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2 small onions, chopped
1 teaspoon garlic powder
2 cups cooked, cubed ham
1 pound pork sausage, cooked and drained
2 cups canned navy beans, drained
2 teaspoons dried parsley
1/3 cup white wine
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
salt and pepper to taste
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This one was not a winner in my house...at all! When there is a recipe that is rated by so few...I usually do not even view it but thought that I would give this one a shot. Sorry now that I did :(
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This was a big hit at my house. Leftovers made a good addition to bean soup.
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I forgot to read the reviews before I made this and have to agree on a few things. Too much cloves for my taste but tolerable. Woulds maybe cut down to pinch to 1/8t. Like the meat but would probably add more beans (again my liking). And maybe more wine(double?). but I still did enjoy this dish and will make it again...it is easy.
I thought this would be a good recipe for a cold winters night. My husband and I enjoyed it but next time I will omit the cloves. Even 1/4 t was overpowering. I also doubled the white wine.
I wouldn't call this a cassoulet to a French person with a straight face, but it was tasty. I didn't have cloves so I went a different direction and used thyme. I also dramatically increased the beans (limas as well as navy). The meat to bean ratio here is way in favor of meat; when I make it again I'll further increase the beans. Good for your heart and all.
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A couple days ago, I decided to head offshore and try to find some dolphin just outside the reef, east of Sombrero Key Light. When conditions are right, the Sargasso weed stacks up in large patches this time of year, and when you find a good size patch of Sargasso weed you will usually find lots of Mahi-Mahi lurking beneath it.
The trip wasn't far from Boot Key Harbor, just 9 miles. The first leg involved passing through Sister's Creek, which is fairly deep until you get to the mouth of the creek, where the bottom quickly comes up to 5 feet. That means I have about a foot of clearance if I'm in the right slot through the channel, which is very narrow. That depth is displayed on my GPS/Plotter and an alarm goes off when I enter the 5-foot zone.
Once outside the creek in Hawk Channel I have two options - proceed down Hawk Channel, or head out through the reef. Heading down Hawk Channel would add a couple miles to the distance, so I opted to go through the reef. Now, I'm one of those individuals that loves to sail through the reef. I love watching the beautiful underwater world unfold beneath the boat, I enjoy seeing big grouper and barracuda fleeing as I approach, and the schools of reef dwellers can be fascinating.
The depths on the GPS plotter, and the locations of the very shallow shoal areas were extremely accurate. When the chart-plotter revealed a 21-foot deep passage through the reef to the Atlantic's azure blue waters, the depth plotter's depth finder and bottom contour information was dead on. It also revealed a 4-foot deep patch of coral that was about 50-feet south of where I passed through the reef, and that's exactly where it was.
I guess my point here is that yes, this information is on the paper chart as well, however, the only visual reference point was Sombrero Light, which was about a mile away. The GPS/Plotter provided pinpoint accuracy, thus allowing safe passage through the reef. The passage area is about 150 feet wide, no one else was on the boat to sling a weight to test the depth, the waves were about 4-feet, thus the captain was glued to the helm in order to maintain course control. In this, and many other instances I've encountered in more than 6-decades on the water, that GPS/Plotter is far superior to paper charts. And, with the 20-MPH winds, that 3X4-foot chart would have blown overboard as soon as it was opened.
I guess from my perspective, particularly as a single-handed sailor, the advancements in electronic navigation are essential tools - not just fancy gadgets or toys. Over the years I've found them extremely accurate and reliable. In my case, I've only had a single GPS failure, which occurred shortly after a near miss lightning strike in Chesapeake Bay, and a Loran-C problem, which was interference during a thunder storm. In both instances, I had no problem finding my way home.
Almost forgot - I didn't find the dolphin, probably because the wind had broken up the organized patches of Sargasso weeds.
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Author(s): | Son H. Bui; Theodore V. Vorburger; Thomas B. Renegar; |
Title: | Virtual Surface Calibration and Computational Uncertainty |
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Abstract: | This paper presents the development of a virtual surface calibration database for parameter evaluation and algorithm verification. The database runs from a web site at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA. Companies, universities, and instrument manufacturers have Internet access to standard data sets located on a NIST server. They can search and download standard surface profiles from the database to validate the accuracy of their algorithm implementations. |
Conference: | ASPE--American Society for Precision Engineering |
Proceedings: | American Society for Precision Engineering Annual Meeting | 19th | Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Precision Engineering | ASPE |
Dates: | October 1, 2004 |
Keywords: | database,filtering,parameters,software,surface,textures,topography,virtual |
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Posted 27 May 2013 - 21:59
"He asks us very sincerely, 'Hey, I was sent here by Walmart security. I just need to make sure that the children that you have are your own,'" Joseph said.
Keana later called Walmart demanding an explanation. She told WTTG that after asking to speak with a manager, she was transferred to a Walmart security officer, who denied alerting the police. The officer said it was a customer who came forward.
Joseph and Keana don't plan to shop at Walmart again.
Posted 27 May 2013 - 22:22
the guy should be happy someone cares enough to report something of this nature. And WalMart didn't call, it was a security guard, he has a name. Walmart had nothing to do with this.
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the only reason why I disagree is because I too worked in a retail store as in house security. Walmart security is all in house security hired by Walmart and look out for Walmart interests.
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I'm betting one of their "interests" is not letting kids get kidnapped while on their property. If you think its not altruistic that's fine, but that doesn't make it wrong of them. People always wonder why people sit by and don't do anything when they see a crime or potential crime. This guy did something and now people are saying he shouldn't have. That's nonsense.
Posted 27 May 2013 - 22:55
ok they saw him on video obviously.when he arrived till when he left. if they can see he arrived WITH the kids.. what's their problem then?
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I am shocked and not sure how you could not see what this story was about. It was about the possibility of kidnapping.what nature would that be?
During his shift, had the security guard had to go take a #2 and used a whole roll of triple ply paper, would you also say Walmart is responsible for his exceedingly extreme wastefulness? Workers have opinions, right or wrong, and they exercise them as so. He did just that in this case and it was his call, not Walmart's.the only reason why I disagree is because I too worked in a retail store as in house security. Walmart security is all in house security hired by Walmart and look out for Walmart interests.


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Vâhana or a Hindu vehicle, sometimes called a mount, is an animal, mythical entity or chimera (or sometimes a divine attribute) closely associated with a particular deity in Hindu mythology. Sometimes the deity is iconographically depicted riding and/or mounted on the vahana; other times, the vahana is depicted at the deity's side or symbolically represented as a divine attribute. The vahana may be considered an accoutrement of the deity: though the vahana may act independently, they are still functionally emblematic or even syntagmatic of their "rider". The goddess or god may be seen sitting or on, or standing on, the vahana. They may be sitting on a small platform called a howdah, or riding on a saddle or bareback. Vah in Sanskrit means to carry or to transport.
However, the vehicle animal also symbolizes the evil forces over which the deity dominates. Mounted on Parvani, Skanda reins in the peacock's vanity. Seated on Mushika, Ganesh crushes useless thoughts, which multiply like rats in the dark. Shani, protector of property, has a raven or crow in which he represses thieving tendencies. Under Shani's influence, the raven can make even malevolent events bring hope.
The vahana and deity to which they support are in a reciprocal relationship. Vahana serve and are served in turn by those who engage them. Many vahana may also have divine powers or a divine history of their own. Case in point, the Nataraja story abovementioned, represents a conflation of Hindu gods with local gods, syncretizing their mythos as their territories began to overlap. According to one source, "they could be a synthesis between Vedic deities and autochthonous Dravidian totemic deities.
Lakshmi is, among other things, primarily the goddess of wealth, and her owl is a warning against distrust and isolationism, even selfishness. Athena, though also a goddess of prosperity, is primarily the goddess of wisdom, and her owl symbolizes secret knowledge and scholarship. Perhaps due to their shared geography, the Greco-Roman interpretation is paralleled in Roman Catholic iconography, in which St. Jerome, most famed for editing the New Testament, is often (though not always) depicted with an owl as a symbol of wisdom and scholarship. Depending on the tribe, Native American religious iconography attributes a wide range of attributes to the owl, both positive and negative, as do the Ainu and Russian cultures, but none parallel the Hindu attributes assigned to the owl as Lakshmi's divine vehicle.
Some hold that similar analyses could be performed cross-culturally for any of the other Hindu divine vehicles, and in each case, any parallels with the values assigned to animal totems in other cultures are likely to be either coincidence, or inevitable (as in linking bulls to fertility), rather than evidence of parallel development. In dialectic, this is countered by the retort that each totem or vahana, as an aspect of ishta-devata (or an ishta-devata or asura in its own right), has innumerable ineffable teachings, insights and spiritual wisdom; comparative analysis yields benefit, though knowledge and understanding is not served by collapsing their qualities into homogenous signification.
Vahana | Deities associated | Image |
Mouse / shrew named Mushika | Ganesha (pictured) | |
Horse | Budha, Revanta (pictured), Chandra (chariot of 10 white horses), Indra (chariot pulled by a horse named Uchchaisshravas), Surya (chariot pulled by seven horses or a seven-headed horse), Kubera, Kalki. | |
Garuda (pictured) | Vishnu, Krishna, Vaishnavi. | |
Ram | Agni (pictured), Chandra (chariot of 10 rams), Varahi. | |
Nandi bull (pictured) | Shiva, Parvati, Maheshvari. | |
Peacock | Murugan (peacock named Parvani, pictured), Sarasvati, Kaumari | |
Dog | Bhairava (pictured with dog in background) | |
Hamsa (bird) or goose or swan (pictured) | Brahma, Sarasvati, Brahmini | |
Makara | Ganga, Varuna (pictured), Kama | |
Tiger | Ayyappan, Durga (lion named Manashtâla, pictured) | |
Lion | Durga, Rahu (blue or black lion, pictured), Parvati. | |
Elephant | Lakshmi, Indra (elephant named Airavata, pictured), Indrani, Brihaspati, Saman, Murugan | |
Eagle | Ketu(pictured) | |
Antelope | Chandra (chariot of), Vayu (pictured) | |
Owl | Lakshmi, Chamunda | - |
Water Buffalo | Yama, Varahi | - |
Cat | Shashti | - |
Donkey | Kali (demon), Muneeswarar | - |
Tortoise | Yamuna, Varuna | - |
Cow | Ushas (chariot of seven cows) | - |
Snake | Kamakhya, Manasa | - |
Parrot | Kama | - |
Mongoose | Kubera | - |
Pigeon | Rati | - |
Vulture | Shani | - |
Crow | Shani, Alakshmi | - |
Goats | Pushan (chariot of) | - |
Crocodile | Shukra, Varuna | - |
Man | Kubera | - |
These correspondences are not always consistent. Ganesh, for example, is sometimes shown with a peacock as his vehicle, although a peacock is the customary vehicle of his brother Skanda (also known as Kartikeya and other names) as well as the vehicle sometimes associated with the goddess Saraswati. Even more rarely, the elephant-bodied Ganesh maybe seen riding another elephant, or a lion, or a many-headed serpent.
As the assistant of a deity, the vahana serves the function of doubling his or her powers. Durga the warrior could not have destroyed the demon Mahishasura without the aid of her vehicle, Manashthala the lion. Lakshmi, goddess of fortune, dispenses both material and spiritual riches from her mount, Uluka the owl. Ganesh, remover of obstacles, cannot go everywhere despite his elephant-like strength. However, his vehicle, Mushika the mouse or Ulaka the rat, can slide into the smallest crevice and overcome the greatest obstacles.


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This might be of interest to some of you: CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Engineering Design Special Issue on Interaction and Experience Design Guest Editors:Andrew Wodehouse and Sylvia Tzvetanova Yung
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It's been a while we did not meet-up! Let's get together this month at the usual place.
No specific topic this time. Let's just update each others about the latest from the UX scene in Hong Kong.
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Dear All,
We would like to share with you a Interaction Design Hong Kong blog http://ixd.hk
The IxD.hk blog is updating by current students from Master of Design (Interaction Design) program at School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechinc University.
It's a blog about the MDes program, local IxD, design and education events and workshops.
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Hi all, I made a demo of an open sourse emotion research tool (as part of my PhD research) and it is online at : emotionresearch.com.hk
We are trying to get some design books that you cannot find in HK and at the publisher price, i.e., without shipping costs. This is particular handy if you order books online and need to pay shipping for each single book.If you are interested, please send us the book titles you would like to buy via this formhttps://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEJESEZBUUp0dTh0T2wySFl1V2xpa3c6MQPlease, write both book title, author and publishing date so we make sure we get the latest edition.Thanks,Ada, Adler and Nicolas
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Interaction between heparin and human pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A): a simple purification procedure. | |
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PMID: 6193728 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Human pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) binds to heparin-Sepharose. This affinity chromatography preceded by molecular sieve chromatography provides a simple two-step purification procedure of PAPP-A from late pregnancy plasma. One hundred percent of the applied PAPP-A was recovered, with more than 40% being electrophoretically homogeneous after the two procedures. The remaining PAPP-A could be purified by negative affinity chromatography on anti-total human serum immobilized on agarose. |
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Title: Analytical biochemistry Volume: 131 ISSN: 0003-2697 ISO Abbreviation: Anal. Biochem. Publication Date: 1983 May |
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Created Date: 1983-10-21 Completed Date: 1983-10-21 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370535 Medline TA: Anal Biochem Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 18-24 Citation Subset: IM |
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Chromatography, Affinity Chromatography, Gel Female Heparin* Humans Immunoelectrophoresis Pregnancy Pregnancy Proteins / isolation & purification* Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A / isolation & purification* Sepharose |
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0/Pregnancy Proteins; 9005-49-6/Heparin; 9012-36-6/Sepharose; EC 3.4.24.-/Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A |
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Federal officials are working on securing funds for a customs plaza to support the planned New International Trade Crossing, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said today.
�One of my responsibilities as secretary of Homeland Security is ... to promote lawful trade and travel,� Johnson said. �We are actively looking for ways to fund a potential customs plaza along with the construction of the bridge. Once the bridge is built obviously you need a customs plaza to support it.�
Johnson, who was surrounded by local, state, federal and Canadian officials and other stakeholders, spoke during a news conference following a roundtable discussion about the U.S. northern border. The discussion follows the introduction of legislation by U.S. Rep. Gary Peters, D-Mich., that seeks to prioritize funding for federal customs plazas at trade crossings.
When asked if plaza funding could happen happen this year, Johnson said that �it�s something we�re actively working on.�
■ The proposed new U.S.-Canada bridge: Guide to the controversy
■ The battle over a second Detroit River bridge: Complete coverage
The bridge, which is being paid for by Canada, is widely supported by business and government interests in Southeast Michigan and across the border but has faced opposition by the owners of the Ambassador Bridge.
■ Related: Morouns tell judge it's 'end of the race' if she won't block rival bridge
■ Graphic: A bird�s-eye view of the new bridge site
Johnson, who is touring sites in Detroit and Port Huron today, told a crowd at the Detroit Regional Chamber office that Canadian authorities have done their part to make the new crossing a reality.
�It is up to us in the federal government to do our part as well,� Johnson said.
�The Northern Border and trade crossings in the state of Michigan have the potential to make our region a transportation and logistics hub in the Midwest if we make the necessary infrastructure investments now,� Peters said. �We should be allocating resources where the economic utilization will be greatest, where the investment will create jobs, increase exports and grow our middle class. Secretary Johnson visiting Michigan is an important step.�
The issue of the customs plaza has been a sore spot for those in the Port Huron area, which has been in line for customs plaza funding for years.
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow acknowledged that in the case of Port Huron, �frankly, they had the rug pulled out from under them.�
But she reiterated the importance of the crossing in Detroit.
�This (new) bridge is critical ... for security, for jobs, for economic development,� Stabenow said. �We have a commitment from our Canadian partners � We have to do our part on our side of the bridge to make sure that when it�s time to do the plaza that the funding is there.�
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UK to Lithuania overland by train...
The closest of the three historic Baltic capitals, Vilnius can be reached overland from London via Berlin and Warsaw. Pictured right: The cathedral and bell tower in Vilnius.
Train times, fares & how to buy tickets...
London to Vilnius by train via Warsaw
London to Vilnius via Kiel & the ferry to Klaipeda
Trains from Vilnius to Riga, Moscow & St Petersburg
Useful country information - currency, visas, time zone
Hotels & accommodation in Vilnius & Lithuania
Sponsored links...
Useful country information
Train operators: |
Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (LG, www.litrail.lt) Train times in Europe: http://bahn.hafas.de. Train times in all ex-Soviet states: www.poezda.net |
Time zone: |
GMT+2 (GMT+3 from last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October). |
Dialling code: |
+370 |
Currency: |
£1 = approx 1.25 euros, formerly 4.0 Litas. Lithuania joined to eurozone in January 2015. Currency converter |
Tourist information: |
Hotels in Lithuania: |
Find a hotel in Vilnius. Hostels: www.hostelbookers.com |
Visas: |
UK citizens don't need a visa for Lithuania. Warsaw-Vilnius trains do not pass through Belarus, so a Belarus visa is not required. |
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20 February 2015 |
London to Vilnius
Option 1, overland by train via Warsaw...
This is the fastest way, with daily departures - although while rebuilding work is affecting the Warsaw-Vilnius train service you'll need to use a bus for this section. If you dislike long-distance buses and speed isn't critical, you may prefer the train+ferry option using a Germany-Lithuania ferry, described in Option 2 below.
London ► Vilnius
Step 1, travel from London St Pancras to Warsaw Centralna by train, using any of the options shown on the London to Poland page. It takes just an afternoon, a night and a morning, with comfortable sleepers and couchettes available. If you take the option involving the Jan Kiepura Cologne to Warsaw sleeper train, you'll have an afternoon free to explore Warsaw when you arrive.
Spend the night in Warsaw. The Polonia Palace Hotel is excellent, it's remarkably cheap for such a good hotel, and it's just across the road from the station. Also see the Warsaw Centralna station & city information.
Step 2, travel from Warsaw to Vilnius:
Train service suspended! There used to be a daily train service, leaving Warsaw Centralna at 07:20 and arriving Kaunas 16:45 and Vilnius at 18:16 the same day, with a simple cross-platform change of trains and track gauge at Sestokai, see the section below. However, as from 3 September 2013 there is currently no Warsaw-Vilnius train service at all due to track work which may last until July 2015, see details here. At least the work is in connection with the Rail Baltica project which will finally see effective passenger trains between Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn. Map of Vilnius, showing railway station.
Bus alternative: One option is a 9-hour bus journey from Warsaw to Vilnius, either all day or overnight in a bus seat, see www.luxexpress.eu/en/vilnius-warsaw or http://ecolines.net/en. Not something that was necessary in communist times, when a good train service operated!
A way to minimise the bus journey is this. Instead of staying overnight in Warsaw, spend some time exploring Warsaw's delightful old own then take either the 17:10 or 18:45 train from Warsaw Centralna to Bialystok arriving 20:08 or 21:45 respectively - times very, so check times for your date of travel at www.intercity.pl, fare around 47 zlotys (£9, €10). Stay overnight in Bialystok. Next morning Ecolines have a bus leaving Bialystok at around 09:20 arriving Kaunas around 15:00 (a 'mere' 4h40 bus journey), fare around €23. Trains link Kaunas with Vilnius regularly in as little as 1h05, fare around €5, see details here. Update: Unfortunately, now even the Warsaw-Bialystok trains are bustituted due to engineering work until some time at the end of 2015!
Train option via Belarus: It's also possible to travel Warsaw-Minsk by train, then Minsk to Vilnius by train, but the cost and inconvenience of a Belarus visa only makes this route viable if you intend visiting Belarus anyway.
Vilnius ► London
Step 1, travel from Vilnius to Warsaw. There used to be a daily train service between Vilnius and Warsaw, leaving Vilnius at 11:20 and Kaunas at 13:15, arriving Warsaw Centralna at 20:50, with an easy cross-platform change of train and track gauge at Sestokai, see the section below. However, there is no Vilnius-Warsaw train service at all from 3 September 2013 until perhaps 2015 due to track work, see details here.
The alternative is a 9-hour bus journey, either all-day or overnight from Vilnius to Warsaw, see www.luxexpress.eu/en/vilnius-warsaw or http://ecolines.net/en.
One way to minimise the bus journey is this. Take a train from Vilnius to Kaunas in as little as 1h05, regular departures, fare around €5. Take the Ecolines bus from Kaunas to Bialystok taking 4h40, fare around €23 - it leaves Kaunas at 17:00 arriving Bialystok 20:10. Stay overnight in Bialystok instead of Warsaw. Next day, take a train from Bialystok to Warsaw Centralna - there are various departures, for example an 07:07 arriving 10:20 or 09:07 arriving 12:30, check times for your date of travel at www.intercity.pl, fare around 47 zlotys (£9, €10). You've plenty of time to connect with the onward sleeper to Cologne and train to London. Update: Unfortunately, now even the Bialystok-Warsaw trains are bustituted due to engineering work until some time at the end of 2015!
Spend the night in Warsaw. The Polonia Palace Hotel is excellent, it's remarkably cheap for such a good hotel and it's just across the road from the station. Also see the Warsaw Centralna station & city information.
Step 2, travel from Warsaw to London by train, using either of the two options shown on the London to Poland page.
How much does it cost?
Fares from London to Warsaw are shown on the London to Poland page.
Warsaw to Vilnius by train (when it ran), bought at the station in Warsaw, cost about 140 zlotys (€35 or £32) 2nd class.
Vilnius to Warsaw by train (when it ran), bought at the station in Vilnius, was 84 Litas (£22 or €25).
Warsaw to Vilnius by long-distance bus costs around €16-€20.
How to buy tickets...
Deutsche Bahn's UK office can book the journey from London to Warsaw. Call Deutsche Bahn on 08718 80 80 66 (lines open 09:00-17:00 Monday-Friday). For more details, see the London to Poland page.
While the train is suspended, buy bus tickets from Warsaw to Vilnius online at www.luxexpress.eu/en/vilnius-warsaw or http://ecolines.net/en.
Option 2, by train to Germany then ferry to Lithuania...
This is a leisurely way to reach Lithuania, using comfortable trains from the UK to Germany then a civilised & comfortable DFDS Seaways ferry from Germany to Lithuania, avoiding any long distance buses.
London ► Klaipeda & Vilnius
Day 1, travel by train from London to Hamburg by train, see the London to Hamburg section on the London to Germany page for train times, fares & how to buy tickets. You leave London late morning by Eurostar to Brussels, a luxurious ICE to Cologne then an InterCity train to Hamburg arriving in the evening.
Stay overnight in Hamburg. Suggested hotels in Hamburg next to the Hauptbahnhof with good reviews include (starting with the cheapest) the Hotel Continental Novum, Hotel Furst Bismarck, Hotel Europaischer Hof, Hotel Atlantic Kempinski.
Day 2, take a local train from Hamburg to Kiel, these run at least hourly, journey time around 1h17.
Day 2, sail from Kiel to Klaipeda in Lithuania with DFDS Seaways. A ferry sails 6 days a week, departure time varies between 14:00 & 23:00 and arrival in Klaipeda next day (day 3 from London) in the afternoon or evening roughly 22 hours later, see www.dfdsseaways.co.uk for ferry sailing dates, times & fares. The ferry has 2 & 4 berth cabins with shower & toilet, plus extra-comfort Commodore Class cabins with TV & minibar. There are restaurants and bars on board too.
Day 3 late afternoon (if your ferry arrives early enough on that particular date) or (if it doesn't) in the morning of day 4, take a train from Klaipeda to Vilnius, journey time 4h45 or so. There are several departures daily, see the Train Travel in Lithuania section below.
Vilnius & Klaipeda ► London
Day 1, take a morning train from Klaipeda to Vilnius, there are several trains a day, journey time around 4h40, see the Train Travel in Lithuania section below.
Day 1, sail from Klaipeda in Lithuania to Kiel in Germany with DFDS Seaways. A ferry sails 6 days a week, departure time varies between 15:00 & 23:00 and arrival in Klaipeda next day (day 2) in the afternoon or evening roughly 21 hours later, see www.dfdsseaways.co.uk for ferry times, dates & fares. The ferry has 2 & 4 berth cabins with shower & toilet, plus extra-comfort Commodore Class cabins with TV & minibar. There are restaurants and bars on board too.
Stay overnight in Kiel. If the ferry arrives early enough on your specific date, you may want to hop on a train to Hamburg and stay overnight there instead. Trains link Kiel & Hamburg regularly and take around 1h15. Suggested hotels in Hamburg next to the Hauptbahnhof with good reviews include (starting with the cheapest) the Hotel Continental Novum, Hotel Furst Bismarck, Hotel Europaischer Hof, Hotel Atlantic Kempinski.
Day 3, travel from Kiel to London by comfortable daytime trains, leaving in the morning and arriving London St Pancras in the evening, see the Hamburg to London section on the Germany page for times, fares & how to buy tickets.
How much does it cost?
London to Hamburg starts at €59 with a London Spezial fare from German railways. Fares work like air fares, varying on different dates & departures and rising as the cheaper tickets are sold.
Hamburg to Kiel costs €22, fixed-price, by regional train.
Kiel to Klaipeda by DFDS ferry might typically cost around £104 with a bed in a shared cabin or £116 per person for two people travelling together sharing a 2-berth cabin. But it depends on the season and cabin choice.
Klaipeda to Vilnius by train costs €14.45.
How to buy tickets...
Book London to Hamburg online as shown in the London to Hamburg section on the London to Germany page.
You can buy the Hamburg-Kiel regional train ticket at the station on the day, no reservation necessary or possible.
Book the ferry online at www.dfdsseaways.co.uk.
What's the journey like?
1. London to Cologne by Eurostar & ICE: Watch the video!
2. Cologne to Hamburg by InterCity train:
Most Cologne-Hamburg trains are InterCity trains, a few are high-speed ICEs. Virtual tour of InterCity train... |
InterCity 2nd class. You'll also find a few compartment coaches on InterCity trains, and a bistro or restaurant car... |
InterCity 1st class, often available in both open-plan saloons like this and in compartments. |
3. Kiel to Klaipeda by DFDS ferry...
Traveller Lewis Baston reports: "We took the Friday ferry that departs at 22:00, making - if you can get the 06:50 from London to Brussels - it feasible to board the ferry on Day 1, overnight, and arrive on Day 2 in the evening (20:00) in Klaipeda. The Klaipeda boat leaves from Ostuferhafen, which is in an industrial area east of the fjord on which Kiel is built. The ferries to Sweden leave from a very modern looking port more or less across the road from Kiel Hbf but the Klaipeda dock is more basic. The signage isn't great - if people know exactly what they are doing, there's a number 11 bus from Hbf that gets you most of the way to Ostuferhafen, but for the uninitiated it is a 10-15 minute taxi ride from the city centre and station.
The ferry is of a standard type rather than the vast mega-ferries that go on routes from Kiel to Sweden or from Hoek van Holland to Harwich. Embarkation is smooth and uncomplicated; the check-in building has a pizza restaurant in it. Passengers are taken to the ferry by a shuttle bus from the terminal. The last shuttle leaves an hour before departure.
Facilities on the ferry are pretty good. It is Lithuanian-operated and crewed, so you do get the occasional taste of post-Soviet customer service, but mostly it is fine and the quality of the food and cabins is a pleasant surprise. We went 'Commodore Class' which involves two proper beds and an outside window, looking out in the direction of travel. The ferry was busy, with lorries packed in like sardines. There are two bars and two restaurants (one self service canteen style and one a la carte). We chose to book breakfast, lunch and dinner (a word of warning - if during booking online you are offered breakfast vouchers and your room rate says it includes breakfast DO NOT order a breakfast voucher - this differs from Stena Line's system I think). The meals are full, hearty and Baltic-style - and very tasty and filling, particularly if you (like me) are fond of meat and potatoes. But my companion, whose tastes are more refined, also thought the food was good. In retrospect, you only really need breakfast and one other meal, not two!
Arrival in Klaipeda is, as in Kiel, in an industrial port area. There is a bus (1A) into town but its timetable does not match up very well to the later ferries. Arriving on the 22:00 departure from Kiel you need to be lucky and on the first shuttle bus from the ferry to the dock gate to get the bus (it does not wait for passengers, however useful that would be!) and there aren't buses to meet the 23:00 departure from Kiel. You are more or less at the mercy of taxi drivers, although even taxis are scarce. Booking in advance might be efficient. We paid €20 split between four, which felt reasonable at the time as it was bucketing with rain. The standard bus fare is LIT2.60, a good deal if you arrive earlier in the day as the stop is just outside the dock gate and port building where outbound passengers check in.
Photos below courtesy of Lewis Baston...
Ferry terminal at Kiel... |
The ferry to Klaipeda boarding in Kiel... |
The cafe-lounge on board... |
2-berth Commodore cabin with shower, WC, TV... |
Klaipeda station... |
The express train from Klaipeda to Vilnius... |
Warsaw-Vilnius by train...
Until 2005 there was a direct overnight sleeper train from Warsaw to Vilnius called the Balti 3 times a week, but Polish Railways sadly withdrew this train. Instead, there remains a comfortable daily daytime train linking Warsaw with Kaunas & Vilnius, with a simple change of trains at Sestokai on the Polish/Lithuanian frontier, plus another easy change at Kaunas as follows:
IMPORTANT UPDATE 2015: All Warsaw-Vilnius train service is temporarily cancelled from 3 September 2013, until at least mid-2015 probably longer. This is due to track work in Lithuania, probably in connection with the Rail Baltica project which eventually aims to link Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga & Tallinn with an effective standard-gauge railway. More info will be posted here when known. In the meantime, you'll have to take a 9-hour bus all the way from Warsaw to Lithuania, see www.luxexpress.eu/en/vilnius-warsaw or http://ecolines.net/en. Or you can minimise the bus journey by taking a comfortable train from Warsaw to Bialystok, see www.intercity.pl, staying overnight, then taking the morning Ecolines bus from Bialystok to Kaunas in 4h40, see http://ecolines.net/en, then a train in 1h05 from Kaunas to Vilnius. |
Warsaw ► Kaunas, Vilnius |
Vilnius, Kaunas ► Warsaw |
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Warsaw Centralna depart: |
07:20 |
Vilnius depart: |
11:20 |
Sestokai arrive (change trains): |
14:57 |
Kaunas arrive (change trains) |
12:36 |
Sestokai depart: |
15:10 |
Kaunas depart: |
13:15 |
Kaunas arrive (change trains) |
16:45 |
Sestokai arrive (change trains): |
14:52 |
Kaunas depart: |
17:00 |
Sestokai depart: |
15:12 |
Vilnius arrive: |
18:16 |
Warsaw Centralna arrive: |
20:50 |
At Sestokai, the connecting train will wait if the first train runs late, as they are designed to connect with each other. The Warsaw-Sestokai Polish train has 1st & 2nd class seats, but the Sestokai-Kaunas Lithuanian train is 2nd class only, there is no 1st class. There is no buffet or restaurant car, so bring your own food, wine or beer and enjoy the ride! The connection at Sestokai is a simple same-platform interchange, as you can see from the photo on the right. This shows the standard-gauge Polish train just arrived from Warsaw on the right, and the onward Russian-gauge Lithuanian train on the left. This service does not pass through any part of Belarus, it passes directly from Poland into Lithuania. Please check train times for your date of travel at http://bahn.hafas.de (the English language button is at upper right). Are you in the right coach? Check the destination boards on the side of the coach you board in Warsaw, to make sure it's one of the through cars to Sestokai at the back of the train - coaches at the front of the train may terminate at Suwalki, the stop before the frontier. |
Changing trains at Sestokai... Taking the train from Warsaw to Vilnius is the civilised alternative to a very long bus journey or an avoidable flight. Photo courtesy of Paul Markham. |
How much does it cost? |
Warsaw to Vilnius |
About 140 zlotys (£32 or €38) one-way. Return tickets are available, costing less than the price of two one-way tickets. It's easy to buy a ticket at Warsaw Centralna station, advance reservation is not necessary. |
Vilnius to Warsaw |
About 84 Litas one-way (£22 or €25). Return tickets are available, costing less than the price of two one-way tickets. It's easy to buy a ticket at Vilnius station, at the friendly & English-speaking international ticket office. Advance reservation is not necessary. |
Train travel within Lithuania...
Trains are a good way to travel between Vilnius, Kaunas & Klaipeda:
Vilnius to Kaunas (104 km) takes between 1h05 & 1h42, up to 15 trains daily, fare €4.63 by regular train or €5.21 on an express, 1st class costs less than €1 more.
Vilnius to Klaipeda (376 km) takes around 4h40, departures from Vilnius at 06:45, 11:30 & 17:40, fare about €14.45. Departures from Klaipeda at 06:50, 12:15 & 17:05.
Check times at www.litrail.lt, click EN at the top, then 'Passenger transportation'.
Newer trains are coming on stream. This is the express train from Klaipeda to Vilnius, shown above right arrived at Vilnius. Photos courtesy of Lewis Baston |
Moving on from Lithuania...
Vilnius ► Riga
Sadly, there are now no direct Vilnius-Riga trains at all. At least the Communists knew how to run a railway! The Riga to Vilnius journey is now faster and more frequent by long-distance bus, see the section below. However, if you prefer to travel by train, no problem: You can use a daily local train from Vilnius to Daugavpils in the evening, stop overnight in a hotel at Daugavpils, then travel by local train Daugavpils to Riga next morning. Being an evening train-hotel-morning train arrangement, it's quite time-effective even if slower than the bus.
Day 1 evening, take the once-daily international local train from Vilnius (depart 19:50) to Daugavpils in Latvia (arriving 22:00). The fare is about €27. Buy a ticket at the station on the day of travel as this train cannot be pre-booked. You can check train times at www.litrail.lt (click 'EN' for English, then 'Passenger transportation').
Spend the night in Daugavpils, hotels from around £25 per room.
Day 2 morning, take a local train leaving Daugavpils at 05:49 and arriving Riga at 09:19, fare €7 (£6). There's also a 17:15 from Daugavpils arriving Riga 21:22. You can check train times & fares at www.ldz.lv (Click 'English' top left then 'passenger traffic'). No prior reservation required, just buy a ticket on the day at the station
See the Latvia page for details of the southbound service.
Traveller Russell Goddard went from Vilnius to Riga by train as above, then used an onward Eurolines coach to Tallinn: "While not unpleasant, the coach was a distinctly soulless experience, lacking the character of the trains. The coaches are a way of getting people from A to B with a minimum of bother, which I'm sure is a plus in many people's books, but as someone who travels as much for the sake of the journey itself, I was glad I'd gone by train from Vilnius to Riga via Daugavpils rather than taking the coach all the way from Vilnius to Tallinn! In Tallinn itself, the bus station is inconveniently located some distance from the city centre, while the rail station is right on the edge of the old town - if only it had a decent international service!"
Alternative by bus: If you'd rather travel by bus, as in this case it is certainly more frequent and faster, there is a regular Eurolines bus service from Vilnius to Riga, with a number of departures daily, fare €17-€23, journey time 4½ hours, see www.luxexpress.eu.
Vilnius ► Moscow
There are several daily sleeper trains from Vilnius to Moscow with 2-berth sleepers & 4-berth sleepers. These trains do pass through Belarus, so a Belarus transit visa is required. The fare is around €50 in a 4-bed sleeper if you buy at the ticket office. To check train times and book online in either direction, use the Real Russia booking system here. Real Russia charge a 15-23% mark-up over ticket office prices, included in the prices they show. For journeys starting in Vilnius you'll need to have tickets sent to you (at a small extra charge) as the e-ticket option doesn't work for departure from Vilnius, only for departure from Moscow.
Vilnius ► St Petersburg
There is a daily overnight sleeper train from Vilnius to St Petersburg with 2-berth & 4-berth sleepers. This train does not go through Belarus. The fare is around 216 Litas (£56 or €65) in a 4-bed 'kupé' sleeper if you buy tickets at the station. To check train times and book online in either direction, use the Real Russia booking system here. Real Russia charge a 15-23% mark-up over ticket office prices, included in the prices they show. Update: It looks as if this train will be discontinued from May 2015.
The European Rail Timetable & maps
The European Rail Timetable (formerly the Thomas Cook European Timetable) has train & ferry times for every country in Europe plus currency & climate information. It is essential for regular European train travellers and an inspiration for armchair travellers. Published since 1873, it had just celebrated 140 years of publication when Thomas Cook decided to pull the plug on their entire publishing department, but the dedicated ex-Thomas Cook team have set up a private venture and published the first edition of a reborn European Rail Timetable in March 2014. You can buy it online with worldwide shipping at either www.stanfords.co.uk or www.europeanrailtimetable.eu. More information on what the European Rail Timetable contains.
A Traveller's Railway Map of Europe covers the whole of Europe from Portugal in the west to Moscow & Istanbul in the east, Finland in the north to Sicily & Athens in the south. On the back are detailed maps of Switzerland, Benelux & Germany, plus city plans showing stations in major cities. Scenic & high-speed routes highlighted. Buy it online for £14.50 + postage worldwide (UK addresses £2.80) at www.stanfords.co.uk/Continents/Europe/Maps--Atlases/Europe-A-Travellers-Railway-Map_9789077899090.htm or (in the Netherlands) for €13 + €5.50 postage from www.treinreiswinkel.nl.
Recommended guidebooks
Make sure you take a good guidebook. For the independent traveller, this means either the Lonely Planet or the Rough Guide. Both books provide a similarly excellent level of cultural and historical background and practical information. You won't regret buying one of these guides..!
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Find hotels in Vilnius & Lithuania...
◄◄ Hotel search & price comparison.www.hotelscombined.com checks all the main hotel booking sites at once to find the widest choice of hotels & the cheapest seller. It was named as the World's Leading Hotel Comparison Site at the World Travel Awards 2013 and I highly recommend it, both to find hotels in even the smallest places and to check that another retailer isn't selling your hotel for less! www.booking.com is my favourite booking site. It's really clear and you can usually book with free cancellation and so confirm your accommodation at no risk months before train booking opens. |
Other hotel sites worth trying...
www.tripadvisor.com is the place to find independent travellers' reviews of all the main hotels.
www.booking.com is my own preferred hotel booking system (Hotels Combined being a search/comparison system). It has a simple interface, a good selection in most countries worldwide, useful online customer reviews of each hotel, and decent prices, usually shown inclusive of unavoidable extras such as taxes (a pet hate of mine is systems that show one price, then charge you another!).
Backpacker hostels...
www.hostelbookers.com: If you're on a tight budget, don't forget about backpacker hostels. Hostelbookers offers online booking of cheap private rooms or dorm beds in backpacker hostels in most cities at rock-bottom prices.
Travel insurance & health card...
Take out decent travel insurance, it's essential...
Never travel without proper travel insurance from a reliable insurer with at least £1m or preferably £5m medical cover. It should also cover loss of cash & belongings (up to a limit), and trip cancellation. An annual multi-trip policy is usually cheapest even for just 2 or 3 trips a year - I have an annual policy myself. However, don't expect travel insurance to bail you out of every missed connection, see the advice on missed connections here. Here are some suggested insurers, Seat61 gets a little commission if you buy through these links, and feedback from using insurance for rail & ferry travel is always welcome.
In the UK, use www.confused.com to compare prices & policy features across major insurance companies.
If you have a pre-existing medical condition or are over 65 (no age limit), see www.JustTravelCover.com.
If you live in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland or the EU, try Columbus Direct's other websites.
If you live in the USA try Travel Guard USA.
Get an EU health card, it's free...
If you're a UK citizen travelling in Europe, you should apply for a free European Health Insurance Card, which entitles you to free or reduced rate health care if you become ill or get injured in many European countries, under a reciprocal arrangement with the NHS. This replaced the old E111 forms as from January 2006. The EHIC card is available from www.ehic.org.uk. It doesn't remove the need for travel insurance, though.
Carry a spare credit card, designed for foreign travel with no currency exchange loading & low/no ATM fees
Taking out an extra credit card costs nothing, but if you keep it in a different part of your luggage you won't be left stranded if your wallet gets stolen. In addition, some credit cards are better for overseas travel than others. Martin Lewis's www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-travel-money explains which UK credit cards have the lowest currency exchange commission loadings when you buy something overseas, and the lowest cash withdrawal fees when you use an ATM abroad.
You can avoid ATM charges and expensive exchange rates with a Caxton FX euro currency Visa Card, or their multi-currency 'Global Traveller' Visa Card, see www.caxtonfx.com for info.
Get an international SIM card to save on mobile data and phone calls...
Mobile phones can cost a fortune to use abroad, and if you're not careful you can return home to find a huge bill. Consider buying a global pre-paid SIM card for your mobile phone from www.Go-Sim.com, which can slash costs by up to 85%. Go-Sim cuts call costs in 175 countries worldwide, and you can receive incoming calls and texts for free in 75 countries. It's pay-as-you-go, so no nasty bills when you get home. It also allows cheap data access for laptops & PDAs. A Go-Sim account and any credit on it doesn't expire if it's not used between trips, unlike some others, so a Go-Sim phone number becomes your 'global phone number' for life.