vilnius lithuania

[bandearg]

am travelling to vilnius for ten days next week with my partner and son 10 months. Just wondering what food to expect and whats to do thats worthwhile. We are thinking of hiring a car just wondering is it worth driving to poland or belarus for a day ??

Oh and for the other half who smokes Benson and Hedges hes wondering do they sell them over there

many thanks

[Buenchico]

Wikitravel might help a bit:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Vilnius

Be warned that Lithuania is a major centre for counterfeit cigarettes. Even if you find what might appear to be B&H, they might turn out to something completely different (possibly with al sorts of toxins in them).

Chris

[mike11111]

My experience is so dated (1974) as to be practically useless. As part of my degree course I spent a month in Minsk (Byelorussia as it then was) and we had a day trip to Vilnius. I remember it being a lovely old mediaeval town and , unlike Minks actually had some bars where you could go and drink a pint or two. Of course this was at the height of Brezhnevism so the heavy hand of communism was apparent everywhere. I would love to go back, just to see if it's changed, but I'm probably too old for that now. As far as I know Belarus is still run very much like the Soviet satellite it once was. It suffered much during the war; Minsk was razed and completely rebuilt. There was a depressing uniformity about the place, all the building s looked the same. As I say, though, that was 37 years ago.