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- 2008-10-08
- Lithuanian Sailors Met with Bread and Salt
The Millennium Odyssey yacht with a crew of 13 approached German port Kiel. Local Lithuanians and the inhabitants of Kiel welcomed the Lithuanian ambassadors with bread and salt. The crowd was chanting: “Lie-tu-va! Lie-tu-va!” Their eyes sparkled with a glint of tears of joy as they were proud of brave Lithuanian yachtsmen, their homeland and felt gratitude for Lithuania‘s general attention to the Lithuanian expatriates carrying their burden abroad. - « Back
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Lithuanians living in Berlin, Hamburg, Hütenfeld, Flensburg and other cities gathered for the meeting with the millennium heralds. Fellow countrymen from neighbouring Denmark were also present. The yachtsmen were welcomed by Lithuanian Ambassador to Germany Evaldas Ignatavičius, President of the City of Kiel Kathy Kietzer. The visit of the “Millennium Odyssey” in Kiel attracted a lot of local media attention.
The thirty thousand strong Lithuanian community in Germany, established in 1946, besides the Lithuanian Youth Union, Lithuanian Culture Institute, Lithuanian Sunday schools, European Lithuanian Cultural Centre and other culture institutions, is famous as one of the biggest Lithuanian culture hubs in Europe. In this context, the February 16th Gymnasium in Hütenfeld is particularly important and meaningful for all generations of Lithuanian emigrants in Europe.
