Raw fruits and vegetables are safe to eat, but avoid drinking unpasteurized milk and tapwater. Two trains depart daily for Warsaw without crossing into Belarus, but take 12 hours. A bus line connects Warsaw, Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn. Bus and taxi services within the capital and its environs are good. Taxis are inexpensive and available at stands or may be ordered by phone.
Rental cars are available.
Gasoline prices are reaching market rates, and rationing is in effect. Improved telephone and telegraph services are readily available at standard international rates. Vilnius is 7 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. The seaside resorts of Palanga and Kursiu Nerija are famous for clean beaches and natural sand dunes. Ethnographic parks and museums depicting Lithuanian life through the centuries abound, as do scenic national preserves.