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After the busy streets of Vilnius, we longed for a few calm days in nature. Trakai National Park is only a 30-minute drive away, and we had heard so much about its beauty. Unfortunately, the forecast wasn’t great, with lots of rain on the horizon. However, we decided a long time ago that we can’t only visit places when the sun is shining. Otherwise we wouldn’t get very far, would we? So, embracing the rain, we picked one of the few car parks as our home for the next couple of days and, given the late hour, headed to the only restaurant open in the area.

We headed to Vilnius with great expectations. Many people had told us how great the city is and that its old town is second to none. First, however, we needed to buy new trekking shoes for Kathrin, as her old ones had finally given up the ghost. This proved surprisingly tricky: the store we had picked turned out to have no decent parking. So we drove in circles for 30 minutes through chaotic traffic and countless roadworks.