On the 17th of June we went to Kaunas with colleagues and friends from the University. Throwback to this amazing trip.
Juin 2018
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On June, 17 we went to Kaunas for a day trip with colleagues from University and friends. It was the occasion for us to discover or re-discover the city. Indeed, some of us were traveling to Kaunas for the first time while some others haven’t been there for 17 years. Kaunas is the second biggest city of Lithuania.

Museum selfie  

In the morning, we had a nice walk in the new city and enjoyed beautiful “art nouveau” architecture. Kaunas grew at the time where "art nouveau" was very popular. We also visited Kaunas Devils Museum, which is included in the list of the most unique museums in the world. It is the perfect place if you want to learn some more about Lithuanian folklore and legends. This museum is full of devil sculptures from the collection of Antanas Zmuidzinavicius, a Lithuanian artist. We also visited his apartment and workshop which were turned into a museum after his death.

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We took our lunch break at Spurgine, a little cafeteria which seems to come straight from the 70’s. There you can eat salty donuts with chicken, mushroom or cabbage and sweet one with jam. It is the perfect place if you want to eat fresh and homemade food.

Lithuanian donuts !  
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In the afternoon we went for the old town and visited to former presidential house. Indeed, capital of Lithuania had been moved from Vilnius to Kaunas for 20 years between 1920 and 1940. There we saw an exhibition on the 100 most significant events of the first Republic of Lithuania.

We ended our tour with the cathedral and the cattle.

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