Kaunas

Memorial at Kaunas

On our way to Vilnius we took a pit stop at a town called Kaunas, a sprawling university town on the edge of the Nemunas river. We at lunch at the MEGA mall with a mega aquarium, largest I have ever seen outside an actual aquarium, if that makes any sense. It measures 10 meters and has a capacity of 300,000 liters and is home to over 1,600 fish and other ocean things including reef sharks...the shopping was also good.

The real reason for the stop over was to do something I have always wanted to do. I love history. It's true, even my "strength finder" says so, and I really am fascinated with WWII history. So I've always wanted to visit a concentration camp. It has nothing to do with anything morbid, I believe that it is important to remember these atrocities and the millions that were murdered for no other reason than religion, race, sexual orientation and any number of other affliction. It was a moving experience to stand at the Ninth Fort where over 50,000 people were killed.