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Differences between the Baltic states
... house €400 a month, eating out in a restaurant or outdoor equipment costs about as much as it would in Germany. It seems pretty hard to come around here, when you don't have an informal circuit (family gardens, friends that can help with building a kitchen, etc.)
What we also think to see in the Baltic countries are the different influences caused by the different occupants.
In Lithuania, they have had strong bonds with Poland for centuries. They are almost ...
Unterwegs in Lettland
Km: 62752
In Latvia ist es für Töfffahrer nicht so knackig. Es geht viel geradeaus und wegen des Waldes links und rechts von der Strasse ist oft nicht zu sehen. Zudem ist es für die Jahreszeit immer noch zu Kühl und zu regnerisch. Darum strebe ich mein nächstes Ziel im ...
Liepaja
... trip. He gave it a really good soviet feel. He said do I have any questions and I said no. He said "No genral commander, you will now have two more days here and we have prepared a soft wooden bed for you!" He also took me into the interogation room where they decide if you are good, then they let you go back into the army. Some of the things he mentioned that you would go in the prison for were drinking vodka while on the job or talking back to ...
Liepaja
... people just hanging out on street corners and people staring out of their windows as I rode by. This area is also home to a Soviet prison camp (which I couldn't find) and many run down forts along the beaches.
I went out one night with some people from the hostel to see a movie - Super 8 - created by Steven Spielberg and the guy that made Lost. I liked the movie, especially since it was the first movie I had seen ...
A short hop up the coast
Toda y we planned a short hop up the coast to a small fishing harbour and community called Pāvilosta, about 28 miles away. Pāvilosta can only be entered in light wind conditions as the mouth of the harbour is very shallow, 3 metres or so and if there was any swell, there would be a danger that the boat would ground as you tried to get in. Happily, there was no danger of our grounding today, barring incompetence (always ...
Other places to stay in Liepaja
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Liva
Liela 11, Liepaja | 3 star hotelfrom $35 -
Europa City Amrita Hotel
Riga Street 7/9, Liepaja | 4 star hotelfrom $41 -
Liepaja Travellers Hostel
Republikas Street 25, Liepaja | Hotelfrom $29 -
Promenade Hotel
Veca Ostmala 40, Liepaja | 4 star hotelfrom $121 -
Hotel Kolumbs
Kursu iela 32, Liepaja | 4 star hotelfrom $50 -
Hotel Fontaine Royal
Sturmanu 1, Liepaja | Hotelfrom $31 -
Fontaine Hotel
Juras Iela 24, Liepaja | Hotelfrom $38 -
Jura
Dzerves 9, Liepaja | Hotelfrom $15 -
Porins
Palmu 5, Liepaja | Hotelfrom $57 -
Bura
Juras 22, Liepaja | Hotelfrom $39 -
Brize
Oskara Kalpaka Str. 68/70, Liepaja | Hotelfrom $20 -
Chill Inn
Nicas Pagasts, 'Araji' , Liepaja | Hotel -
Rolava
Grobinas Pagasts, 'Licupes' , Liepaja | Hotel -
Roze
Rozu 37, Liepaja | Hotelfrom $62
