Last month’s air travel mayhem across much of northern and central Europe prompted many travelers to rediscover long-distance bus travel. Networks such as those managed by Deutsche Touring and Eurolines suddenly found their services much in demand. Although in practice Eurolines’ routes are operated by more than 30 independent companies, the Eurolines web portal allows » Read more

Klubas (Photograph: diarchy.lt) One of the most exciting things about visiting a new place is discovering the local celebrity infrastructure. While in Vilnius we came across Klubas, a Lithuanian celebrity magazine. Singer Dove is featured on the cover of the current issue (thanks to a digital camera mishap, another cover is reproduced above) and also » Read more

During our time on the ground in Lithuania, we found ourselves enjoying the Vilnius edition of In Your Pocket. The guide’s listings are animated and hilarious, offering snappy overviews of restaurants, hotels, sights, and nightclubs. We found their review of one restaurant’s cepelinai as “a limbless teddybear drowned in snail slime” breathtaking. (Incidentally, at their » Read more

Litinterp is a one-of-a-kind business. It’s not just a string of hotels across Lithuania, but also a translation service and car rental company. Ahh, those enterprising Balts! Litinterp runs guesthouses in Vilnius, Kaunas, and Klaipeda as well as apartments in Vilnius, Klaipeda, and Nida. After a three-night stay at Litinterp’s Vilnius guesthouse, we can’t say » Read more

A good trip restores and refreshes. I’m especially refreshed today, after a week spent between Stockholm and Vilnius. While Stockholm is (delightfully) old hat—a place where metro connections between my friends’ apartments and the center of the city are seared into my brain—Vilnius was a new discovery. The capital of Lithuania is a beautiful place, » Read more