The Lithuanian saga says about amber: The stones are tears of a girl, who’s husband was killed by her brothers because they didn’t belief her sister could be happy in her marriage on the bodem of the sea. Another tale is: amber arrives from a demolished palace of the sea god by the god of […]

We started with a workshop in amber art. First learned about the source of amber and how to distinguish from artificial once. We even tasted amber liquor (not a recommendation, from my side). First level workshop is about to learn how to polish a piece of amber. We got a certificate for that! (Next step […]

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 […]