We stopped at the old fortress, which is beautiful restored. Next to it two convents to be find. The buildings, like everywhere, had several purposes through the centuries, depending on who had sayings over all: convent, residence, school, and seminar… The city hall is an interesting building. Mostly baroque. The backside has some similarities with […]

Our morning started with a walk to the university, which was founded in 1579. Despite it was closed we were allowed to visit the historic library, founded by jesuits more than 500 years ago. We learned about the position of the Lithuanian language in the research of the roman language cluster: one of the most preserved languages! […]

At the flight towards Vilnius I sat next to a woman from Kaunas. She was keen to challenge her German skills, thus told me her view about her country: what is interesting, what to love, what not to miss. Loved her little stories, just to prepare me a bit more for the experiences the next […]