14 May 2021
Day 139. Breathtaking views in Vilnius. Pučkoriai.
Day 138. Lunch at DOWNTOWN Food Hall
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Not a bad choice to eat at any time in the city Centre is Downtown, with 14 different kitchens and a spaciuos and nice terrace.
Day 137. Kairėnai Botanical Garden
12 May 2021
Future Visions Episode VI: A new hight school building in Pilaitė
Series of: #FutureVisions
Series: #Pilaitė
A new hight school building will be built in Pilaitė.
CONSTRUCTION:
Architects: DO architects studio
Project budget: almost 17 mln euro
Project Executor: Jungtiniai projektai
Duration: 15 months
End date: September 1, 2022.
Start: May 2021
To be continued ...
9 May 2021
Day 136. A perfect Day at Balsys Lake beach
series of: #VilniusBeaches
series of: #VilniusLakes
series of: #VerkiaiRegionalPark
One can spend a perfect day on a Balsys Lake Beach.
It's super nice, super tidy, but super crowded.
Even on 27 September at 18:00 it could be full of people.
On 26 April we had a breaking news that this beach was awarded a Blue Flag ( the Ecological Mark meaning that awarded beaches are of the highest). In total seven Lithuanian beaches were awarded the Blue Flag.
Grinda is taking care of the beach.
Next Spot: Old Villages Hiking trail!
Day 135. Sunday visit to Liubavas Manor.
Series of: #aroundVilnius
From the Europos park you can go straight to Liubavas Manor.
It's located 15 km away from the Park, and reachable on foot from Skirgiškės bus stop in 43 min walk on Saulės aleja and then trought the the Tartokių forest. That was a really nice walk with no wet places. :)
NOTE!
When Google Maps shows that something is quite away, always check map.lt!
Maps.lt knows all passages, all paths and all so called dog-paths!
It will lead you by picking the shortest way available to anywhere.
From my point of view Liubavas Manor turned out to be a little dissapointing.
Manor consists of 3 remaining buildings: a building of Orangery, an officine, and a building of a Watermill. The museum is located in the Watermill building (a shop also).
I wanted to get a Magnet, like I always do, but they do not have magnets at all!!!
Hey, what kind of tourist spot shop you are, if you do not have magnets!!!
Like Mr Trumps would say: I was very very dissapointed.
8 May 2021
Day 134. Old Kalvarijų Street.
Kalvarijų street (5,5 km) is one of the Oldest (16th century) streets in Vilnius. It has existed since always :D
It starts at the Green Bidge and leads to Verkiai and the Verkiai Calvary
It was formed in the 16th Century, together with Ukmergės street, as two main streets of the Šnipiškės suburb.
Few things that I would like to point out:
1) Bronius Laurinavičius Square
Bronius Laurinavičius - Lithuanian priest, a memeber of Lithuanian Helsinki Group who in strange circumstances died on the Kalvarijų - Žalgirio streets crossing on 24 November 1981.





