Gamanta Palanga

... ich ihr nicht zu erklären. Gut, aber ich kann auch brüllen, hab ich gemacht, hat Wunder gewirkt. 5 min. später saß ich im Bus nach Klaipeda. <br>Das litauische Autobahnnetz (Autobahn = zweispurig, Limit 110 kmh) ist bei weitem nicht so gut ausgebaut wie das deutsche. Es gibt Verbindungen zwischen den größten Städten (Klaipdea, Siaulaia, Kaunas Vilnius) sobald man die Autobahn verlässt, hat man Glück wenns geteert ist, ansonsten musst Du wissen wo Du hinwillst und ja ...

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 ...

... celebrations are being held. It is hard to find. I and many others go down some dead ends before finding the path. It is packed with thousands of people. A naval ship is decked out. Huge monitors show the performers who sing, dance and talk. The culmination is the national anthem, supposedly synced with spots all over the world. Very cool to participate in something so monumental for the Lithuanian people.

... speaking the language or just a cultural difference. Also, eye contact is virtually non-existent. It gives me a further feeling of separation. But, people in the hostels are pretty cool. Everything from students to retirees (mostly the former). Not many business type people (working or on vacation). In this stay, I met 4 med school students, 2 pre-law, 1 pre-Med, 4 Oracle Software developers from India, a PhD student in political science &#8230; <br><br>My back has been ...

... the positioning of the missiles had to be changed several times. All this lay hidden until 1976 when satellite imaging technology got better and the Russians were busted by the Americans, who saw the four slide back mounds. The Russians then secreted out the warheads back into Russia (not the kind of things you can hide in a car boot either!). Even so, it was never ...

... not one oceanfront hotel. There is simply a beautiful sandy beach with nothing but pine trees to be seen for miles. A network of bike paths and trails is used to access the long stretch of beach. There are few hotels of any size so there are no big tour groups. People mainly stay in private homes or condos in the small town or camp on the outskirts. Palanga is principally a Lithuanian beach resort and I don't recall hearing another American during my entire stay. The only time ...

... race competition which looked as if anyone could enter we thought about entering winnie but didnt want to put all the fancy cars to shame. Claire was gutted by the time we had set up camp and got back into town it was all over so no pics ahhhhh bet your all really sad. The best of it all was they closed a public highway for all these petrol heads as if they would do that in England no chance..........

Klaipeda er altså Litauens tredje største by og har kring 200.000 innbyggjarar. Med det er den mindre enn Vilnius og Kaunas, altså dei to største byane i Litauen. Men byen er større enn mindre kjende byar som Siauliai og Panevezys. Litauen er eit artig land. Med sine 65303 kvadratkilometer og nesten 3,4 millionar innbyggjarar, er landet det landet i verda som liknar mest på Irland kva gjeld folketal og areal ...

... aged English chap. Luckily a couple of German girls and an Aussie guy turn up. Together with the two guys, a crazy Chilean and laid back German who are renovating the place we go out to sample the Baltic's rock capital. Being a Monday night its still quite but at the first place we go into a live band is playing radiohead, which puts me in a good mood for a good night. I have to leave a 7 and i don´t get to bed till 3 lets hope i don´t miss another bus.

... how important food is in my world!). I had a plate of yummy goulash, it was different this time, almost creamy and with dill, and a heaping salad. Two thumps up and I was nice and warm! Went back to wait for the bus, the driver was sitting outside of it at the stop having a beer. Made me giggle. I made friends with a French couple, Helen was a student in France and Ben was working in Minsk so this was her trip to visit him. Got the bus and ...