Albertina Kaliningrad

... around before hauling out and acting as if they are not at all cold. Some Poles sunbathe as it will not be long before the weather is too cold to sit outside in your swimsuit.

After walking off the pier, we go for a walk on the beach. The beach extends for miles in either direction. I would imagine it might be possible to walk to Gdansk down the beach and Gdynia up the beach. People stop and ...

... milk or dark, white chocolate, and on and on. Oh the menu made one drool. My husband got a classic. I went for the white chocolate with raspberries. Deliciously decadent. How do these people manage to go to work each day? Just sit in the café and have one delightful flavor of chocolate after another. Swiss Miss has been relegated to the back pantry, possibly forever.

We enter the electronics store. We have a mission. The plan is to buy a new laptop, a mini me that can travel with me around the world and anywhere else. The clerks are standing around a register discussing their activities of the prior evening. We stand next to them. They do not notice us. We check each computer in the store, play a game on one, and check prices. No one ...

... like a good deal plus we had been looking for a guide yesterday and just couldn't find any in English. We hope into her little electric golf cart vehicle and she plays an explanation of each of the historical buildings from mpg files on her cell phone. Sure can’t get my cell phone to do anything like that. We had already seen a lot of the things she took us around to see but she ...

... aus, wenn ich einen Beweis habe, dass ich hier richtig bin!!!
Gut, in Klaipeda angekommen (soetwas wie das deutsche Hamburg, größte Handels- und Hafenstadt, industriell pulsierende Metropole des größten der drei baltischen Staaten), habe ich erstmal nach meiner Orientierung gesucht. Ich wollte ja zum Fährhafen. Zack, die Landkarte abfotografiert und wollte eigentlich schon weiter, da wurde ein Mensch mit riesigem Rucksack von nem Litauer angesprochen. Den hilflos wedelnden ...

... 1100;ся по европ 77;!
Визу на проез 76; через Литву, котор 91;ю нам снача 83;а офо ...

... voices, and sounds. We were treated to
a short musical performance and it was very impressive. They played "Ave Maria" and something from Phantom of the Opera, and another one I didn't recognize. Quite beautiful. I visited the little store they had there and bought a hand-made angel that made me think of my mom and all her collection of angels. Then we traveled to the "Green Gate", which isn't even green. It was one of ...

... backwards ended up landing on my back on my rucksack, nearly ended up in moat - very muddy coat and rucksack. Went up a less steep part, but as was so overgrown and wet I got absolutely soaked, so went and caught bus looking a right state. Pointed to a map for the place I wanted to go and conductor very helpful and showed me a passenger getting off at same stop. Great but obviously couldn't read map as I was about 2k from South station. Decided to walk, brought my ticket for Gdansk ...

... a man carrying a heavy rucksack along beach. So many trees about cant find water tower. Walked along beach for a few k then off when I saw some cyclists taking photos. Walked up steps and found myself in concrete hell which was actually a school. Walked through avoiding school bus then 2k walk through countryside and found main road. Took a decision to go left and found myself back at Svetlogorsk 1. Walked back on myself and found myself at Svetlogorsk 2. Took ...

... old weapons the local archaeological group had dug up. Lots of guns from WW1 and 2 which had been restored to fully working order so I could play with cocking them. I asked English speaking, lovely female guide if shed like to join me for a drink in the brewery, her favourite pub, but she said she was married. Walked past house of the soviets (never used as there was a 4 storey tunnel linking cathedral on other side of river which flooded), built on site of ...