Lithuanian postcards + giveaway
You know when sometimes you just can't find a single postcard that you like...?
It happens now and then, in some places more than others, and it used to happen to a group of Lithuanian postcrossers - they were frustrated by the fact that they had a beautiful country, but no way to showcase it to the world properly through postcards!
Can you guess where this is going? Of course, they decided to make their own postcards! They searched for photos on their own archives, and looked for professional photographers or illustrators who wanted to share their art pieces with the world.
A couple of months and a few hundred pictures later, they took a vote on a Lithuanian forum to choose which pictures should be turned into postcards. Sixteen postcards were chosen for this special set, and sent to a professional print shop. Six thousand postcards were then printed and distributed between the participants of the project.
The Lithuanian postcrossers who undertook this challenge told us it wasn't an easy process, but it was very rewarding to finally have an assortment of postcards they were proud to send out!
They're so happy with them in fact, that they're looking forward to sharing them with you! :) They have 16 postcards set aside to 16 members. To receive one of them (sent from Lithuania, naturally!), all you need to do is leave a comment below, telling us something you know about Lithuania. You have a week to participate, and the 16 lucky users will be picked by the Lithuanian group themselves.
Have fun discovering this lovely country by the Baltic sea!
561 comments so far
Keep on doing such nice work :)
the photo with the cards in the wooden box on the painted wooden floor looks great!
You're our neighbour, in Lithuania there is a lot of cities with polish signs and of course we are the biggest ethnic group! :)
ps. this set is so fresh and bright, they definitely did a great job!
the Battle of Grunwald was in Poland...
Also, that was a great idea :)
Lithuania has a coast of aprox. 100 km and 40 km is open to the Baltic Sea
=)
There is a village called Nida. In that village is a little cottage named Thomas Mann, he was a nobel price winner.He lived in that cottage during the summer. the cottage is still there!
regards from Paulina
I'm knowing not much of Lithuania. Only that Vilnius is the capital and it meets the Baltic sea.
Good luck with this project.
Greetings Sietse53
Lithuania have 14 lighthouses, but only 9 at the sea...maybe in the future, a collection of Lithuanian lighthouses postcards? ;)
The method of making vodka from corn was first discovered by the Lithuanians.
Lithuania was the last European country to addopt Christianity.
The capital of Lithuania is Vilnius. They have a great national basketball team and the last Eurobasket FIBA took place there (Spain won the championship). Lithuania borders with Latvia, Poland and Belarus. That's all I know of Lithuania.
I am Laima and I live in Lithuania, a small town - Skuodas.
In my town is difficult to find some interesting cards. So I make my photo cards :)
Greetings from Lithuania!
Only because i like this idea so much, creating your own postcards, well done!
An interesting fact about lithuania is that the middle of europe lies in the borders of Lithuania, that's nice to know!
Good luck with the cards ♥ Ilona
A phrase of Czeslaw that I like is: "We are well made, half disinterested contemplation and half appetite."
And I have a huge appetite for postcards :D
Jéssica :)
One of the greatest Polish poet and noblist Czesław Miłosz was born in the village of Szetejnie.
I was in Vilnius few years ago and I had the privilege to see this beautiful city. My favourite place in Vilnius is Rasos Cemetery where the heart of Józef Piłsudski is enshrined.
Oh, and I visited Lithuania last May, it's a beautiful conuntry!
I know Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. And I know that Lithuania became a member of United Nations on 18th September 1991.
Lithuanians are one of the people that less suffer from obesity due to their healthy diet based on barley, potatoes, rye, beets, vegetables, mushrooms and dairy products.
Vilnius is the capital, the flag is very colourful it is yellow, green and red. The currency is Lithuanian Litas, it borders on Latvia, Russia, Belarus and Poland. That is as much as I know, which isn't a lot really.
The cards look fantastic.
I know, that in Vilnus there's a great old university (I applied as an exchange student there ^^)
I know the really beautiful city Trakai with the biggest lithuanian castle
aaand of course lithuanian great beer :D
Another great fun myth is that if you get a blemish on your nose that means that someoone has fallen in love with you :P
Btw I've got the same problem here... I live in Chorzów, unusual city in the centre of 3 000 000 aglomeration BUT with the biggest municipal park in Poland :) What can you find in my postcards? Inert fountains or communist blocks of flats :(
Well done, guys! I think we should do the same thing!
Linkėjimai iš Lenkijos!
Best wishes from your neighbour
Wiola
This actually made me realize I don't really know much about Lithuania (except from the really obvious things like the capital etc.). So I consulted wikipedia and now I know a little more! :)
I do know that a lot of people confuse Latvia and Lithuania a lot (like Slovenia and Slovakia), which must be really annoying...
And the facts about Lithuania... in Poland we know quite a lot about it's history, as we used to be actually one country for a couple of centuries ;).
I was in Lithuania only once for a couple of days and what stroke me the most was that so many nouns in Lithuanian sound just like in Polish, but finish with "-as" or "-us". It also concerns the names - like the famous Polish poet, Adam Mickiewicz, who was born in Lithuania and is known there as Adomas Mickievicius :).
Still it's a shame to admit that I don't know many other Lithuanian cities than Kaunas, Trokai, Klaipeda and Vilnius (with it's amazing cathedral in Classical Revival style, which I like sooooo much; and many other landmarks, of course...), so it would be great to find out more, for example by... hmmm... receiving a beautiful postcards from there? ;)
Best regards,
Daria
Rika
It should have been a hard project, finding the adequate pics to print and so on, congrats for the group who make it possible!
I know Lithuania is a Baltic country, the capital city is Vilnius and there are many great postcrossers there as lately, I receive quite a few cards from there.
My bit of Lithuania info:
The fictional Character "Hannibal Lecter" is lithuanian, also Bob Dylan is of lithuanian descent.
Making your own postcards is a great idea! It looks like the group has come up with some lovely cards.
Thank you for sharing postcards, fellow friends.
I must admite that I don't know very much about Lithuania; It's one of the Baltic states, the Capital is Vilnius. It was the first Soviet republic that declare independence.
I think there is beautiful nature and that's all I know, that isn't very much, sorry
I don't know for other Spaniards, but for me Lithuania is best known for their great basketball players and national team. They are really good! Like Arvydas Sabonis who played in the Spanish ACB League in the early 90's. :-)
Good luck to all Lithuanians in postcrossing! I wish you to do a lot more beautiful cards!
Fantasic idea. And I'd love to have one of those cards, especially that my grandparents came from those regions and one of my favourite book shows pre-war Lithuania. It's The Issa Valley. And who knows, maybe you have a postcard with Issa or flora or fauna from Issa ; )?
Beautiful postcards by the way! :D
I am very interested in paganism which is why I was happy to find out that Lithuania has pagan roots. What would it be like to pick berries and mushrooms in the forests there, I wonder...
Not so much a Lithuanian fact, but the thing that sticks most in my memory was a Scout and Guide camp I went on in Estonia when I was a teenager. Pitched right near our tents there was the loveliest group of Lithuanian Girl Guides who were so welcoming, I've still got the badges they gave me on my camp blanket!
Well, let me share my knowledge of your country:
It is called Lithuania in English, Litouwen in Dutch, the German people refer to it as Litauen, Litwa by your Polish neighbours and Литва in Russia and Belarus. In Iceland you guys are from Litháen, Litauen in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, and the Finnish say Liettua. In more southern Europe, people refer to the country as Lituania in Spain, and Italy, almost similar to Portuguese: Lituânia, Λιθουανία in Greek, Litvánia in Hungarian and Lituanie in French. But most importantly... Lietuva in your own language!
Happy postcrossing :).
In my time as a chemical laboratory assistent in Untiverity of Leoben, austria, we had two assistances there from Lithuania. The first girl was able to speak german very well and said they learned it in school. The second one only understood english because german wasn't told in schools in Lithuania anymore. I found it really interesting that earlier they had german in school. But more important for them to learn is Russian, they both could speak it. It's fascinating how many different languages they learn there. I think thats the most interesting part of living in a small country, you have to learn more different languages at school than in a big country.
They say Finnish word "haltia" likely comes from "saltys" (the type of snake, which was kept as a guardian of the house - don't know the word in English). The snake "saltys" is also present in some folk legends.
I've been studying a little bit Lithuanian language & culture, hence know more than said here, but yet it was many years ago.;)
What I know about Lithuania is that my grandfather was a prisoner there during the holocaust in Vilnius. He escaped into Russia and eventually made it to America to start a new life.
I also know that their Act of Independence was signed February 16, 1918.
I'm pretty new to post crossing...I found it on accident and it has become my new favorite obsession! I can't wait to receive cards from Lithuania regardless! Congratulations and good job of those of you were able to achieve this!
Happy Postcrossing!!
Rachel
For some reason, many people mix Lithuania and Latvia. I can't understand why, because the names are so different, aren't they? :)
But the coolest one is actually about shopping (not to mention the general beauty of this country). In a big supermarket in Vilnius, together with friends, we bought something between a jump spring and a scooter! We took turns to use it, even though it was really late.. We were probably making a lot of noise, so someone has thrown a bucket of water on our heads! But it didn't really quench our enthusiasm :)
Apart from that, the most important thing about Lithuania is that this country gave us (Poland) a great monarch Jogaila (Władysław II Jagiełło, Jogaila Algirdaitis) who, by marring polish queen regnant Jadwiga, become a king of Poland :) He was a founder of the royal Jagiellon dynasty which reigned in Central Europe for more than 200 years!
Władysław Jagiełło also revived the Kraków University, which afterwards was called Jagiellonian University (one of the oldest in Europe).
So Lithuania, we owe you a lot ;)
Spread the picture of your country all over the world! :)
The geographic centre of Europe is in Lithuania, not so far from Vilnius in fact.
I now know that Roman Catholicism is the dominant (most practiced) religion in Lithuania, that there are four distinct seasons (like there are here in Canada!), that Lithuania is just slightly larger than West Virginia (for anyone who is familiar with the size of West Virginia), that there are 10 counties and 60 municipalities, and that the government is a Parliamentary Democracy.
LizzyS
There is just one thing we must fix, Lithuanians. It is information about LT. Spread it! ;P Look, just few people wrote something about cepelinai! And i saw only one person that mentioned an iron wolf. in my opinion, this story could compete with legend of Romulus and Remus! :)
...Just wish for all the postcrossers to be proud of what you are.:)
p.s. very interesting fact: about one month ago i wrote an article about postcrossing for my school's newspaper. and, guess what i found here! something about LT.. wow, postcrossing, are you following me? :D
http://www.travel.lt/uploads/images/dir41/dir2/14_1.php
The Hill of Crosses is a site of pilgrimage about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania. The precise origin of the practice of leaving crosses on the hill is uncertain, but it is believed that the first crosses were placed on the former Jurgaičiai or Domantai hill fort after the 1831 Uprising. Over the centuries, not only crosses, but giant crucifixes, carvings of Lithuanian patriots, statues of the Virgin Mary and thousands of tiny effigies and rosaries have been brought here by Catholic pilgrims. The exact number of crosses is unknown, but estimates put it at about 55,000 in 1990 and 100,000 in 2006.
Belarussians call the Vilnius Airport Mensk 3 as a joke as it is cheaper to get to some destinations from it rather than from our Mensk 2 Airport. We like your shops and you water parks. We buy cars in Lithuania (I've bought my one in Tauragė). Vilnius was the capital for my wife's parents who live near Lithuanian border as there were no good road to Mensk.
I like your culture since I heard the lullaby 'Liuliai dukrelį'. I recall 5 days of being a dweller of Vilnius in 2001 with nostalgia. Sometimes I look over the 'Lietuvių kalba visiems' I've bought in a book store in Palanga.
Thank you so much for saving what you have.
Viva Lithuania!
My mother is the only person our the family who had Lithuanian surname (Zhemaitis), but I never knew who my Lithuanian granfather was. My grandma raised my mom on her own.
Love your idea, Lithuanian postcrossers!
My favourite fact about Lithuania, is that King Mindaugas was Lithuania's only king.
Lithuania is one of the countries I'm planing to visit - I love the culture and beautifly nature, and it's not a 'typical place' people travel to from Germany, like Italy or Spain.
I took part in some International Youth meetings and learned some Lithuanian songs. One of them I still remember - I cried when I first heard it, because it's so beautiful.
"Viešpatie, tu viską žinai. Tu žinai, kad tave myliu."
Due to excessive grazing, people knocked over trees and the herds ended the delicate vegetation. The forest received the fatal blow in 1757 when the Russian army invaded and toppled trees to build hundreds of shallow draft boats to the siege of Königsberg. In 1825, Georg David Kuwert, a decided postal employee, and his father, Gottlieb began to reforest the peninsula. It was a long and arduous struggle. For over a century, hundreds of people worked on the project.
Today the forests are home to elk, deer, foxes and wild boars. About a hundred varieties of birds nest there, and almost one million migrates to the peninsula every year. There are 900 varieties of plants and there are many dunes, although they now occupy only 12% of the land. Some sand dunes 50 meters high. See only sand and sky all around should be an unforgettable experience.
Unfortunately, I never visited Lithuania but who knows if a little bit of that beautiful country can travel to me in the form of a postcard!
I have 11 postcards from Lithuania and every one expresses the sender's love for and pride in their country. My favorite card shows Trakai Castle which was built in the 14th century.
I think these acts show a real independent spirit - something also shown by the fact that they are making their own postcards.
When I visit Lithuania, I will definitely see things like old Vilnius, the Curonian spit, Trakai Castle and the Hill of Crosses...but I'm also looking forward to meeting the people!
So, this is what I learned a while back - Note: I don't think all the information is right! But! Here goes everything!
Lithuania's "official" name is Lietuvos Respublika (If I remember right) which means The Republic of Lithuania in English...It was the first Baltic state (of the three in Northern Europe) to declare independence from Russia (it was part of the Soviet Republic I think?).
As of now they are an EU member and is also a member of NATO.
Ah, and Lithuanian is Indo-European. I think I am right in saying this, but "aciu!" ;D
Oh gosh, the only thing I know about Lithuania(sorry to say that) is that the sceneries are breathtaking. I have just looked it up at Google, and immediately fallen in love with the beautiful views of the country - the greens and the buildings.
One day, I must visit there and have a look with my eyes~^^
Geros dienos~^^
Well i remember a bit of history from old times which we learnt in school.
recently i saw photos by collegue's relatives who was to Lithuania and was surprised that i had a postcard with one of places:)
and from cards received here i remember that basketball is played greatly here and there is tasty dish called tsepelliny (dont know how it sounds in English:)) also i like some Lithuanian modern pop-music:)
thank you!
To be honest, I don't know too much about about Lithuania, but I do know basketball is very popular there. And I know it's located in northeast Europe. I have received one postcard from Lithuania, a very romantic one and I love it.
Last weekend I just met a new friend from Lithuania at a language exchange event here and he is trying to settle down in Shanghai.
In sum, these cards are so beautiful and I really want one! :)
I don't know a huge amount about Lithuania, but I do know it borders Russia, Poland, Belarus and I believe Lithuania...?
I will check once I post this! haha
Some stuff was probably inaccurate, but it's description of the history of Grand Vytautas and the Trakai Island Castle left such a big impression on me, that I want to visit one day.
I have visited Kaunas and Vilnius, beautiful cities. I noticed that kids were playing basketball in the yards, while here in Finland they play soccer.
Ar šios atvirutės vienetinės, ar jas bus galima kažkur rasti? =)
Well done to the group for their idea and for carrying it out.
I have many grest pen pals from Lithuania!!!
I like the Easter Granny!!!And your female President!!!!
Cheers Kate
I will be very happy received postcard from Lithuanian postcrossers!
I hope with the postcards, I could know more about this country! :)
I was very glad to learn that is actual president is a woman, Dalia Grybauskaitė. In Romania, women don't even dare to candidate for the presidency :)
I would like to have a pen friend from Lithuania, if someone is willing to! Happy posctrossing to all of you!
Lithuania is Poland's neighbour so my task is quite easy. ;) Vilnus is the biggest city and capital and the place where fantastic museum of Adamus Mickiewiczus (or Adam Mickiewicz) is located. There is also a famous icon of our Lady of the Gate of Dawn in Vilnus. I loved the city when I visited it a few years ago, it's really beautiful, you can trace history there. And I loved the idea of putting padlocks on the bridges to celebrate love - I saw that for the first time in Vilnus and was impressed. :)
I know that it wasn't always good in Polish-Lithuanian relations in the past and even nowadays (and I am aware that Poles were not innocent), but I hope that there will be the change for the better in the future. We have a lot in common and should stick together. :)
I did lithuanian traditional dances a few times on festival and I can tell that they are really great! :D
People standing in a circle and moving around in a certain way, which is supposed to show emotions and to bring you in contact with them. That was a wonderful day!
I know for a fact that your wonderful country has a very rich and unique folk culture. My favorite part must be the woodcarving Lithuania is so famous for.
It is my dream to go and visit the Hill of the Witches (Raganų Kalnas) in Juodkrantė. Folk traditions and stories are my soft spot. I love how, through the woodcarvings, the ancient tradition of celebrating Midsummer Night is being remembered and honoured, put in the exquisite setting of Lituanian nature. The Hill of crosses is also something that I wouldn't miss when visiting you. I got to know it through a dutch travelling documentary.
Because of the rich folk culture, I have always seen Lithuania as a very mysterious country. Although whatever I know comes from books and internet and tv, it has fascinated me for a while now, and Lithuania is on the list of countries-to-visit-very-soon-whenever-my-wallet-allows-it. :)
Other than that, two things that have really boosted my wish to come visit, are the stunning natural scenery and the fantastic architecture. I know from my own experience that when you are born and live in a country, sometimes you forget to appreciate the beauty that is around you every day. I hope - like it did for me - that Postcrossing gives you the gift it gave to me: to see your own country again through the innocent eyes of a tourist, staring in wonder of all the magnificent things your own culture gave you.
Because cultural beauty is all around us! Congratulations on your creative postcard initiative. Have fun Postcrossing, and maybe, some day, we meet in beautiful Lithuania!
Best wishes from Greece,
Kazoline
I have never been to Lithuania, but this country is on my wishlist of countries to visit. A friend of mine was there last year, she visited several places like Vilnius and Klaipeda, and she told me about Nida where the famous writer Thomas Mann had a house and about all the painters who came there to paint like Max Pechstein and Lovis Corinth.
And like some other Baltic States Lithuania is famous for amber.
I hope for a card from Lithuania - if not this way maybe via Postcrossing, when someone draws my address -, and I'm still looking for a pen pal from there.
Maybe the people who run this project will continue this - I am absolutely fascinated by this idea.
Kind regards from Germany
Dorothee
Well, as for me I usually order a postcard with my own photoes on it too. I thing it is a good way to show the newest Moscow underground stations and any other new (and not famous) sightseeings to the World.
Thanks a lot, friends! And happy postcrossing to everyone here!
I have been in Lithuania once, together with friends from Estonia.
I just read the book "Baltische zielen" ("Baltic souls") by Jan Brokken.
It is a pity that as far as I know there is no English edition available, but look at:
http://www.nlpvf.nl/book/book2.php?Book=792
I think that this idea is great and I understand the frustration myself, because in Russia you can buy beautiful postcards only in the internet-shops.
In 2008 I started learning Lithuanian language, almost accidentally. But in the process I fell in love with it. After half a year of learning I went to Lithuania for the first time. I took an intensive language course in Vilnius and lived two weeks in an apartment with a girl who never saw me before (she was Lithuanian). I was genuinely surprised by her hospitality, it was amazing! We became real friends and I visited Lithuania many times since then. Actually I have just returned from my last trip:) I have several good friends there and I'm really happy every time I have an opportunity to meet them!
I beleive that I know rather a lot about Lithuania, its history and culture. I visited some historical places, had lectures on history and culture, learned poems and participated in meetings with poets and writers, went to the museums, theatres, cinema.. I can say I am totally in love with your country!
For the last two years I had no opportunity to continue studying the language, so I used it only when I was in Lithuania. But somehow it's impossible to forget it:) I still have no troubles speaking with friends and the only regret is that I can't use it here in Russia.
Aš dar negavau atvirukų iš Lietuvos ir man būtų labai malonu turėti tokį ypatingą specialų atviruką:)
Summer 1993 ... a summer to never forget ! That Summer I met both my Lithuanian penpals. Well, I was only writing with one of them. They are two sisters from Kaunas, Jurga & Ginte. I was penpalling with Ginte at the time. In the Summer of 1993 they were making a trip through Europe with bus and were coming to visit me at my home (was still living with my parents). Somehow it happened they both spent about the whole of July & August of 1993 at my home. Was a great time and I got to know lots about Lithuanian history, culture etc. It was at the time the Baltic states just got away from the USSR and I remember people in Lithuania having a tough time. So, after they went home, we of course stayed in contact and my family sent packages often to Lithuania with clothes and other stuff.
Through the years I kinda lost contact with Jurga, though I'm still in contact with Ginte, last time we met was in 2006. Ginte now lives in New York with her American husband. So, I have a special relationship with good old Lietuva :) When I hear or read Lithuania, it always brings back memories of that great Summer of 1993 and meeting these sweet and nice people !
At primary school we had to learn topography of Europe. We always were confused: what's the right order? We learned those three countries by numerating: Estland, Letland, Litouwen (in Dutch) :)
Lithuania is also a strong basketball nation and I am looking forward to see them on Eurobasket 2013 here in Slovenia.
Since one of my closest friends was born in Lithuania and still has relatives there I know a lot about the country :) Not just things like its a Baltic country with the beautiful capital Vilnius and was a very large country in medieval times. It has beautiful landscapes with forests and lakes. Oh, and if you are at the bus station in Vilnius and all people you see seam to only speak Russian - don‘t worry, you are still in Lithuania! :)
I liked the Lithuanian Octagonal Lighthouse, Uostadvaris located on the side of the Atmata River.... Beautiful Lighthouse... This Lighthouse is commemorated by the Lithuanian Post in 2003...
The details about the philatelic-ally commemorated Lithuanian Lighthouse(s) are available in my blog http://ksbeacon.blogspot.in/search/label/Lithuania...
Best of Luck and Happy PostCrossing days...
I liked the Lithuanian Octagonal Lighthouse, Uostadvaris located on the side of the Atmata River.... Beautiful Lighthouse... This Lighthouse is commemorated by the Lithuanian Post in 2003...
The details about the philatelic-ally commemorated Lithuanian Lighthouse(s) are available in my blog http://ksbeacon.blogspot.in/search/label/Lithuania
Best of Luck and Happy PostCrossing days...
i appreciate and admire the spirit of Lithuanian Postcrossing .
What I know about Lithuania is that it has 10 'apskritys' (am I right?) and the currency before the Euro is Litas (in Portuguese). I also know that Vinus has a beautifull business center!
Happy Postcrossing and Greentings from Brazil!
Actually, I know many fairy tales, ha. But "Egle the Queen of Water Snakes" must be the most famous one. There's a sculpture of Egle and her snake husband, a poem (which I read in Russian, my mother tongue), and, if I'm not mistaken, a film.
The story goes like this. After bathing, a girl called Egle found a water snake in her clothes, and he only agreed to return her clothes if she promised to marry him. So she did, and the next day she found hundreds of snakes near her home, who wanted to fetch her and bring to the underwater snake kingdom. Egle's relatives tried to deceive the snakes (tried to give them a cow instead of Egle, for example), but in the end the snakes took her and whisked away into their underwater kingdom. The king of water snakes turned out a good husband and a handsome man when he took off his snake skin. He also told her, and only her, his human name. They lived happily together and had four children, but soon Egle started to miss our world. Her husband didn't want to let her, but in the end, he told her she could visit her relatives and stay there 9 days, and then she was to come to the river and say a special incantation. But when she was with her family, her brothers didn't want to let her go, they wanted for her to stay in our world. So they tried to interrogate her children and the youngest daughter told them her father's human name and the incantation. And Egle's brothers used the incantation to lure the water snake king into our world and killed him. When Egle learned about this, she couldn't go into the underwater kingdom again and couldn't stay in our world either, so she spelled herself and her children into different trees. Egle means fir in Lithuanian.
Ok, I must be really honest here. I don't know much (anything) about Lithuania...I could cheat and quickly Google something, but I think it's better to be honest about it :)
At the end Lithuanian team was 5th, Slovenian 7th! :))
The girl that lives across the street from us, comes from Lithuania.
She told me that the weather over there is almost the same as here in Holland.
Happy Postcrossing
Jessica (11)
All the best and congratulations...
What I know about LITHUANIA:
-I joined postcrossing because a Lithuanian penfriend told me about it.
-Its flag: yellow, green and red.
-Eurobasket was held there last year. And we (Spain) won :D
-I read a book (Between Shades of gray; by Rūta Šepetys)which tells the story of many Lithuanians during the Second World War. Great book!
-Basketball: I love it! And I really like Lithuanian players: Kalnietis, Jasaitis, Pocius, Javtokas...
-Many Lithuanian men names end in "-as", an ending used in Spanish for plural feminine names; so it's funny!
-Its capital: Vilnius.
-Lithuania in Lithuanian: LIETUVA!!!
Well done to the team who undertook to produce their own postcards. I do hope to receive at least one of them through Postcrossing sometime.
Regards, Nora
For me it was quite surprising to find out, that Lithuanian language doesn´t use azbuka, but latin writing (oh, silly me, I´m sorry that I did think of that). And, to be more ashamed, I have to say it is really confusing in Czech to call this nice country it´s own name (EN-Lithuania, LT-Lietuva, CZ-Litva) and not to mistake it with it´s neighbour (EN-Latvia, LV-Latvijas, CZ-Lotyšsko). But I promise from now on I will remeber it correctly! :-)
I know that the Flag of Lithuania is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, green and red!
:)
Aš myliu Lietuvą ir norečiau išmokti gerai kalbėti lietuviškai.)))
2 days ago i have received a postcrossing card from Lithuania with wonderful stamps :-)
I have to be honest and say I really didn't know anything about Lithuania except for its shared history with Germany and Russia, its capital city and the color of its flag, but I'm still on my way to get to know the world better. I want to know more about Europe--I want to see them, and what better place to start than through pictures, right?
But when I thought of what else reminds me of Lithuania i remembered the amazing taste of Šakotis and Žagarėlis - delicious! What can I do, that's my favorite foods? xd
And I would love to receive these postcards as a little foretaste...
There are 3,5mil inhabitants, from which are 5,799 Postcrossers, who sent 176,201 postcards and received 181,770 postcards. By ranking it´s the 17th (by sent postcards)
I visited Luthuania a few years ago and I met very nice people there. I visited Vilkaviškis and Vilnius and saw many beautiful places there. I also tasted lithuanian meals and I liked them.
I don't know much about the country, but I read in somewhere, sometime ago, that basketball is the most popular sport in the country. Is this true?
This all came from a lady holding my hand that was suffering dementia this gave me the interest to look it up and learn a bit more about Lithuania. So to have some of these postcards that I could of shared with her would be amazing I have tried finding photos on the internet for her but nothing she can hold in her hand. Anyway all the best to you all that helped in this project. I hope if brings what you are wanting
Debbie
For Luthuania, from what i read:
- Yellow symbolize the golden fields of Lithuania,
- Green is for its green countrysides,
- Red represents all the blood that has been shed for Lithuania.
One of Lithuania's highly desired natural products is Amber. It’s actually fossilized tree resin and is frequently used in jewelry.
In the early 20th century many Lithuanians emigrated elswhere, but always retained their love of their homeland and instilled it in their children and grandchildren(including me).
I know that because Lithuania is one of the countries that lies at the Baltic Sea you can find amber on a beach walk when you are lucky enough.
Oh..I've always been tiny bit envious of their possibility to switch between different languages so quickly)
I hope one day I'll visit Lithuania
Good luck for everyone :)
Thanks...
Lithuania?what came cross my mind when i heard this name is ancient and romantic. i can play thousand scenes in my head about knights riding along the beautiful hills and sing the old songs or just take a time to enjoy the breathtaking sight of their beloved country. or parents tell a tale to their children about how babies are delivered by hundreds storks. and kids play a fascinating story of the first king of Lithuania while mommies prepare super dishes consisted of breads fresh from the oven, pancakes, and capelinai filled with meat. When they are called to come inside, they will sit down comfortably while watching the national basketball team shows their best performance and make the supporters proud of them. best of all I think is the fact that Lithuanian is one of the oldest European languages which means it comports cultures and histories for centuries. Wonderful! and also, their attractive flag! yellow green red.who doesn't love that combination! so, what I know about Lithuania? richness and joy.
so bring more joy with the cards^^
And the postcards're wonderful :) !
Of course the capital is Vilnius, you sepak Lithuanian and Russian and you are one of my country neighboors and we share Baltic sea (I'm from Poland, not from UK, I just live here) :) I have couple of friends from Lithuania, I met all of them at my work places and they are all great, nice, friendly and beautiful girls!
Wish you all the best with your project!
I don't know very much about Lithuania, but it seems like a really beautiful country. Two guys in the aikido group I'm a member of are from Lithuania and I'm jealous how they can speak more than two languages :p
hmm something about Lithuania.. difficult, to be honnest I don't know much about that lovely country. But I think Vilnius is its capital.
In 2009 the Dutch Queen made a state visit to Lithuania. The NOS, the official network made this short and comic announcement with the cooperation of Lee Towers. He is a more or less well known singer from Rotterdam.
“Lee Towers” sounds just like “Lithuanian” in Dutch.
This is the short film;
http://www.kurta52.com/video/staatsbezoek_litouwen
They ask him;
“Mr. Lee Towers, is it right that Queen Beatrix will visit you?”
He answers;
“No, you are wrong. She is going to the Lithuanian, in Lithuania”
And the voice over continues “Queen Beatrix will meet the Lithuanians in Lithuania.”
Lithuanian is an Indo-European language, and in some morphological respects a very conservative one.
Улиц твоих аромат чистоты,
Зданий прекрасных твоих красота…
В воздухе чувствуешь тон доброты –
Это реальность, а не мечта.
Легкий ажурный прекрасный костел,
Холм, на котором башня стоит…
Ты мою душу навеки обрел,
Город, где солнце восходит в зенит.
Вильнюс, прекрасным дождем ты умыт!
Улиц твоих чистота с красотой
Душу приводят в восторг! И мои
Мысли и сердце навеки с тобой.
One day I received one from Obtest, a lithuanian metal band singing in lithuanian. Basicly that's how this country and I met, I must say I was quite impressed.
Lithuania rocks and I'd totally enjoy one of those special postcard.
Love Anna
I am now going to go and read the wikipedia page on Lithuania!
Any chance that we can see closer shots of the postcards? It is such a wonderful idea, and I am happy to hear such a positive and inspiring story.
I also know the Hill of Crosses. I’ve only seen it on TV but I’d really love to visit the place myself. There must be a mystical feeling to that place.
Also I know about 2together festival and dream to vizit it once!
Good luck to your bright country!
As for what I know? Not a whole lot, I admit. I know there are several people of Lithuanian heritage here in Pittsburgh and it's predominantly Catholic (lots of Eastern European heritage here in Pittsburgh which is how I know that) - and I know the capital is Vilnius which I remember from a movie and also from some cards I've received in the past.
:)
-Cathy
The word “Lithuania” is composed of nine letters, five of them are vowels!
;)
I had the privilege of acquiring a Lithuanian postcrossing exchange and after receving my card, she sent me one of Vilnius in return.
I am now 63 years old and proud to be a second generation Lithuanian...I may not get to visit the country myself, except through Postcrossing. But, Lithuania is definitely part of who I am.
I haven't had any of these, but they all sound delicious :)
In the middle ages, the capital Vilnius had a Hansa community and was involved with the merchants trading in the Baltic Sea.
Lithuania borders with Belarus and great amount of Belarussian territories were under its reign in middle ages.
I know basketball is a really popular sport in Lithuania.
What do I know about Lithuania? Well, Lithuanians are proud of their history, especially the times of the Great Duchy of Lithuania. Vitaut, the Great Duke, is a national hero, a lot of names of streets, universities, etc. are devoted to him. He was the leader of the Lithuanian army in the battle of Grunwald in 1410.
Lithuanian cities are very picturesque: Kaunas, Trakai, Vilnius and others. The capital - Vilnius - is said to be a city which contains several very different cities in it.
Oh, and one more thing I find interesting concerns last names. If it is a man, his last name ends with -as, married woman -iene, unmarried woman -aite.
One of my friends that have been traveled to Lithuania told me that there are many churches in Lithuania. I don't know whether it is true or not but I believe it.
Another thing about Lithuania is prestigious about the amber. People often buy amber products as souvenir.
A good way to get to knwo a glimpse of the countryside is, to wind these 16 postcards! :-)
We are a long way away but i remember so well while travelling i spent some time with a man from Lithuania named Jonas. Jonas just loved potatoes and said many times that it was the lithuanian national dish. Where is Lithuania, not quite sure but Russia and Poland come to mind as border countries.
Excited to see get a Lithuanian card
Have fun
George McIntosh
I really want to know more!!!!!
I'm from Belarus that is beautiful and as we almost don't have nice cards (they began to appear though) I understand it well:)))
Actually, I've got a nice penpal there (greetings, Justyna!)and she tells me much, and Belarus is so close to Lithuania. For sure I must visit it one day.
Well, my associations...
Vilnius, Trakai Castle and castles in general with thier legends, Druskininkai (the closest big city to me), cepelinai, Kaunas and others, the Baltic See shore (Palanga), the place Nida I have a card from)), Adam Mickiewicz!!!, the Cultural European Capital-2009, the wonderful architecture...
Also it is known as Northern Jerusalem. I've heard there is an area in Vilnius which concentrates people of art professions *Uzhupis* (sounds nice as Moscow Arbat); Lithianian is one of the oldest Slavic languages.
Lithuanian holidays also are interesting for me)
PS would love to go there!!!
I've just been to neighbouring countries but it's my dream to visit Lithuania one day with some peace! The food, people, landscape, culture,.... must be fascinating!!!
Big compliments for having made such such a great project!!!! which country group would be able to organize an action like that, tell me?!!!
it would be my wish to be part of a group of people like that, too...but i think i'll have to do it on my own in italy:O)
this is what our daughter Elorri (4) wants to tell you about the c
P.S. It's a great idea to make such postcards!
Elena
I learned a lot about Lithania after I joined postcrossing!
About the people, nature, cities, I got a link to a beautiful youtube-film about Vilnius.
I have swapped cards with a Lithuanian postcrosser and we are friends now,in letters we tell about our countries and the most wonderful, she will visit me for a holiday with her family this summer and I am planning a holiday to Litouwen!!
Through exchanging hand-written letters with her for a couple of years, I got to learn a bit about Lithuania.
Especially Nida, Juodkratne, the hill of crosses and Palanga.
I would love to go again.
Ačiū&iki Kisscut :)
Lithuania: rebellious, quirky, vibrant, tenacious,colorful history, pagan roots, shadowy courtyards, awesome eccentric arts, beautiful baroque, magical forests, shimmery lakes.
I don't know much about Lithuania, however I work as a desktop publisher and I often have to do the layout of Lithuanian documents. So I know all about their special characters ;)
Congratulations on this wonderful idea!
Few months ago I came across Lithuanian post-card shop - http://www.favoritepostcard.com. I'm keen on postcards with cycling theme, so I almost ordered some postcards from the bicycles section. And what a great surprise it was when I received this -
http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/LT-205209
So - I know that in Lithuania people make awesome postcards.
But, what do I know? One fun thing I've learned is that you have white storks in your country. Secondly, I am interested in food and cooking so I am aware that you have a delicious rye bread.
I wish your group the best of luck with your new postcard sets! I wonder if you would consider selling some sets and use the money to make a donation to the Postcrossing project? I bet many Postcrossers who like to collect cards would be interested in purchasing a set.
Cheers, Jessica.
But really i dont'n know much more so I desperetly need your cards to teach me more about your wonderful Lithuania.
Wish you all good and respect your project with own postcards! Aijai
Best of luck with your project!
Lithuania is a Baltic country and basketball is popular there!
What a good idea to make their own postcards!
It must be a great journey to make these wonderful cards from scratch. Thank you for your hardwork! :D
Well done for the initiative!
cuisine
a dish (dumplings) with a similar name: kalduny and kaldunai
female surnames:
in Lithuanian Grybauskaite (girl, single) - Grybauskiene (married)
in Belarusian Kaltavičanka (girl, single) - Kaltavičova (married)
at the International Book Fair in Minsk I bought some wonderful cards by the Anusauskai, some their country views reminded me of my grandparents' village - they are so Belarusian!
It is great that you made your own cards, I love that! I wish I could buy them, maybe sometime you consider to set up an online store?
Best wishes to you!
When I was in primary school (long time ago) i learned the three Baltic States: Estland, Letland and Litouwen. Thanks to postcrossing I know now it's Estonia, Latvija and Lithuania.
Because I wanted to know more about the country I surfed to a special site.
There I learned that in Lithuania children go to school when they are six years old and not when they are 4 or 5 (obligatory) as in the Netherlands.
It was also interesting to see that their language is rather similar to Latvian, but differs a lot from Estonian.
Lithuanian is an Indo-European language.
One day I hope to go there and see the beautiful city of Vilnius with my own eyes.
I'm really interested in the country due to it's chancing history, it's beautiful landscape and it's very special language which is called to be one of the most conservative of the whole indo-german family of languages!
Your process of creating your first selection of postcards to represent your country, is a clear indicator of your ability to recognize a need, organize, and then get it done!! I hope one day to have a set of these special cards.
I can see an entrepeneural oppportunity on the horizon for your group!!
What I know, well: St. Anne's Church is the most remarkable place in Vilnius, Stelmužė Oak is the oldest oak-tree (about 2000 years already,I guess),best beer in the world!)
Anyways... I remember learning about this at school and I was taught about the festival where animals were allowed to speak! If I'm correct, animals have the ability to speak during Christmas Eve!! This was such an interesting fact I learnt back in Grade 5 I think :) Hopefully I can win this giveaway! I love the illustrated/ cartoon ones- they're so cute!!!
Great job, Lithuanians!
I don't know much about Lithuania (strangely... our countries border), but I can tell what I remember about it. I went to Lithuania when I was a little girl and I remember lots of beautiful things made from amber.... It as amazing, I could touch all those for hours.... Hope one day I will revisit your country and enlarge my collection of earrings, bracelets, pendents and beads))
What I know about Lithuania? Many Soviet films about West were shot on your beautiful streets.
In 14th century Ukraine was a part of Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which we regard as a very progressive period of history.
I know by heart the introduction to "Pan Tadeusz" by Adam Mickiewicz, which starts with 'Litwo! Ojczyzno moja! ty jeste jak zdrowie'.
I know Lithuania is a EU member from 2004, the capital is Vilnius.
The national sport is basket and most famous players are:
- Šarūnas Jasikevičius
- Jonas Mačiulis
- Rimantas Kaukėnas
- Kšyštof Lavrinovič
What I know and can say straight about your country :-)
A baltic state with Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda (ex-Memel, and main harbour) as main cities. About the landscapes I don't know but I just imagine them with many forests and swamps (like in Finland, EStonia, Northern Russia). The national flag is yellow/green/red (in disorder probably) and the national sport is basketball (am from Limoges, basketball here is the local sport too :-)
As for history, I think it was a Teutonic knights area, surely Hanseatic cities, then was Polish (?) then Russian then a free state (between the 2 WW) then Soviet then free again (1990). In Napoleon's imperial guard, were Lihuanian lancers (they had a specific name I can't remind at the moment). May your 1st President was Landsbergis ?
Chagall and Soutine had Lithuanian origins if I don't mistake. As for economy, firms and typical farm or industrial products, sorry but strictly no idea :-)
That's all I know ! Never was there (up to now).
Nice project you launched :-)
P.S. In Holland they do print touristic cards, but I must say that we could do with a project like yours because they are generally not very inspiring.
P.S. For the people with a smartphone. You could make nice pictures and use the app "Touchnote" to send that photo as a postcard. (no, I dont have shares in Touchnote ;))
Good luck with the project
I'd love to get to know more about your country!
Greetings from Brazil :)
Lithuania is called a small country & is in Eastern Europe as far as I know.
When I think about Lithuania, I also think about the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - the union connecting Lithuania and my country between 16th and 18th century. They were ruled by the same monarch and it was the biggest European country back then. Despite how it ended, I think Polish and Lithuanian people should remember about this period in our common history. In Poland, we learn about it at school but I don't know if people in other countries know something about it :)
And the last thing is the TV tower in Vilnius that became the biggest Christmas tree in Europe! It's a special thought because I learned about it from a postcard via Postcrossing! ;)
And I believe in Lithuania is the geographical centre of Europe, although from the Netherlands it seems to be the very-far-away-other-site of Europe.
I love the initiative you guys took to make beautifull postcards!!! Great job, realy! You guys should be proud of yourself, doing something instead of just complaining that it's not there. So thank you for the initiative, and I hope that one day someone from Lithuania decides to send me one of your cards.
To be honnest, I realy don't know anything about your country, I know where to find it on a map, and there stops every knowledge. And now I know that there are some postcrossers with lots of initiative.
Greetings from Belgium
And my fact: Lithuania owns 87 airports. :)
The Lithuanian language is believed to be the most conservative living Indo-European language. It is very beautiful.
Basketball xp i also had several amazing Lithuanian pen pals actually.
Wish me luck!
What I know about Lithuania, they have dumplings with lingonberries. I have never had lingonberries and would love to try them!
It made it possible for me to go and read something more about this beautifull country. I discovered they have a female president and that from arpil to october they can have nice weather with temperatures higher then 26°C wauw i'm thinking of moving there
I'll have a talk to my husband to make sure this country will get on our next holliday planning!!
I know Lithuania doesn't has the euro.. 'cause when i was there, we had to change the euro's in Lithuanian litas. :)
Hope to get the postcards from Lithuania, I'll love to know about this country more :)
Cheers,
Priyank from India xo
Queenie
How much you need to appreciate, it only finds out,
Who lost thee. Today, your beauty in all splendor
I see and describe, for I long after you.
The most Lithuanian famous dish is probably the Lithuanian cold beet soup. Potatoes are also very used in Lithuanian cuisine, and the most popular dishes are made with potatoe for e.g potato pancakes and Cepelinai. :)
Actually I know something about Lithuania. I have visited in Vilnius about 8 years ago and also in the castle of Trakai. Vilnius is very green, so lovely city full of parks and magnificent churches. Unfortunately I don`t remember the name of the river but I never forget Aurtos Vartu!!! It was soooooo awesome with numerous silver hearts. My son has visited with warship in Klaipeda, near the Curonian Spit so I actually know also this Unesco WHS. Someday I have to visit in Lithuania again because I did not have time to visit in Siauliau !! I MUST see all those numerous crosses in my own eyes!!
Swell idea, but it sounds like a lot of work [but fun]!
Also, along with Latvian and the now-extinct Prussian, Lithuanian is a member of the Baltic group of the Indo-European languages, and has a highly conservative (well, from an Indo-European perspective, at least) case system including seven cases! What's not to love?
Lithuania, hmmm my first assosiation is basketball Lithuaninas are best in this, and we play vs lithuania in world cup qualifications ;) ....
What I know about Lithuania is that it has a great Hill of Crosses well-known all around the wordl. There's even a cross that had been put by the former pope John Paul II !
In addition, Lithuanians also have a huge popular culture with some beliefs such as the fact that there would be witches.
I really enjoyed this project and I hope that it could continue or be realized in other countries in the sale case.
XX
I would love to receive a postcard from this beautiful country.
Lithuania has the Internet highest upload and download speed rate in the world!
Lithuania uses the date format: yyyy-mm-dd CE. (The only correct date format, IMHO.)
I received an exquisite postcard of Trakai Castle in Lithuania, which is the only Gothic island castle in Europe. I hope a picture of this castle made it to the final 16.
In the 1300s, Lithuania conquered many lands around it. The areas now called Belarus and Ukraine were once part of Lithuania. It's one of the better places in the world to visit, and the tourism industry barely knows about it!
In 1569, Lithuania and Poland united into a single dual state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This entity survived until 1795 when its remnants were partitioned by surrounding countries.
Vilnius TV Tower is the highest building in Lithuania. Inside Vilnius TV Tower at the height of 165 meters there is a restaurant.
Hill Of Crosses is probably the most attractive pilgrimage center in Lithuania.
The Gate of Dawn is one of the greatest highlights in Vilnius. This miracle and religious place attracts people from all over the world.
Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. One of the most important projects implemented in honor of 1000 years aniversary of first mentioning of Lithuania was the reconstruction of this building.
I would LOVE to buy these cards here!
:-)
By the way, I'll be crossing my fingers tight for Donny at Eurovision, because I love him jumping on the stage, even though he finds love blind.
May 13 will be the Day of Love (Meilės Dien), the Feast of the goddess Miłdy.
I know that Lithuania's capital is Vilnius and the national flag is yellow, green and red stripes.
That's not much so all the more reason that I win and find out more about this lovely country. ;)
What I know about Lithuania? Not enough, but I do know my son's loving girlfiend lives in Vilius and I know she is a great girl!
Great project! I really admire that you all achieved this! (:
On what I know of Lithuania: hmmmm, nothing really except geographical facts. So there's still a lot more to do for the people of Lithuania ^_^
All the best from the small country of the Netherlands!
Many greetings from Hanover, the capital of Lower Saxony in Germany.
What a great idea! I'd love to receive one of these new postcards! I am very curious!
And....sorry, I admit it's a shame, but I don't know very much of your country! Maybe your cards can persuade me to visit your country some day?
Happy Postcrossing anyway!!
Mirjam
I know about Lithuania, that we spent wonderful holidays there some years ago. We loved to discover Vilnius and did a day-trip to Trakai together with a guide, who really could tell us interesting stories.
We learnt many things about Lithuania and Vilnius, the former European Capital of Culture. We liked the wolf-story, all the churches, the nature, the singers and (especially important for my sports-loving husband) basketball.
One year later we visited Estonia and Latvia – so the most impressive thing about Lithuania and the two other countries was this: standing once at the beginning, the middle and the end of the Baltic Way.
But i really like the idea and, ofcourse, the postcards!!
Maybe the set op postcards could be a starting point of my knowlegde?
Art like good health; I never knew till now
How precious, till I lost thee..."
This is such an awesome idea you guys came up with. Im excited and curious just to see the pictures you picked :)
Best wishes from rainy Holland!
Years ago i had a penpal in Lithuania
When no postcards were available, they made it happen, through hardwork, laughs and setbacks.
The cards are for the world, to show how beatiful this baltic state is, right on the sea.
Well done to all - i hope you like my little poem. beady
Well, what I know about Lithuania ... a friend went there for holidays and brought back some nice pictures and good stories. Sounds like a country I'd like to visit when I do my great backpacking-tour in a few years. I also met a Lithuanian guy through CouchSurfing in my hometown Utrecht. He was very fun! :) But I don't know anything about the country itself. Tell me something about it when you send me one of your cards! :P
I have a friend Evaldas, he is Lithuanian. Few years ago I visited Vilnius for the first time and since that it is one of the most desirable cities in the world to me. I love it's atmosphere, so I try to return there every year. I love one coffee-shop in Gediminas avenue- Belgiskas shokoladas, I get used to start my day there as we lived in the same house. So another wonderful place to visit is Belkontas park. It is so romantic, clean and cosy.
I love your Zeppelins ( sorry, totally forget its real Lithuanian name), I know the recipe and usually make it for my friends) it's tatsty))
I don't want to write about the country's history, I just want to tell one funny thing. I like the pukuotukas)))) I love the song Smagu -I think that is the best translation of the old Russian cartoon.
So anyway, I wish you good luck with your postcards and hope to see my Dear Vilnius this summer.
(the last country to fall to the crusaders)
It is the only Baltic country with nearly eight hundred years of statehood tradition.
Its name was first mentioned almost one thousand years ago, in 1009.
Once in the Middle Ages, it was the largest state in the entire Eastern Europe, where crafts and overseas trade prospered.
Currently, there are over 200 art galleries and exhibition halls in this country.
After all, the country lies in the very heart of Europe. "
I would like to receive Lithuanian postcards !
I made my own postcards using photographs I took while I traveled, too!
Happy Postcrossing!
Cheers,
Vicky Law ( Hong Kong)
The only interesting thing I know about Lithuania that hasn't already been posted is that the public bathrooms have blue lights in them. I never did find out why though!
Emxx
Hmm... Does the fact have to be pleasant? I couldn't read all of the ones mentioned above but as far as I saw I didn't see anyone mention it has the world's highest suicide rate. It's not a happy fact, but I do think it's interesting
Thanks to the inspiring project, I changed from someone who knows nothing about Lithuania to one who knows it is located at Baltic sea, sharing with Russia the UNESCO world heritage site Curonian Spit, striving for its freedom,etc. There are much more about Lithuania, but all in all it is a really beautiful country, I hope I'll be able to see it myself someday. Tautos jėga vienybėje!
Lithuania is one of the countries in Baltic region with incredible architecture and views :)
Greetings,
Marta :)
Greatgma - Mary Jane
I wasn't really interested in Lithuania and knew nothing about it until I met a girl at university from Lithuania. I started researching and she told me about her origin. Actually I realized Lithuania is a wonderful country which has a lot to offer! Beaches, Nationalparks and vibrant cities full of cultural heritage. I think it's a pity Lithuania isn't that famous as a tourist destination but i'll definitely visit it soon:)
Elektrėnai, Lithuania.
And they also celebrate Easter decorating eggs, which are a symbol of the holiday.
This is the card with the information: http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/LT-193162
It was the fourth card I received and arrived just in time for Easter in Brazil! :)
as i like basketball, i know that very popular game in lithuania is basketball.some Lithuanians play professionally in the U.S. and in European countries. Lithuania's individual athletes have won Olympic medals and routinely compete in European events.
(And what a great idea to ask everyone what they know about your country!! GREAT IDEA!)
One of the Baltic countries. I know ancient time it has a union with Poland.
I have received such a lovely postcard by chance. Postcard ID LT-203626 from user Jurslan. Please favourite!
I found that Lithuania used to be part of the USSR. It became dependent shortly after the breakup of the USSR. Lithuania is a strong, proud country. The people of Lithuania stick to tradition by way of dance and dress.
One of the most interesting things that I found, was that Lithuania is the geographic center of Europe. I never really thought about where that was in the past, but now that I know, it gives a better sense of where Lithuania is located.
I appreciated being given the chance to learn more about this great country. I love learning about traditions, language and culture and there is quite a bit more to learn from here.
Thank You.
Emma.
I know now:
1) how to say hello in Lithuanian: Labas!
2) Kaunas is the 2nd largest city in your country.
3) live a good and polite people in Lithuania :D
I hope that soon I will get different cards from Lithuania, so I will wait impatiently))
good luck to all!
Happy Postcrossing!=)
_Liza_
I received one of special postcard from Lithuania today:))
so happy now!
I learned from her card that
There is lovely clothes with embroidery in Lithuania.
(I received LTgirl in traditional clothes one:))
and I know there are pink soup in Lithuania.
Saltibarsciai!beautiful color soup!
I want to try it someday.