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Borscht is a beetroot soup popular throughout Eastern Europe, notably among Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Belarusian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Ashkenazi Jewish and Armenian cuisines. Originating as a pickled hogweed soup, borscht has evolved to encompass an array of sour soups-beetroot being the most common. It may be served hot or cold, purely vegetarian or with meat stock. It may be a light soup or a thick stew. Generally however it is the dish is served with vegetables, the beetroot is fermented and gives a distinct red appearance, and is served with sour cream.
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Trakai is a historic city and lake resort in Lithuania. It lies 28 km west of Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. Because of its proximity to Vilnius, Trakai is a popular tourist destination. Trakai is the administrative centre of Trakai district municipality.
Vilnius, Lithuania 10 October 2012.
Vilnius university and Saint-John church..
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti .
Copyright: European Union
Sts. Peter & Pauls' Church; commissioned to celebrate victory over the Russians in 1668 by Michael Casimir Pac, the Grand Hetman of the Lithuanian armies. Containing over 2,000 astonishing stucco mouldings representing miscellaneous religious and mythological scenes, the Church was consecrated in 1701.
KAUNAS, LITHUANIA - DECEMBER 30: Mike James, #3 of Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Gasteiz competes with Lukas Lekavicius, #4 of Zalgiris Kaunas in action during the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Round 1 game between Zalgiris Kaunas v Laboral Kutxa Vitoria Gasteiz at Zalgirio Arena on December 30, 2015 in Kaunas, Lithuania. (Photo by Alius Koroliovas/EB via Getty Images)
Made with louet gems pearl, babyull, and various leftover variegated sock yarns on 2mms. Motifs taken from Gloves from Lithuania Minor.
"One day, the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas went for a hunt, ten miles away from his then capital, Trakai.
The hunt was successful – the Duke came upon a huge beast, a taurus*, and killed it.
As it was too late to go back to Trakai, Grand Duke Gediminas stopped at Šventaragis valley and slept there. During the night, he had a dream that on the mountain a large iron wolf was standing and howling loudly, with the voice of hundreds of wolves.
Gediminas woke up from his sleep and said to the chief pagan priest, Lizdeika: "I have dreamt a strange dream" and described everything that had happened. Lizdeika said, "Grand Duke, the iron wolf means that the great capital will be located here. The howling of the wolf means that the sound of this capital will be heard all over the world".
The next day, Grand Duke Gediminas immediately sent people and founded one castle in Šventaragis valley and another on a high mountain nearby. And to those castles he gave the name 'Vilnius'."
[source: IronWolf.LT]
*clarification of what type of creature this is comes from draugas.org :
"An unusually large wild bull, identified as be-in a member of a now extinct species known to sci-ence as Bosprimigenius and to Lithuanians as “tauras.” This species of wild ox is called the aurochs in English."
Kaunas, also formally known as Kovno, is the second largest city in Lithuania. On the site of the current Kaunas old town at the confluence of two large rivers, a settlement had been established by the tenth century AD. It is not only a city of old traditions, but also a large center of business and industry. See more Lithuania photos www.flickr.com/photos/lithuania2008/sets/72157606057905456/
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A curve of he Neris
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These are actually small pictures that I received with a postcard.
Very cool.
Trakai, Lithuania. With a population about 6.000 and distant 28 kilometres (17 miles) west of Vilnius, this old city (first mentioned around 1337) is a popular tourist destination. Communities of Karaims (ethnic group that descents from Turkish-speaking family), Tatars, Lithuanians, Russians, Jews and Poles lived here.
Trakai, Lituânia. Com uma população de cerca de 6.000 e distante 28 quilômetros (17 milhas) a oeste de Vilnius, esta antiga cidade (mencionada pela primeira vez por volta de 1337) é um destino turístico popular. Comunidades de Karaims (grupo étnico que descende de famílias de língua turca), tártaros, lituanos, russos, judeus e poloneses viviam aqui.
Trakai, Lithuania. With a population about 6.000 and distant 28 kilometres (17 miles) west of Vilnius, this old city (first mentioned around 1337) is a popular tourist destination. Communities of Karaims (ethnic group that descents from Turkish-speaking family), Tatars, Lithuanians, Russians, Jews and Poles lived here.
Trakai, Lituânia. Com uma população de cerca de 6.000 e distante 28 quilômetros (17 milhas) a oeste de Vilnius, esta antiga cidade (mencionada pela primeira vez por volta de 1337) é um destino turístico popular. Comunidades de Karaims (grupo étnico que descende de famílias de língua turca), tártaros, lituanos, russos, judeus e poloneses viviam aqui.
Tinginys ("lazy") is a traditional dessert here, consisting of crushed cookies, sweetened condensed milk, cocoa powder & butter - no baking involved!