Posts Tagged ‘
Lithuania ’
Sep 18th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Seven countries have been added to the list to which Irish reidents can visit. The UK has added teo but taken another two off.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus., ECDC, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Maldives, Mexico, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, UK, Wales
Dec 11th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Legend has it in Lithuania that you can hear farm animals speak on the night before Christmas.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Lithuania, talking farm animals
Jun 9th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Would a series about a nuclear disaster encourage you to visit a nuclear power plant. The Lithuanians think it will.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Chernobyl, Ignalina, Lithuania, nuclear power plant tourism
Apr 14th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Apparently, according to the local tourist board, it only takes 1,969 steps to take in the main sightseeing attractions of the old town in Vilnius!
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Go Vilnius, Lithuania, Vilnius, walking tours
Nov 18th, 2018 |
By The Editor
In the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, one of the more Bohemian areas is called Užupis. For a start this area is a republic within the country – or that is how it describes itself.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Lithuania, Užupis, Vilnius
Sep 1st, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
As summer ends Adrian looks at new campaigns by Singapore, South Africa and Thailand to entice us to visit them for a winter sun break. But first there is the Last Night of the Proms and Proms in the Park
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 1st of September 2018
Tags: BA, Edinburgh Fringe, Festival Toute la Mer sur un Plateau, Lithuania, mobile phone travel bookings, Proms, Ryanair, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Wizz Air
Jul 1st, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
In a busy week, the BA cabin crew strike begins but. on the plus side. there are the 4th of July celebrations and the London Korea Festival is on next Saturday.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: July 1st 2017
Tags: Aberdeen Airport, Badu Gili, British Airways strike, Cyprus., easyjet, fraudulent insurance claims, Greece, Iceland, Kaunas, Lithuania, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, London Korean Festival, Orlando, Philadelphia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Uniplaces, Vilnius, WAWA Welcome America! Festival, Zambia
Jun 6th, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
A few snippets from Adrian’s trip to America start his column this week before he wonders why so many of us confuse the Brighton Pavilion with the Taj Mahal.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 6th June 2015
Tags: Chelsey 'Sully' Sullenberger, Chicago, Delta, Karlsruhe, Lithuania, Louisiana, Mercure, Poverty Point, TripAdvisor, Vilnius
Jan 31st, 2015 |
By Adrian Lawes
It is a week of museum news and the growth of British tourists to Mexico as well as horse racing on ice! Adrian rounds up the lesser-covered stories of the week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 31st January 2015
Tags: AeroMexico, Greece, Heligan, Kyoto, Lithuania, National Gallery, Riviera Nayarit, Sartai Horse Racing, Smithsonian, Stirling Castle, The Great Tapestry of Scotland
Dec 20th, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
As the year nears it’s end, Adrian looks at holiday promotions that are under way or about to start but forgets to thank readers for putting up with his sometimes acerbic comments during the year!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 20th December 2014
Tags: Adelboden, airline ticket sales, Deutsche Bahn, Europa Park, Germany, Lithuania, Maine, Tren de la Libertad
Jun 28th, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
For some reason – maybe to forget the rain of yesterday and today – Adrian seems to have concentrated on warm places with spectacular beaches like Antigua, the British Virgin Islands and the Isle of Wight!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 28th June 2014
Tags: Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Cathedral of St. Stanislav and St. Vladislav, Costa Rica, Floral Guernsey Summer Festival, Guernsey, Haiti, Isle of Wight, Jamaica, Koblenz, LegenDerry Maritime Festival, Lithuania, Los Angeles
Jun 21st, 2014 |
By Adrian Lawes
Tenerife urges its citizens to be nicer to visitors whilst Venetian officials embezzle money meant for saving the city. It’s Adrian’s summing up the other items in tourism this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 21st June 2014
Tags: City of London Festival, Croatia, Customer Service, Klaipeda, Lithuania, Pula, Tenerife, The National Memorial Arboretum, Turkey, Venice, Yorkshire
Jun 16th, 2014 |
By The Editor
The more unusual and strange an attraction is it seems the more we are drawn to it. But would you go the trouble of visiting a KGB bunker in the Nemenčinė forest in Lithuania? Especially if it meant dressing as an inmate?
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: KGB Bunker, Lithuania, Nemenčinė
Nov 2nd, 2013 |
By The Editor
This week, stories about a wallaby, the demilitarized zone in South Korea, the second female Lord Mayor of London, petrol-head attractions and food forgeries attract Adrian’s pen!
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Cumbria, Hankyu Hanshin Hotels, Honister, Lithuania, Lord Mayor's Show, South Korea, World Travel Market
Oct 9th, 2011 |
By The Editor
Anthony Lydekker lets us in on Lithuania’s other capitals
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Kaunas, Kernave, Lithuania, Trakai
Oct 7th, 2011 |
By The Editor
Anthony Lydekker gives us his verdict on Vilnius – the capital of Lithuania and its largest city
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on VILNIUS: Baroque spectacular… and all that jazz
Tags: Baroque, Europe, Lithuania, Vilnius