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Day 9 Vilnius, Lithuania – the motherland and 300 days of travel!
Day 9 Vilnius, Lithuania – the motherland and 300 days of travel!

Day 9 Vilnius, Lithuania – the motherland and 300 days of travel!

My hotel room smells like my Lithuanian grandma. I’m not kidding, it’s very distinctive.  Maybe I’m having some kind of  auto-suggestion event because I’m in the place that side of the family came from – Lithuania. Not Vilnius specifically, the…

Day 7 Poland: Malbork Castle – Fortress and last refuge of the Teutonic Knights
Day 7 Poland:  Malbork Castle – Fortress and last refuge of the Teutonic Knights

Day 7 Poland: Malbork Castle – Fortress and last refuge of the Teutonic Knights

Cold. Rain. Wind.  We are prepared.  Fleece, hat, good rain jacket are enough, but just barely.  Fortunately we are going only 100 feet to the Amber Museum just south of Zlota Brama.  The gate had been built by ethnic Germans in…

Day 5-6 Poland – Two great and one terrible museum.
Day 5-6 Poland – Two great and one terrible museum.

Day 5-6 Poland – Two great and one terrible museum.

“Emma, I’ll do the room sweep.’  Lily says.  Our bags are packed.  Rooms are checked.  Goodbuy Holiday Inn Krakow! The taxi guy at the stand says ‘Meter’ in a deep accent but I wave him off.  He suggest 200 PLN, which is…