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Kaliningrad. Monumentally Soviet.

It’s great to be back in Kaliningrad/Konigsberg. Being a schizophrenic, I love the fact that it can be a Prussian town one day, Sovietopolis the next - depending where you walk and how you’re feeling. In the same way, it can be turn of the century or 1970s. (Though not much later. Laugh.)
But anyway, [...]

You Know You’ve Been Occupied By Soviets Too Long When . . .

You know you’ve been occupied by Soviets too long when you build a concrete camping. Unbelievable.
This is Vilnius City camping. If it looks more like a car park, that’s because it is - sectioned off from the vast parking area for Lit Expo.
With no shade or shelter, it’s kind of hostile at most times. Any [...]