Another great old city with lots of 13/14/WhateverC churches of varying dimensions and denominations. Mr MacAlpine of his day must have made a fortune. All the trained stonemasons, etc. Where did the congregation come from – the whole population then is estimated to be 500000.
Today it is 2.9 million. With a lot of church restoration continuing since 1990 liberation. Over the millennia they have changed denominationnans use – some were turned into Russian barracks. All these Baltic countries have established democratic structures, renewed economies, rebuilt – in about the same time we’ve taken not to build one railway.
We’ve been tethered to the old town – new Vilnius is the other side of the river. Still it feels locals use it. Quite quiet, Lidls is bustling. Still can’t find anything.
Tomorrow we find our way back out of the city, heading SW.
Travelling reflections 