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RE: Vilnius, Lithuania Datasheet
(07-02-2018 02:24 PM)TripleG Wrote: @cromanishere, Couple weeks in Vilnius!? What do you guys do there not to get bored to death? Theres only so much time i can tolerate dedicating to chasing women and even with my hobbies of working out and reading books i find Vilnius too boring to visit for more than 6-7 days. Last year I got so bored that i rented a car and drove to see family in Klaipeda for a few days; that city is highly underrated and plenty of exotic factor working in ones favor if youre from overseas...
I was in Vilnius for a month (I did two day trips during that time) and I could have easily spent more time there. I was on vacation, so I did not work and I never turned on the TV. I was seldom in my apartment. In fact, I had other day trips planned but I never followed through on them because there was so much to do in Vilnius. I mean, come on, Vilnius Old Town is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
If you do not like history, museums, art, music, parks, culture, then -- of course -- any city will be boring after only a week. Whenever anyone says that a city is boring after just a few days (or a week) I assume that they live shallow and boring lives -- and I take everything that they say with a grain of salt. I have never left a city feeling bored. Usually, I am disappointed that I did not have the time to explore even more. And anyone who visits a city only to chase poon should sit down and reassess their priorities in life.
One night all the museums in Vilnius were open all night and for free. I showed up at Vilnius University and discovered that the second tower (not the bell tower) at Vilnius University was open to the public only day per year -- and it happened to be that night. The only problem was that it was open only to Lithuanians. So, I used an excuse to get into the library where the crowd of Lithuanians was waiting and I mingled in with them (and then kept my mouth shut for the rest of the tour). I saw a telescope created by Galileo and plenty of other cool stuff -- in a place that was only open to the public once a year. The bell tower had a Foucault's Pendulum demonstrating the effect of rotation of the Earth. If you are bored, you are just not trying.
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RE: Vilnius, Lithuania Datasheet
(07-02-2018 03:55 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote: (07-02-2018 02:24 PM)TripleG Wrote: @cromanishere, Couple weeks in Vilnius!? What do you guys do there not to get bored to death? Theres only so much time i can tolerate dedicating to chasing women and even with my hobbies of working out and reading books i find Vilnius too boring to visit for more than 6-7 days. Last year I got so bored that i rented a car and drove to see family in Klaipeda for a few days; that city is highly underrated and plenty of exotic factor working in ones favor if youre from overseas...
I was in Vilnius for a month (I did two day trips during that time) and I could have easily spent more time there. I was on vacation, so I did not work and I never turned on the TV. I was seldom in my apartment. In fact, I had other day trips planned but I never followed through on them because there was so much to do in Vilnius. I mean, come on, Vilnius Old Town is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
If you do not like history, museums, art, music, parks, culture, then -- of course -- any city will be boring after only a week. Whenever anyone says that a city is boring after just a few days (or a week) I assume that they live shallow and boring lives -- and I take everything that they say with a grain of salt. I have never left a city feeling bored. Usually, I am disappointed that I did not have the time to explore even more. And anyone who visits a city only to chase poon should sit down and reassess their priorities in life.
One night all the museums in Vilnius were open all night and for free. I showed up at Vilnius University and discovered that the second tower (not the bell tower) at Vilnius University was open to the public only day per year -- and it happened to be that night. The only problem was that it was open only to Lithuanians. So, I used an excuse to get into the library where the crowd of Lithuanians was waiting and I mingled in with them (and then kept my mouth shut for the rest of the tour). I saw a telescope created by Galileo and plenty of other cool stuff -- in a place that was only open to the public once a year. The bell tower had a Foucault's Pendulum demonstrating the effect of rotation of the Earth. If you are bored, you are just not trying.
I guess to each his own but after you've been to almost every European country and heard stories about all the kings, queens, princes, WWI, WWII, Communism, Capitalism, etc. the luster of museums fades away. Also, Vilnius town center may be a UNESCO world heritage site but it can be properly explored in 2 days and is small compared to old towns of places like Vienna, Prague, and even sister city of Riga. By the way, Vilnius is a city of churches and you have all types spanning over 600+ years from 15th century all the way to 21st but even those can be seen in a couple days as well.
My point is that for someone who currently lives in the west and is used to a fast paced lifestyle of multitasking just sitting at an old town cafe for hours on end or walking through an art gallery and see for the hundredth time a painting of some castle or knight get's boring. Thus the need for slightly bigger cities with a more active night/entertainment life.
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RE: Vilnius, Lithuania Datasheet
(07-02-2018 09:47 PM)TripleG Wrote: (07-02-2018 03:55 PM)Tail Gunner Wrote: (07-02-2018 02:24 PM)TripleG Wrote: @cromanishere, Couple weeks in Vilnius!? What do you guys do there not to get bored to death? Theres only so much time i can tolerate dedicating to chasing women and even with my hobbies of working out and reading books i find Vilnius too boring to visit for more than 6-7 days. Last year I got so bored that i rented a car and drove to see family in Klaipeda for a few days; that city is highly underrated and plenty of exotic factor working in ones favor if youre from overseas...
I was in Vilnius for a month (I did two day trips during that time) and I could have easily spent more time there. I was on vacation, so I did not work and I never turned on the TV. I was seldom in my apartment. In fact, I had other day trips planned but I never followed through on them because there was so much to do in Vilnius. I mean, come on, Vilnius Old Town is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
If you do not like history, museums, art, music, parks, culture, then -- of course -- any city will be boring after only a week. Whenever anyone says that a city is boring after just a few days (or a week) I assume that they live shallow and boring lives -- and I take everything that they say with a grain of salt. I have never left a city feeling bored. Usually, I am disappointed that I did not have the time to explore even more. And anyone who visits a city only to chase poon should sit down and reassess their priorities in life.
One night all the museums in Vilnius were open all night and for free. I showed up at Vilnius University and discovered that the second tower (not the bell tower) at Vilnius University was open to the public only day per year -- and it happened to be that night. The only problem was that it was open only to Lithuanians. So, I used an excuse to get into the library where the crowd of Lithuanians was waiting and I mingled in with them (and then kept my mouth shut for the rest of the tour). I saw a telescope created by Galileo and plenty of other cool stuff -- in a place that was only open to the public once a year. The bell tower had a Foucault's Pendulum demonstrating the effect of rotation of the Earth. If you are bored, you are just not trying.
Vilnius town center may be a UNESCO world heritage site but it can be properly explored in 2 days
Vilnius can be "properly" explored in just two days? We obviously have different ideas of what it means to travel and to explore a culture. I would not even bother traveling to a city -- any city -- for only two days. I suspect that many people who claim to have visited many countries or many cities (and I am not referring to you) have actually seen very little. They are just checking off a box in their own minds. Been there. Done that. Next.
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