After our travel:

So after this wonderful travel to Europe, we finally went back to Taiwan. What we have learned from this trip, we would never forget. We learned about important Hungarian values, Lithuanian economics, Malta’s architectures, and Ukraine’s religion, etc. We also realized that Europe was more attractive than what we thought! Last but not the least, I think we made your image of Europe, better than before! Thank you for reading our blog!

Lithuania Journal

{December 17th, 2016}

After we arrived at the Vilnius International Airport at 20:55, we stayed at the Radisson Blu Hotel Lietuva, Vilnius for the rest of the day. TV was fun and we watched a lot of Lithuanian shows on TV, but we still ate and slept for the rest of the day, since we were so tired from traveling that much.

{December 18th, 2016}

Today we woke up so early! I mean, wouldn’t you call 8:00 early?! We went out to learn about the government of Lithuania. First, we learned a bit about background information. We learned that the government of Lithuania is really cool! The Government has the Prime Minister, also known as the head of the government, and 14 other government ministers. The current prime minister for Lithuania is Saulius Skvernelis. The Prime minister is appointed by the President, with the assent of Seimas.

{December 18th, 2016}

After visiting “the government”, we went to the mall in Vilnius called Ozas to learn about their fashion style. And we went to sleep lately just because we wanted to review what we saw, like on the bed! The shopping center was so vividly described, we just couldn’t stop thinking about it! Lithuanian fashion is really outstanding. It is mainly admired for its creativity, colorfulness, and expressiveness! One shop I clearly remember was Peek & Cloppenburg. We bought ourselves a lot of clothing, such as Calvin Klein underwears and jeans. Afterward, we went to eat dinner in Charlie Pizza. I don’t know why I ate pizza for dinner since I was on a heavy diet... The point is, after eating dinner, we went back to our sweet hotel room!

{December 19th, 2016} Today, we woke up early since we went to sleep at 22:00 yesterday. Our plans for today is to research about Ukraine’s economics since we walked a lot yesterday, and if we walked anymore, “sightseeing” stuff, our legs would break. Now does the “diet” I mentioned before make any sense? Back to what I was saying about our willing to know more about Ukraine’s economy, we should all know that Lithuania is in the European Union. It also has the largest economy of the three Baltic States! In fact, the current GDP growth is 1.7% per year! It’s GDP rank overall in the world is rated 84th nominal! Finally, after learning about the Lithuanian government, we went back to the hotel room. We checked out of the hotel room, knowing we might never have such wonderful experiences in our lives. We took the taxi to the airport and our plane took off at 20:00 from Lithuania, Vilnius. We had fulfilled our hearts with what we had learned about the small part of Europe we went to!

Lithuania Postcard

Lithuania Newspaper

Lithuania national defense manual. Teach people how to defend the invasion of Russia.

Lithuania, a country that had been conquered by Russia, recently updated their defense manual. This defense manual was made by the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania and contains 75 pages. Thousands of these manuals were published. The manuals teach people how to identify Russia’s tanks, bullets, and landmines. They also teach some survival skills. The book emphasizes-“Every Lithuanian must have the awareness of fighting and the will of defending.”

International Number Ones Map

Lithuania has the fastest wifi. If you want to have fast wifi connections, you can visit Lithuania.

The road signs for small animals in Lithuania.

In Vilnius, Lithuania, a creative agency has created tiny road signs for tiny animals. The goal is to "show that we are not the only ones living in the city." The idea came to the agency's project manager. One night when he was in a taxi, his driver had almost hit a hedgehog. So, he decided to create signs in the city's Vingis Park. Now, there are small signs set up along the park's roads and paths for hedgehogs. There are even signs set up for cats, birds, and ducks!

British “drug-lord” arrested by FBI in his own Lithuanian bolt-hole.

A drug addict found himself being caught by police just wearing his underwear. He was accused of heading to an International money laundering operation. It was indeed a shock for him. He is named James Mulvey and he is 40 years old. He was only wearing his pants when he got arrested by police from the National Crime Agency. Later on, the police discovered his Lithuanian hideout on Wednesday. The picture here shows Mulvey from Solihull, West Midlands, with cops holding his arms behind his back.