BALTIC STATES
MAY 19 - May 27, 2010


Arrival Wednesday, May 19

Vilnius, Lithuania

 


(borrowed image)

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City Tours of Vilnius  May 20 & May 21

Church of Sts. Peter and Paul

    

 



        

Cathedral of Vilnius

     

Presidential Palace / National Museum

Vilnius University (established 1579)



     

 

    


                                         St. Anne's Church / Bernadine Church                            Gediminas Castle view of Three Crosses


    

                                          400 year old basement of Amber Museum                                       Amber with moth


    

                                                                                                                                         ( image above from Tom Gallagher)

 

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Travel from Vilnius to Riga May 22

Hill of Crosses (Lithuania)

 



    

 

Rundale Palace (Latvia)

 


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Before restoration (3 layers of paint)                                                After restoration


   

 



   

 

 

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City Tour of Riga  May 23

Arrival in Old Town



Bremen Musicians Monument                        St. Peter's Church Tower
     
 

Tower Views

   

 

                                     Narrowest Street                            Street View of Doma                   Sanctuary of Doma


       

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More of Riga  May 24


Latvian Ethnographic Museum

 Old Lutheran  Church

 
                                                                 ( image from Tom Gallagher)
 

Country Home (Exterior/Interior)
  
 

Orthodox Church                                                       Grain Mill


     

                                          Riga City Market                                     Independence Display                                          Garlic Dinner

    

(3 images above from Tom Gallagher)

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Transit from Riga, Latvia  to Tallinn, Estonia  May 25

City Tour of Tallinn  May 26

 

Song Festival Grounds


Arrival in Upper Town

Toompea Castle                           Alexander Nevsky Cathedral


  



  

Cannon Tower / Kiek in der Kok
  

(2 images above from Tom Gallagher)

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More of Tallinn  May 27

Kadriorg Park, Palace and Art Museum 

 


  

 

 

Kumu Art Museum

   

                                                    (images above from Tom Gallagher)

 

 "Soviet Women in Estonian Art"
   

 

"Estonian Art from 1945 to 1991 / Difficult Choices"

    

              American on ladder destroys world                      Inspirational Leader                            Fatherly Protector 

           

 


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