day 168. Looking for Užupis Cats

#VilniusWisdom

Užupis full of art and full of cats. :DD

Day 167. Enjoy blooming rhododendrons @Kairėnai Botanical Garden

Today, on June 1, blooming of rhododendrons is in its highest peak @Kairėnai Botanical Garden. 

3 groups of rhododendrons out of 5 are now blooming.

Everything is so colourfull and smelly and sooooo beautiful.

Today Ramunė, responsible @botanical garden for Ericoideaes lead a tour on rhododendrons. 

Growing rhododendrs is a science. You have to to know hundred of thongs to properly plant them and grow them. Additionally, you have to have a suitable ground for planting them. 

Vilnius so beautiful and full of surprises.

#Kairėnai

Admission fee: 5eur

Day 166. Spend Pentecost Sunday @ Kavarijos Church complex

Previous Verkiai regional park

Try to spend the whole Pentecost Sunday @ Kalvarijos Church complex. 

Just take the drinking water with you.

It's such a festivity on this day @ Kalavarjos.

The Sunday usually begins @ 9:00 with the Via Dolorosa @Verkiai park.

The Holy Mass is celebrated at 13:00 on the meadow outside the church.

And a concert after the mass usually lasts till 16:00.

Such a green celebration in the nature. 

Day 165. Visit St. Geroge Church

you can catch, some rare, but very rare oportunity to visit St. George Church and the former Monastery of  Carmelites located on the the previous land of Radziwills near the Building of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

The Church of St George was concecrated in 1506 by Mikalojus Radvila - the grandpa of the famous Grand Dutchess of Lithuania and the Queen of Poland Barbora Radvilaitė.

The Monastery was closed in he very end of 18th century.

Later, the seminary was operating there till the II WW.

In Soviet times all the complex was operating as The Palace of Books.

And only now, when in 2016 the complex was returned to the Archidiocesis Vilnesis on sam rare ocations the complex is open for visiting for the public.

next stop:

#BuildingofGovernment to be visited on OHV or the Culture Night

Day 164. Listen to a story in the House of Histories

 Stop and Listen to a story in the House of Histories.

Listen to a story  of the Road of Amber or one of many of stories of people of Vilnius.

Day 163. Have a cup of coffee and some ice cream at legendary Rotonda

previous spot: Palace of Grand Dukes of Lithuania aka Royal Palace

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After visiting Royal Palace, take a break and have a cup of coffee or some ice cream at legendary Rotonda in Sereikiškės park. 

Legendary Rotonda has been reopened on 22nd November, 2022.

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next spot: Kirdiejai Palace

Day 162. Take a sip of Culture, spend Culture Evening with a spectacle at Menų Spaustuvė

 #MenųSpaustuvė

You can see some spectaces of visiting theatres here at Menų Spaustuvė.

It has a nice bar inside. 

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