Germans about visiting Lithuania

Hi,

these are the compositions of the German students who visited Lithuania. 

Enjoy the reading! :) 

My Comenius-Trip to Vilnius

by Alicia Lindner

On Thursday we arrived at the hotel and checked in first. I had to share my room with a very nice girl from Croatia. Later we had  lunch. Then, we, only the Germans, went to the old town of Vilnius to change money and to look around and get some first impressions. Back in the Hotel we got dinner and in the evening 

we talked a bit with other German people, who live there to learn Lithuanian. On Friday we had our first breakfast at the hotel. After that the whole group with people from Hungary, Spain, Estonia, Croatia, Poland and Germany went to Sirvintos where we met the local authorities. Later we went to the school in Gelvonai, where we met the Lithuanian people, some of them were already  in Germany. We watched some movies 

of every country which was very interesting .We also got a very good lunch there. After that, we went to 

a place with some big hills and we explored the area and enjoyed the view and then we visited a very interesting archeology and history museum. Later we went back to the school, had again some presentations and then dinner. In the evening we learned some traditional folk dances in the school gym and after that we had a little disco there, which was much fun. The next day, the whole group went to a part of a wall, which was painted with the colors of the Lithuanian flag. Afterwards we went to a church in the old-town of Vilnius and had free time there. Then we went to the National museum next to the church, which was similar to the first museum but it was very big and also interesting. For lunch we went back to the hotel and went again to the city for the KGB museum, which was the most interesting, I think, because you could look at the old rooms and the instruments and things and so on. In the evening all teams went to a traditional restaurant where some of us had to make Cepelinai, which is a dumbling filled with meat and we had a very good dinner there. At  night, back in the hotel, we talked with the people from the other countries and made new friends and had a lot of fun together. On Sunday, our last real day, we went to some memorials and to the TV tower of Vilnius, but we were not allowed to go up the tower, which was a pity. For lunch we went back to the hotel again. In the afternoon, we visited the highlight of the whole program: a Soviet bunker. 

It was such an experience there and it was very exciting to see all these old things, they had in this time, like their clothes, their underwear or their medicine. In my opinion, it was the best part of the trip. In the evening we went to a huge mall and bowled there and had pizza. We also had a bit free time there. In the Hotel, 

we enjoyed our last evening with the other people.  And on Monday, we had breakfast first and then only the Germans went to the old-town again and had free time, which was very nice. At lunch time we said good bye to everyone and went to the airport. I was a bit sad, that we had to leave after this short time, because all the people were so nice and the city as well. I would have liked to stay there for another couple of days.

My Comenius days in Lithuania

by Marcel Weiss

Our room

Thursday

First of all, the arrival was no problem. We had two flights, one from Nuremberg to Frankfurt and the second from Frankfurt to Vilnius. 

We had quite a long stay in Frankfurt. The arrival 

in Vilnius was good and we got a little city tour. Then we went to the hostel. My first impression was not so good but later it became better. An interesting fact was that they had dinner at 16 o’clock and ‘supper’ at 18 o’clock. In the evening we went to the Old Town of Vilnius, which was actually quite good, 

you could see the different faces of the city, because we lived in a poorer quarter of the city.

                 

Friday

The Exhibition in the museum

After the first night in the hostel the whole exchange was getting better. After the breakfast we went to Širvintos where we met the mayor of this town. 

In a conversation we got to know everyone a little bit more and were informed about the project. After that, we went to the school where we had presentations of each country. The next step was the old capital of Lithuania where we had a fantastic view over the old defense hills of the capital. Then we went to a museum where we saw the exhibitions of that town. Back at school we had one more presentation and dinner. We left the school in the evening.

The defense hills

Saturday

On Saturday we went to Vilnius downtown to see a little bit more about the city. After an hour of free-time we visited the next museum, it was about some exhibitions in Vilnius but it was too long and therefore a bit boring. After lunch we visited the KGB-museum, which was more interesting than the first one. In the past 
it was a prison. After that, we went to a traditional-Lithuanian restaurant. For me, the food there was okay.

The TV-Tower

A cell in the KGB museum

Sunday

The last day of the project. We drove around Vilnius and visited a famous wall and the TV-Tower, but it was closed and we couldn’t go up. We had a quick step in another museum with exhibitions and an underground-church. After lunch in the hostel we went to the best part of the exchange, the soviet-bunker. The bunker was very interesting and we learned how to put on a gas mask. In the evening we went bowling in a big shopping-center. Sunday was the best day.

Monday

After another walk in downtown Vilnius, we said Goodbye to all and drove to the airport, where we finally flew home again.

Downtown Vilnius

 My Comenius days in Lithuania

by Schädlich Philipp

Our flight to Lithuania was on Thursday. It was very early. We had to get up at 2.30.

Our first flight was from Nürnberg to Frankfurt, it was very short. 30 minutes I think.

In Frankfurt we had to wait 4 hours for the flight to Vilnius. That was boring.

The flight to Vilnius took 2 hours. When we arrived in Lithuania we first met the Hungarian team, they were niceJ. 10 Minutes later we wereon the bus to our ‘hotel’. It was a hotel for Lithuanian kids which can’t live at home. Our rooms were a bit small but it was ok. The first night was a bit short. On Friday morning we had breakfast with all the others. After that we visited the school of the Lithuanian teens. It’s a very small school with 150 pupils. We watched some films about the other countries, which were made bythe pupils. After that we visited a museum about the first people in Lithuania. We saw the big and old protecting wall and the old capital of Lithuania and a big church. Saturday was a very nice day. First, we visited the old town of Vilnius and the big cathedral. After that the national museum, which was about the freedom of Lithuania. In the end we visited a very interesting prison of the KGB. We saw the cells and execution room. That was interesting.

Sunday was the best day. We visited the old Soviet bunker in Vilnius. We had to be real soldiers in war. 

The bunker was 6 meters under the ground. We had to wear gas masks and had to run with them. That was a bit breath-taking, but it was funny, because you didn’t see anything. In the end we had lunch in the bunker. 

In the evening we went bowling and shopping in a reeeaaally big shopping center. In the shopping center there was a bowling area, a 5 d cinema and an ice hall, it was big. In the end it was a very nice trip to Lithuania, with nice people and nice new friends. Wanna go to Lithuania again, with my friends in Germany.