When I was researching things to do in Lithuania during my 9-hour stopover in Vilnius, I decided to visit Trakai, a small historical city located a short bus ride from the Lithuanian capital. There are many other interesting places to see in this small yet beautiful Baltic country - Kaunas, Palanga, Hill of Crosses, etc., but you definitely need more time than I had. 

While some people I know are scared to fly, or at least don't like the hassle of connecting flights and stopovers at different airports, I see those as additional opportunities to have fun and experience something new. Within two weeks in the summer of 2016, I took 10 flights, 2 long-distance train rides including the famous Eurostar between Brussels and London, and visited 5 countries for the price of a round-trip flight between Canada and Ukraine. Vilnius, Lithuania just happened to be one of the stopovers on my way back to Canada, because I could not resist buying a ticket for a price that low.