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Vilnius Silliness, Part II

February 13, 2006 at 11:10 AM | 0 Comments

Jaunted--all over that Vilnius action. That's our new slogan. We're all over Lithuania in real-time.

Readers may have missed it buried on the first inside page of the NYT Travel section yesterday, but there was an "Editor's Note" about that Vilnius blurb we cocked our eyebrows at a few weeks ago.

In the note, the Times cops to missing that the bars mentioned in the article had been out of business for several years, as one of our own intrepid readers pointed out. "The article should have made clear that it was not based on first-hand reporting on the scene," they say.  

Yup, that's another dirty little secret of travel writing. Newspapers often don't send the writers to destinations they cover for smaller articles in Travel sections. Instead, those writers just crib from previous articles in newspaper and magazines and supplement with other sources. In other words, no trip to Vilnius, unless the writer is booked via the land of pure imagination.

Blogs, though, have correspondents everywhere. So tell us, gentle readers, where should a tourist in Vilnius head in search of post-perestroika alcohol? Send your suggestions to tips@jaunted.com.

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·   Vilnius Silliness [Jaunted]
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