The Introduction:
This is a post that I have intended on writing for many many months. It is not related to any of my typical subjects, but comes from a different type of inspiration. :)

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I learned about Lithuania for the first time from my friend who has just arrived back from his vacation in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. He was full of pleasant impressions and affectionately described it as “a chocolate box city of three-storey baroque buildings”. At that time I didn’t know anything about the country, except [...]

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Lithuania is the fastest growing tourist destination in Europe. Summer is the best season to visit the Lithuanian cities and experience the beauty of beach life of Lithuanian seaside. Visitors can avoid the tourist rush during late spring and early autumn. If, visitors are targeting to experience the night life and restaurants only then perhaps [...]

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Lithuanians love their food. And if you have ever been there, I think you would love Lithuanian food too! So check out this great article I found all about Lithuanian food!
The cuisine of Lithuania shares much with Polish cuisine, and Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine. Some dishes also show the influence of German culinary traditions, and there [...]

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See pictures from the party here!
Last Saturday we had a party to celebrate Lithuania’s Independence Day and the new news website we have built for Lithuanians living in Norway (lietuvis.no).
It was held at our language school here in Oslo, and we were quite surprised at how many people came! There was a presentation of the [...]

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Well, to answer that wonderful question…I have left my new home of Oslo, Norway to spend Christmas with Marius and his family in Lithuania.
As a matter of fact, I am writing this blog post from Vilnius because we just got in (Baltic airlines, at about midnight) and are staying at Marius’ dad’s apartment tonight. We [...]

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This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series All about LithuaniaWhile looking for photos on the internet of Vilnius, I came across the site of a photographer named Dzianis Ramaniuk. The photos were beautiful so I emailed him to ask his permission to put them on my site. He said yes, so here [...]

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This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series All about LithuaniaMy friend picked up some great information about Lithuania while visiting the Lithuanian Embassy here in Oslo, Norway. I was so excited because I think that this is some wonderful information for anyone who ever wanted to visit Lithuania about what to do [...]

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This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series All about LithuaniaI have previously posted about Lithuania’s second largest city, Kaunas. And I posted about Kaunas first because that is where I spent most of my time while I was there (yes, I went on vacation already…yes, I just moved to Norway). But now [...]

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This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series All about LithuaniaKaunas, Lithuania is a very interesting and beautiful city. I was so amazed at how romantic and almost magical the city was. There has been so much that has happened there and the people of Kaunas have been through a very rough history. [...]

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