Haus Inkaro Kaimas Nida

... am besten hingeht:
Bagpacker- und normaler Rucksack in Kombination mit dem suchenden Blick, den ich ohne Spiegel bei mir feststellen konnte sind ein sicheres Zeichen für ortsfremde Reisende.
Dann wurde dieser Mensch von einem offensichtlich Ortsansässigen angesprochen und erwiderte lediglich eine hilflose Geste, die zweifelsohne symoblisierte, dass er der Sprach NULL mächtig war.
Kurz und gut, der junge Mann heißt Daniel und kommt aus den Staaten und ist seit 2 und für weitere 2 ...

... 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. 
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 ...

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 ...

I buy my bus ticket to Liepaja, Latvia for Monday. I was planning on Sunday but was told no Sunday trips and while there used to be 3 busses a day, it is now only 1. I infer that the economic downturn has hit the tourist industry pretty heavily.

Since there is no breakfast at the hostel, I stop by a grocery store for some danish and yogurt drink. I am sun burnt from yesterday. My Nivea lotion is ...

There is a 6:35 and a 7 AM bus to Klaipeda, a beach town on the Baltic Sea. I wake up at 5:30, before my alarm. I rush to make the earlier bus but I am told to go on the later one. English is not widely spoken. The ticket person knew numbers. The bus is a nice one, double decker and I am on top. 3.5 hours.

As I walked to the bus station, I passed a bar. Several people were there having their breakfast beer.

My back has been acting up. Had some issues before ...

One of the natural highlights of Lithuania is the Curonian Spit - a 100km long sand bar that forms a massive lagoon from the Lithuanian coast into Kaliningrad, Russia. The sand bar is constantly eroded by the elements and is slowly shifting inwards (up to 10m a year) and at the same time disappearing as the wind blows the sand away. In fact the villages used to keep having to move as the sand slowly buried them. It is all protected ...

... out to be quite painful on the part of the body that sits on the bike sea (which is tiny for some obscene reason)... Needless to say, sitting became less enjoyable... Nida, however, definitely did not disappoint and I would love to come back here for a longer stay some time in the future... (I do have photos and will post them soon - the computers at the Internet cafe where I am writing this are rather slow and I can't do it today...)

... 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 ...

... you girls, it was fun making fun of you (and I guess you guys making fun of my swiss-german) and hanging out. I will see that I can hopefully make it out to visit you girls before I leave Switzerland (no promises though). Its always nice to travel and hang out with some fellow Swiss (especially when they are as easy going and as pretty as you girls are). Maybe I will catch you girls again in Vilnius. Cool girls with boyfriends..... half the story of my life with women.