Vilnius: Step back in time to Jewish Vilna and marvel at modern-day Lithuania

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 20

Mark and David lead a magical tour of Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, located in Eastern Europe but with a strong Scandinavian vibe. They take you back hundreds of years to the Jewish heyday, enter a little-known independent republic within Vilnius and then head for the skies in what Mark describes as "a picnic basket."

This time:

• An intro to Vilnius, Vilnus or is it Vilna?
• A 360-degree tour of the city
• Turn thrice and your dream may come true
• The old Jewish quarter
• The Genius of Vilna - the Vilna Gaon
• Digging into our Jewish history - literally
• Sitting in the middle of a river
• Learning more of the Jewish past, present and future of Vilnius
• A different country within Lithuania? With the BEST constitution EVER
• A trip to the geographical center of Europe
• A live view into yet another state
• To the skies we go in a picnic basket
• Join in a traditional hair-burning ceremony
• Magical Trakai castle
• The Karaites of Trakai
• An artistic farewell