I arrived in Villenus last night and have spent about a day here. I went to one of the three genocide museums in town this morning, so I can tell I'm getting closer to WWII land. I mentioned before that I thought the Latvians resented the Russian presence more than the German one (perhaps because the German one was much shorter).
For Lithuania I feel that things are a bit more current - that is I feel that there might be more anti-semitic or skin-head activity going on so these museums and other Jewish presence is here to combat it. This is just an impression I get: I may be completly wrong on this.
Anyway, where Latvia was complaining about being occupied by the Russians and Germans, the Lithuanians had the same, plus they were occupied by the Poles at one point as well!
The town of Villenus is a bit like Tallin (blocks of boutique stores separated by pubs, bars, casinos or strip tieze bars) but more spread out. Riga is much more beautiful than Villenus: Any city with canals running through the middle of it like Riga, St. Petersburg and Stockholm makes a pretty city.
Me? I've got a cold so I'm taking it easy today. Tomorrow I'll go to Kaunas in Lithuania or take the long bus to Warsaw.
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