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Some days you set off expecting nothing particularly exciting, only to end up with one of the best stories of your trip. Our visit to Kernavė was exactly one of those days. A bit of history, a lot of rain, a wonderfully eccentric campsite and a birthday party that had us wondering more than once what on earth we’d got ourselves into. But let’s start at the beginning.

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.