Dear Vaida,

We had a wonderful visit to Lithuania!  We were extremely satisfied with our guide, Loreta, who was very professional and very pleasant.  She certainly put forth her best efforts in trying to find information regarding my husband's side of the family - stopped at farms and inquired if anyone was familiar with the family names.

My sister in law loved the Curonian Spit and spent some time picking rocks at the shore (when she wasn't shopping).  My highlight was visiting with relatives that I only discovered a year or so ago.  It was very moving to visit the church that my grandmother was baptized in, the cemetery where her parents and siblings are buried, the church my great grandparents married in, and visiting the village they lived in - looking at the same fields they must have worked and seen every day.  I enjoyed Rumsiskes greatly - we visited there before the area that my family came from and it helped me visualize what their lifestyle was like.

We were very happy with the tour and would highly recommend our guide and your company to anyone planning a similar trip.   I must say that touring with our own guide made the vacation so much more enjoyable and meaningful to us.  We've been talking about doing this for several years and had held back as we did not want to do a trip with a group of 48 people on a bus - this was so much nicer and more personal!

I'm sending you a few pictures from our trip.  It's hard to decide what to select, there were so many wonderful memories - I took 800 pictures.  The most special stops for me were the villages that my grandparents came from and meeting cousins that I just discovered last year.  Stakiai wa especially memorable - I saw the fields and farms that my grandmother must have seen every day - it was very emotional for me.

I've recommended your company to several people that are in my genealogy group and are planning trips to Lithuania in 2011. I was very pleased with everything and want to thank you for putting together an excellent package.

Regards,

Sandra Abramovich