Ferienwohnung Taikos 1 Nida

... die Wahrnehmung durch abenteuerliches Adrenalin verschärft, der Nebel des Alltags aufgeklart?
Oder ist die alltägliche Vernunft, durch Abenteuer eingeschränkt und hindert das euphorisierte Ich an realistischer Einschätzung?
Abenteuer beschränken die Vernunft auf scheinbar engeren, in meinen Augen jedoch wesentlicheren Teil des Lebens. Nämlich das Leben als solches. nicht das in 10 Jahren. Es mildert Vergangenheit und Gegenwart und gibt dem Jetzt eine schillernde Schärfe.

So, jetzt finde ich endlich mal wieder die Muße mich hier literarisch zu ergießen.
Ich habe meinen Rucksack gepackt, hab die Tür hinter mir abgeschlossen und bin zum Busbahnhof. Habe es irgendwie der dicken Dame hinter dem Schalter begreiflich gemacht, dass ich nach Klaipeda möchte. Ja ich bin Student, ja in Vilnius... WO IST DAS PROBLEM? Im allgemeinen lösen sich Sprachbarrieren aufgrund unterschiedlicher Verständigungsbasis nicht durch Erhöhen der Lautstärke, aber auch das ...

On our way to Nida we stopped to visited one of the most pilgrimage places I have ever been. It's a Hill of Crosses nearby Siauliai City. People come here, leave crosses, icons and pray - and the energy on the hill is simply amazing.

Nida is a resort town in Lithuania, located on the Curonian Spit. When we visited this ...

It took just over 3 hours to drive from Vilnius to Klaipeda with very light traffic. The drive is a little boring, but comfortable. The Magnisima Hotel is in the new (er) part of town within walking distance from the old town and with a secure parking lot in the rear. The room (#7) is very spacious and tastefully furnished. The street misses a couple of light poles, so gets a ...

... but gets better (still a 6 on a pain scale) over the day.

Clouds come in around 3 and it gets cold. People head back to town. Most are staying in Nida but I start the 1.5 hour trip back.

For dinner, I look for a steak house that has an excellent reputation. I don't have enough info to pinpoint it exactly. After 30 minutes and starving, I give up. I go back to the café hot spot from ...

... very sore. Walking is painful with every step. I can't figure out anything in particular that caused it. I walk with difficulty to dinner, a great Armenian restaurant. Their translations for food are off. I order lamb shank (thinking Osso Bucco) and it turns out to be rack of lamb. Still works for me. I do several infused vodka shots and some brandy to hopefully ease my pain for sleeping. I skip the bars and opt for bed. It still after midnight. Everything is later out here.

... smoked pigs ear! Imagine the taste of cold grissly chewy skin, fat and cartilage, with a whiff of bonfires and you're pretty much on track! Not a winner! The spit is also renowned for amber, which gets washed up on the beach after heavy storms. There's beautiful walks (check out the photos of the traditional 'ghoul and goblin' statues in the forest), the wildlife, fishing villages, and Brad's new obsession.....hunting the ...

... no worries, we made it safely back to the ferry. The ticket office was closed, so we just wandered on board and got a free ride back to Klaipeda. Dinner was at Peda, a funky little restaurant. There was lots of tongue on the menu ... mmm. Dinner was accompanied by Svyturys, a Lithuanian brew. Not bad, but not cider! There were a few excited basketball fans in the place, watching their national team play. I guess Lithuanians are pretty ...

... the beach on the other side. We had to alter the course slightly when Ben (who could thankfully read Russian) saw a sign and realized we were 700m from Kalingrad, Russia. Whoops, don't know how close you can get to the Russian border, in a forest, without getting hassle and didn't want to find out! Spent some time walking around the dunes, which were very impressive, and then checked out the beach on the other side of the Spit before heading ...

Shhhhhhhhhht! Don't tell anybody else about this magical part of the world! The Curonian Spit, or Neringa, is fantastic. Imagine more than 50km of white sandy beaches, where you'll find your own private part even in high season Sundays, 100m high grey dunes with a marvellous view either on the Baltic Sea or the Neringa Lagoon and not to forget the picturesque little villages along the seaside. And ...