Labas Claire! / Labas Sam! I’ve been thoroughly enjoying your excursion tour of the southern and eastern Baltic Sea shore countries! I’m a displaced Canadian of Lithuanian heritage living in the United States, in Omaha, Nebraska. We had planned to visit Lithuania and the Baltics this summer - including our sister-city (twin city) Šiauliai, but travel to EU countries from the USA is largely restricted, given the current COVID situation here. Hopefully, we can go next summer. Nice to see you visiting the Hill of Crosses (Kryžių kalnas) today - just north of Šiauliai. Likewise, it was great to see you visit the two neighboring Baltic sister cities of Šiauliai - Pärnu, Eesti and Jelgava, Latvija. You may already know this: the Baltic language words for ‘citizen’ - ‘pilietis’ in Lithuanian and ‘pilsonis’ in Latvian - are rooted in feudal times - essentially, which castle (pilis / pils) one belonged to. Your videos are very well crafted, an absolute pleasure to watch! Ačiū!!! / Paldies!!!
Thank you so much Gediminas, we really appreciate it - glad you've enjoyed our whole trip! Here's hoping you get to 'come home' next year, it is just beautiful! And thanks for the lesson in language, it truly is fascinting!
I just love Kaunas' interwar architecture. It's a bit run down but it's being refurbished slowly. I finished my uni there - lots of warm memories 😊❤️ Thank you guys so much for advocating this style of architecture and discovering and promoting my city of Youth 🙏🤗👌
Our pleasure Tom, it was an incredible city and we wanted to show a side of it few people get to see! We hope to come back in the future and see some more too!
21:13 i am lithuanian, and also not religious either. i love how you put it! oh my gosh how didnt i think of it - its a story, a person behind every cross - thats whats moving here. you've got brilliant human talent
Rundale- name of place "e" at the end is also pronounced sounding like "e" in the word "end". Rundales pils- Palace of Rundale. Ending "es" is inflecting Genetive of the word. To restore properly such places like Rundale Palace is also very expensive, needs the best specialists and is a slow process indeed. Italian architect of the Palace was Rasstrelli. There is another Palace of him in Latvian city Jelgava. Lithuanian Hill of crosses is a pilligrim place for catolics from all over the World today and all are bringing with a cross to put there. Also many non-catolic turists are putting croses what are sold in the area today.
Ah Life Improvement Knowhow, you really are a fountain of knowledge! Thank you for all the info, it adds so much to what we already know about our Baltic destinations!
Brilliant as usual! Love the look at interwar architecture - don't stop looking at different places along your journey - very enjoyable - thank you BW N
I visited Rundāle in 2008. My cousins in Latvia LOVE the heat, when they get it, and it was the hottest day of our trip when we were visiting that palace, something like 96 degrees F. Not that I know my parent's native Latvian language that well, but Rundāle is pronounced with 3 syllables, something like "roon-dah-leh."
Oh wow! We weren't actually that close when we pronounced it then! Apologies, Latvian is a confusing language for us! It's a beautiful place though isn't it - thanks for enjoying our video!
@@nextstopevwhereNo apologies necessary (at least to me, a Latvian-American). I have a cousin whose wife is Dutch. She knew something like 9 languages fluently, including Arabic, which she had to use while living in Egypt working as a nurse for about 4 years. Then she married my Latvian cousin. She then decided to try to learn Latvian. However, a short time later, she quit studying it saying it was impossible to learn! My biological parents did not teach me Latvian beyond a few words growing up. I have been self-teaching myself Latvian since about 2008, and my Latvian family constantly criticizes how badly I am doing, even when it is not that bad. Also, it is my understanding that the Latvian and Lithuanian languages are very similar, and only split as separate languages a few hundred years ago. These are the last 2 Indo-European languages still spoken (the last existing one was Prussian). There is strong evidence that the Latvian/Lithuanian languages originated from Indian SANSKRIT! This might not be that surprising, since according to my DNA (on the male side), I originated from Northern INDIA, went east to Siberia/Mongolia (because of this, I am 2% "Native American"), then finally ended up in North-eastern Europe. Latvians (and I guess Lithuanians) originally were very tribal, and did not build cities, until German Teutonic Knights came to claim our land, take it away, and made us work as serfs on it for hundreds of years. In fact, it was not until the 18th Century that the Latvian language was written down, and it was the GERMANS who wrote it down, primarily in order to get us to learn to read the Bible. Thanks for your interesting videos!
As historic intrested older Swede it would bee the mutch intresting lands to visit as the architecture etc . Talk about how closes we one were arround the baltic sea! If you is coming to Stockholm you would se and say were did i see that building??? The rose gardens was also real intresting! Barbro Sweden
Barbro EvanderLindquist well, if you still haven't visited Latvia's capital Riga what used to be the biggest city of Sweden in 17 th century than it just to take a boat Stocholm-Riga when corona times are over.
Rundale castle was projected and constructed by famous italian architect Francesco Rastrelli. It was done on the request of russian zarina Anna Ionavna for her lover Biron. Biron was of German origin but was born in Latvia, which was ruled in the 17th centures mainly by germans.
Great videos from your current adventure! I love the relatively unknown gems you uncover on your travels. Nice video style as well. The slow panning camera work is well paced. If I can be boring for a minute, are you intending to do a long term use review of your motorhome? I'm thinking of buying a Swift next year, and would be grateful for your expert opinions. Best wishes and stay safe! Things are taking a pandemic nosedive over here...
Karl Ernst von Bühren (or Biron) was formally a vassal to the King of Poland, but did pretty much what he wanted. At its peak the Duchy of Courland was a powerful political entity which even had colonies in the West Indies (the island of Tobago) and in Africa (at the estuary of the river Congo).
Productive video! Thanks to the author of the channel for this fascinating video! It is interesting to see how people live in other countries! It is very important to know foreign languages on such trips. I would like to recommend to all travelers a practical guide to learning foreign languages by Yuriy Ivantsiv "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages". This book contains a lot of useful tips on how to learn a foreign language for tourists, students, entrepreneurs and anyone who needs a foreign language in life. There are a lot of good tips on how to solve problems with the language from beginner to advanced level of language learning. It turns out that the traveler only needs to know a few dialogues and you can easily travel around the world! You don't have to spend a lot of time to fully learn a foreign language, you just need to learn what you can use when you travel. I wish everyone exciting travel
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Greetings from Lithuania, Kaunas our city Kaunas really cute by the nature and everything else.. 😊😊😊
Oh I miss my city Kaunas. The funicular I used to go to school. So many memories. Thank you for that.
You're welcome Sydney King, glad you enjoyed it!
Thank God for tourists with different look.
Great video guys! Love those gardens. Looks like your having a great time. Cheers, Oliver.
Thanks Oliver (and family) - good to know you can see just how much we are loving life over here! Hope all is well with you guys too!
You two are Amazing...
Labas Claire! / Labas Sam!
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying your excursion tour of the southern and eastern Baltic Sea shore countries! I’m a displaced Canadian of Lithuanian heritage living in the United States, in Omaha, Nebraska. We had planned to visit Lithuania and the Baltics this summer - including our sister-city (twin city) Šiauliai, but travel to EU countries from the USA is largely restricted, given the current COVID situation here.
Hopefully, we can go next summer.
Nice to see you visiting the Hill of Crosses (Kryžių kalnas) today - just north of Šiauliai. Likewise, it was great to see you visit the two neighboring Baltic sister cities of Šiauliai - Pärnu, Eesti and Jelgava, Latvija.
You may already know this: the Baltic language words for ‘citizen’ - ‘pilietis’ in Lithuanian and ‘pilsonis’ in Latvian - are rooted in feudal times - essentially, which castle (pilis / pils) one belonged to.
Your videos are very well crafted, an absolute pleasure to watch! Ačiū!!! / Paldies!!!
Thank you so much Gediminas, we really appreciate it - glad you've enjoyed our whole trip! Here's hoping you get to 'come home' next year, it is just beautiful! And thanks for the lesson in language, it truly is fascinting!
I just love Kaunas' interwar architecture. It's a bit run down but it's being refurbished slowly. I finished my uni there - lots of warm memories 😊❤️
Thank you guys so much for advocating this style of architecture and discovering and promoting my city of Youth 🙏🤗👌
Our pleasure Tom, it was an incredible city and we wanted to show a side of it few people get to see! We hope to come back in the future and see some more too!
Damn, that place looks crazy cool.
Thank you for a wonderful journey and wonderful gardens and buildings, both my husband a I are loving your travels 🥂💫
Thanks as always Anne, it so lovely to see how much you appreciate what we do... it keeps us wanting to do more! And there is plenty more to come!
21:13 i am lithuanian, and also not religious either. i love how you put it! oh my gosh how didnt i think of it - its a story, a person behind every cross - thats whats moving here. you've got brilliant human talent
Nice introduction to Kaunas interwar architecture.
Well done guys!
The highlight of my week, love it.
You're too kind John, thank you!
Thanks.
I couldn’t agree more - look up, look around, stop looking at your feet.
That hill of crosses looks like something very special.
Interesting tour
Glad you enjoyed it
Hello Claire and Sam, i just want to tell you that i follow you till the begining. And it's always a pleasure to watch your videos.
Thank you so much! We really appreciate it and glad you enjoy what we do! ❤️👍🏻
Rundale- name of place "e" at the end is also pronounced sounding like "e" in the word "end". Rundales pils- Palace of Rundale. Ending "es" is inflecting Genetive of the word. To restore properly such places like Rundale Palace is also very expensive, needs the best specialists and is a slow process indeed. Italian architect of the Palace was Rasstrelli. There is another Palace of him in Latvian city Jelgava. Lithuanian Hill of crosses is a pilligrim place for catolics from all over the World today and all are bringing with a cross to put there. Also many non-catolic turists are putting croses what are sold in the area today.
Ah Life Improvement Knowhow, you really are a fountain of knowledge! Thank you for all the info, it adds so much to what we already know about our Baltic destinations!
Brilliant as usual!
Love the look at interwar architecture - don't stop looking at different places along your journey - very enjoyable - thank you BW N
Too kind as always, thanks so much and so glad you enjoyed our little trip back into Latvia and Lithuania!
Aww, you're great! Best wishes in your travels! Priekā! 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇪🇪 🇬🇧 💚 🌍
I visited Rundāle in 2008. My cousins in Latvia LOVE the heat, when they get it, and it was the hottest day of our trip when we were visiting that palace, something like 96 degrees F. Not that I know my parent's native Latvian language that well, but Rundāle is pronounced with 3 syllables, something like "roon-dah-leh."
Oh wow! We weren't actually that close when we pronounced it then! Apologies, Latvian is a confusing language for us! It's a beautiful place though isn't it - thanks for enjoying our video!
@@nextstopevwhereNo apologies necessary (at least to me, a Latvian-American). I have a cousin whose wife is Dutch. She knew something like 9 languages fluently, including Arabic, which she had to use while living in Egypt working as a nurse for about 4 years. Then she married my Latvian cousin. She then decided to try to learn Latvian. However, a short time later, she quit studying it saying it was impossible to learn! My biological parents did not teach me Latvian beyond a few words growing up. I have been self-teaching myself Latvian since about 2008, and my Latvian family constantly criticizes how badly I am doing, even when it is not that bad. Also, it is my understanding that the Latvian and Lithuanian languages are very similar, and only split as separate languages a few hundred years ago. These are the last 2 Indo-European languages still spoken (the last existing one was Prussian). There is strong evidence that the Latvian/Lithuanian languages originated from Indian SANSKRIT! This might not be that surprising, since according to my DNA (on the male side), I originated from Northern INDIA, went east to Siberia/Mongolia (because of this, I am 2% "Native American"), then finally ended up in North-eastern Europe. Latvians (and I guess Lithuanians) originally were very tribal, and did not build cities, until German Teutonic Knights came to claim our land, take it away, and made us work as serfs on it for hundreds of years. In fact, it was not until the 18th Century that the Latvian language was written down, and it was the GERMANS who wrote it down, primarily in order to get us to learn to read the Bible. Thanks for your interesting videos!
As historic intrested older Swede it would bee the mutch intresting lands to visit as the architecture etc . Talk about how closes we one were arround the baltic sea! If you is coming to Stockholm you would se and say were did i see that building??? The rose gardens was also real intresting! Barbro Sweden
Barbro EvanderLindquist well, if you still haven't visited Latvia's capital Riga what used to be the biggest city of Sweden in 17 th century than it just to take a boat Stocholm-Riga when corona times are over.
Rundale castle was projected and constructed by famous italian architect Francesco Rastrelli. It was done on the request of russian zarina Anna Ionavna for her lover Biron. Biron was of German origin but was born in Latvia, which was ruled in the 17th centures mainly by germans.
Great videos from your current adventure! I love the relatively unknown gems you uncover on your travels. Nice video style as well. The slow panning camera work is well paced.
If I can be boring for a minute, are you intending to do a long term use review of your motorhome? I'm thinking of buying a Swift next year, and would be grateful for your expert opinions.
Best wishes and stay safe!
Things are taking a pandemic nosedive over here...
Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas
Karl Ernst von Bühren (or Biron) was formally a vassal to the King of Poland, but did pretty much what he wanted. At its peak the Duchy of Courland was a powerful political entity which even had colonies in the West Indies (the island of Tobago) and in Africa (at the estuary of the river Congo).
There’s one word for both palace and castle in Latvian and it is pils.
You did not inherit russian word "dvor"? How interesting.
Claire your pronounce is good
Thank you!
:) :) :)
Productive video! Thanks to the author of the channel for this fascinating video! It is interesting to see how people live in other countries! It is very important to know foreign languages on such trips. I would like to recommend to all travelers a practical guide to learning foreign languages by Yuriy Ivantsiv "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages". This book contains a lot of useful tips on how to learn a foreign language for tourists, students, entrepreneurs and anyone who needs a foreign language in life. There are a lot of good tips on how to solve problems with the language from beginner to advanced level of language learning. It turns out that the traveler only needs to know a few dialogues and you can easily travel around the world! You don't have to spend a lot of time to fully learn a foreign language, you just need to learn what you can use when you travel. I wish everyone exciting travel