{"id":540,"date":"2016-08-22T22:22:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T22:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/?p=540"},"modified":"2016-08-22T22:22:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T22:22:47","slug":"monday-august-22-flight-to-vilnius-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Monday, August 22 ~ Flight to Vilnius, Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After breakfast we were driven to the airport to take a flight to Vilnius, Lithuania.  The smooth flight took about an hour.  We flew above the clouds, and we could only see the ground on takeoff and landing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_541\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0676.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-541\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0676.jpg\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-541\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0676.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0676-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Landing in Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A medium-sized bus was waiting for us, and it took us to Mabre Residence Hotel. Linda and I climbed two flights of stairs to our rooms since there was no elevator.  We settled in, then we met the new members of the tour group who had not taken the pre-trip. Miina took us on a walking tour of the street where tourists like to shop and dine.  She pointed out churches and wall decorations along the way so we would be able to go there on our own.  We changed some dollars into Euros at a bank.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_542\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0678.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-542\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0678.jpg\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-542\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0678.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0678-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House off the street in a secluded spot<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_543\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0677.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-543\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0677.jpg\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-543\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0677.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/img_0677-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Room in chocolate shop where all furniture is made of chocolate<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Later we ate dinner at a nearby restaurant.  We ate tossed salad, pork, potatoes, broccoli, carrots, and apple pie with chocolate drizzled over the top.<\/p>\n<p>When I arrived back in my room, a spent some time hand washing a few articles of clothes.  Now I am ready for tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After breakfast we were driven to the airport to take a flight to Vilnius, Lithuania. The smooth flight took about an hour. 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