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Baltic States & Saint Petersburg 2010

Baltic States & Saint Petersburg 2010

20 September 2010

Performance at Vilnius City Fiesta at Cathedral Square, Vilnius

Arkikatedra Bazilika (Vilnius Cathedral)

Cable car to Gedimin bokstas

Small statue next to the cable car

Gediminas Tower

View from top of Gedimino kalnas (Castle hill)

Gedimino kalnas

After the mist was mostly gone we could see more and more

St. Anne

The Hill of Three Crosses seen from Gedimino kalas

Bell tower of Arkikatedra bazilika

A statue of duke Gediminas, the founder of Vilnius

One of the statues above the entrance of Arkikatedra bazilika

Arkikatedra bazilika

Arkikatedra bazilika with the bell tower

St. Casimir

St. Casimir

Town hall

The Desecrated Augustine Church

St. Nicolas

St. Casimir

St. Nicolas

St. Paraskeva

Wall decorations made by different creators

St. Anne

St. Anne

St. Anne

Interior of St. Anne

Altar in St. Anne

A very old cross at one of the walls of St. Anne

St. Anne

Hill of Three Crosses

Gedimino prospektas - the main street of Vilnius

Beer tasting in a brewer-pub. From right to left: light beer, honey beer and dark beer. We preferred the honey beer.

One of the many trolley buses found in all of the (major) cities of the Baltic States

St. Peter and St. Paul

St. Peter and St. Paul

Masterful compositions of stucco mouldings by Giovanni Pietro Perti and ornamentation by Giovanni Maria Galli inside St. Peter and St. Paul

River Neris

A view of Vilnius from Zirmunai Bridge

Zirmunai Bridge

River Neris

Trakai castle museum

The Trakai castle is situated on an island and is now accessible by boat or wooden bridge

Connecting bridge over the now dried up moat

Inside Trakai castle museum

Some long ago used buildings near Trakai castle museum

Town hall at Kaunas

St. Francis Xavier church

Kaunas Castle with the tower of the town hall and the towers of St. Francis Xavier church

Šv. Jurgio bažnycia

Kauno pilis

The interior (and exterior) is being restored

The memorial to the victims of fascism at Devintasis fortas (The Ninth Fort)

Devintasis fortas

Devintasis fortas

Devintasis fortas with the memorial in the background

On our way to The peninsula of Neringa

The harbor of Klaipeda

Seagulls flying alongside the ferry to Neringa peninsula

Kursiu Nerija

Seagulls flying alongside the ferry to Neringa peninsula

On our way to Nida

A stop to stretch our legs just south of Juodkrante

Weather vanes in Nida

Parnidis dune, the highest dune on Neringa peninsula

The harbor of Nida from atop Parnidis dune

A flock of birds flying next to Parnidis dune

The top of Parnidis dune

Nida seen from Parnidis dune

The light house of Nida

Some kind of structure in the sand of Parnidis dune

The border of Lithuania and Kaliningrad

Our footsteps in the serene sand dune

I made a bicycle trip north. A number of swans along the way, still in Nida.

Curonian Lagoon

A coffee stop with two of the group of travelers. We made the bicycle trip together.

Baltic sea

It was pretty chilly but some (local?) people went in

Ännchen von Tharau (the statue) in front of Theater Square where Hitler spoke from the balcony in March 1939 after Germany annexed Klaipeda in its last act of territorial aggrandizement before the outbreak of war.

Memel is the German name for Klaipeda

Art in Siauliai

Siauliai Cathedral

Hill of Crosses. On September 7, 1993, Pope John Paul II visited the Hill of Crosses.

Hill of Crosses

Kryziu kalnas

Kryziu kalnas

Kryziu kalnas

Kryziu kalnas

Kryziu kalnas

Kryziu kalnas

Kryziu kalnas

Kryziu kalnas

Kryziu kalnas

Kryziu kalnas

Kryziu kalnas

Kryziu kalnas

Kryžiu kalnas

Some deer next to the road on our way to Latvia

Rundale Palace

Extravagant interior of Rundale palace

Chandelier

Room of vases

Decorated ceiling

The garden next to Rundale palace

Rundale palace

Rundale palace

Dome Cathedral as seen from Doma laukums (Dom Square), Riga

Three Brothers

Three Brothers

Guards at Riga Castle

Changing the guards

Changing the guards

Permanent Christmas tree in front of Melngalvju nams (Blackheads House)

Melngalvju nams

Melngalvju nams

St. Peter

Wall painting next to Doma laukums

A Belgium pub in Riga...

Old zeppelin halls at Central market

Fruits and peppers

Watermelons

Some sort of mushroom

Peppers, red onions and leeks

Strange form for a pumpkin

Even strangers forms for pumpkins

Tomatoes, eggplant and very pale peppers

Cherry tomatoes (all of them?)

Prunes

Beefsteak tomatoes

Latvian Academy of Sciences

Probably some kind of art

Freedom Monument

Navity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral

Navity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral

Art Nouveau quarter

Cat

Inside Dome cathedral

Someone drawing one of the windows in the square behind Dome cathedral

Living statue

St. Gertrude Old Church

Our Lady of Sorrows Church

Decoration on a building at Doma laukums

Inside a medieval restaurant. Diner with candle light, live music and folkloric costumes

Live music

Gutmanis Cave near Sigulda in Gauja National Park

Turaida pils (Turaida castle)

Dungeon in Turaida pils

Shackles

The tower of Turaida pils

House in Pärnu (Estonia)

Valjala kirik (Valjala church) at Saaremaa island

Kuressaare Piiskopiliinus (Kuressaare Castle)

Hotel next to Kuressaare Piiskopiliinus

Kuressaare Piiskopiliinus

Searching for swans

Jämaja kirik (Jämaja church)

Swans

Sõrve lighthouse

Remains near Sõrve lighthouse

Sõrve lighthouse

Freshly picked mushrooms

Young green shield bug (Palomena prasina)

Mushroom soup, coffee, piece of pizza and apple cake. What a great lunch!

Soviet WWII graves near Tehumardi

Soviet WWII memorial

Kuressaare Piiskopiliinus

Kuressaare Piiskopiliinus

Demoiselle Crane

Kaali meteoriidikraatrite väli (Kaali meteorite valley)

Old tractor in front of Angla Tuulikud (windmills of Angla)

Ladies size or man size beers (half a liter of a full liter), Tallinn

A view of the old town of Tallinn from the harbor

Suur Rannavärav (Great Coast Gate), one of the gates to old town

Town wall

Panoramic view of the lower part of Tallinn from Toompea hill

Toomkirik (St Mary

Aleksander Nevski katedraal (Alexander Nevsky Cathedral)

Pikk Hermann (Tall Hermann)

Archery practice. The guy had one lucky shot and all following arrows missed the target.

Restaurant

Raekoda (Town hall) seen from Raekoja plats (Town hall square)

Püha Vaimu kirik (Church of the Holy Spirit)

Püha Nikolai Imetegija kirik (St. Nicolas Orthodox Church)

Katariina käik

Katariina käik

Narva Hermanni linnus (Hermann Castle)

Ivangorod, Russia

Peter and Paul

Rostral columns

Hermitage Museum

General Staff Building

Double-headed eagle at the gate of the Hermitage museum

Hermitage museum

Palace square with St. Isaac

Kunstkamera

Rostral column

View from the river Neva

From left to right: Hermitage Museum, St. Isaac

Peter and Paul

122m high tower of St. Peter and Paul

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Holy Trinity Cathedral

St. Nicholas Cathedral

St. Nicholas Cathedral

St. Nicholas Cathedral

St. Nicholas Cathedral

St. Isaac

Palace of Connection

St. Isaac

Statue in front of Kazan Catherdral

Kazan Cathedral

Entrance of Kazan Cathedral

Kazanskaya place

Church of the Savior on Blood

Front of the Church of the Savior on Blood

Interior of the Church of the Savior on Blood

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Saint Petersburg Mosque, when opened in 1913, was the largest mosque in Europe

Aurora is a Russian protected cruiser

Nakhimov Naval School

Aurora

Frigate Blagodat

Hydrofoil

Figurehead of frigate Blagodat

Memorial for the Victims of Political Reprisals

Lamppost

Petrovskye Gate at Peter and Paul

Mikhail Shemiakin

St. Peter and Paul

Interior of St. Peter and Paul

Panoramic view of the Palace Embankment as seen from the southern wall of the Peter and Paul

Hermitage Museum with St. Isaac

"The Flying Dutchman" - a restaurant and fitness center

The Admiralty and St. Isaac

Rostral column

Naval museum

Hermitage Museum

Rostral column

St. Isaac

Interior of St. Isaac

Monument to Nicholas I

Double-eagle at the gate of Catherine Palace. The Rococo summer residence of the Russian tsars, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin).

Catherine Palace

Entrance of Catherine Palace

Interior of Catherine Palace

Main entrance hall of Catherine Palace

Stove in Delft tiles

In the garden next to Catherine Palace

Bath house

A cappella performance

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