Lithuania Tour Draft
Following is the itinerary developed with Marius to visit Birzai , Pasviten , Linkova , Pasvalys , Krekenava , Pumpėnai , and Varniai in Lithuania: Aug 14 - Day 1: Jewish heritage sites tour in Vilnius +Ponar memorial site (murder site of 70 000 Vilna jews). Aug 15 - Day 2: Leave Vilnius and drive to BIRZAI (en route stop in PUMPENAI , PASVALYS ) overnight in BIRZAI . Aug 16 - Day3: Leave Biržai and head to LINKOVA and PASVITEN . After Pasviten head to Pakruojis (beautifull synagogue ,former shtetl), and onto Siauliai (Shavli famous jewish town with heritage sites) for overnight. Aug 17 - Day 4: Leave Siauliai -en route stop in famous shtetl Shadeve (Benyamin Netanyahu is from Shadeve, it’s a unique shtetl) next stop KREKENAVA , then head to Kedainiai (KEYDAN) best kept jewish heritage place in Lithuania. (Vilna Gaon studied in Kedainiai) End in Kaunas (Kovne) second city of Lithuania and 2nd most occupied by jewish community and rich heritage, for overnight. ...