BARBECUE LUNCH

TRAKAI -JUNE 2008

Trakai has several nice restaurants by different lakes that surround the small town. So after the Castle and the boat, it's time for food...


"WOODEN SCULPTURE - Everywhere you go, there will be some wooden sculptures waiting for you..."




"THE RESTAURANT where we had lunch had a wonderful location"


"GREEN - Even the shirt (Penina Golf Club) was green..."


"THERE WAS FOOD (lots of food...)"


"A BAND"


"DANCERS"


"A WALKWAY TO THE PLATFORM"


"A PLATFORM BY THE LAKE"


"WITH NICE VIEWS"


"ENJOYING THE SUN"


"A BEAUTIFUL LAKE"


"A NICE COTTAGE"


"LOTS OF GREEN"


"A ROWER (Curious)"


"AND A FAREWELL CAKE"



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LAKE GALVE

TRAKAI - JUNE 2008

There are 200 lakes in the Trakai region. The deepest (46.7 m) and most visited is the Galvė covering an area of 3.88 km² and including 21 islands. After the visit to the Trakai Island Castle, we had a tour of the Lake before lunch.


"TOURIST COUPLE"


"LAKE GALVE"


"HOUSES"


"RESTAURANT"






"ISLAND CASTLE"



"SHORELINE"



"ENJOYING"



"TYSZKIEWICZ PALACE"


"SAILING"


"STUDENT'S PARTY"


"BEER BOAT"


"PRE-LUNCH"



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TRAKAI ISLAND CASTLE

TRAKAI - JUNE 2008

Trakai, 28 km west of Vilnius and with a little bit more than five thousand inhabitants, is a historic city and a popular tourist resort by the lakes. A true melting pot, it has been home to people of different nationalities since the fourteenth century: Lithuanians, Poles, Russians, Karaims, Tatars, Jews...




"TRAKAI ISLAND CASTLE - On the shores of Lake Galvė, the «Little Marienburg» was started in the 14th century by Kęstutis, and completed by his son Vytautas the Great, who died in this castle in 1430. Only the lower parts of the walls, built with grey limestone, are historical, as the rest is the result of a major reconstruction project started in 1946 and finished in 1961"


"DUCAL PALACE with its 35m high donjon"


"CASTLE INNER YARD"


"A VIEW TO THE LAKE"



"PALACE INNER YARD - With wooden structures"


"BATTLE OF GRUNWALD - Jan Matejko's oil painting showing Vytautas, the Great, in command"


"VYTAUTAS, THE GREAT - Ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1401 through 1430, he died in the Palace on October 27, 1430"


"COINS"


"TREASURY"


"KARAIM is a Russian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Polish name for the community of ethnic Turkic adherents of Karaite Judaism in Eastern Europe. Originally from Crimea, Karaims were established in Lithuania and elsewhere in Europe from late medieval times"


"BLUE"


"RED"


"GREEN"


"MUSEUM VISITORS"


"WAY OUT"