Haus Saltinelis Nida

Wikipedia, freie Enzyklopädie definiert das Wort Abenteuer wie folgt:
"Als Abenteuer (v. lat.: adventura = Ereignis; mittelhochdt.: aventiure) wird eine risikoreiche Unternehmung oder auch ein Erlebnis bezeichnet, das sich (meistens) stark vom Alltag unterscheidet – also ein Verlassen des gewohnten Umfeldes und des sozialen Netzwerkes, um etwas (riskantes) zu unternehmen, bei dem der Ausgang ungewiss ist. In diesem Sinne gelten und galten Expeditionen ins Unbekannte zu allen Zeiten ...

... 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 ...

... town there were no tourists, no people as it was off season. We felt like we had whole town only for us...and the beaches!
There are also interesting places to see nearby, including some of the highest sand dunes in Europe, fisherman's ethnographic museum, gallery-museum of amber, neo-Gothic church (built in 1888).

... dark at night when walking back, but didnt feel unsafe to me. From the hotel to old town takes around 15 minutes on foot. Most of the way is a shopping street. The old town it self is small and not very exciting, but has some nice restaurants and bars. I had dinner somewhere outside in the city centre, which was very cheap. This being a Sunday evening, it was pretty quiet.

... As I walk into the courtyard, I see the restaurant in the back. There are several restaurants which appear to merge. I am apparently sitting in the are of one restaurant but am able to order from the menu of the steak house. Steak was OK. Service was terrible. I think the steak had been sitting out for awhile. In the US, I would send it back but too difficult with the waiter’s limited English.

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 ...

... for amber. Yes, Karen had to humour Brad on many occasions while we pulled in to another beautiful sandy beach as 'it looks to have potential'. It's more the fun of it than anything else (the main finds are in autumn the day after big storms whip up the sea) but Brad was happy with his little nugget-ets (which Karen still thinks is just rock). Just like our prowess at fishing, we unfortunately still had to buy the good stuff though!

... about the sport - they were understandably quite happy that their team won. And finally ... after four long days ... my headache was gone! I'm glad that it wasn't a massive brain infection, like I suspected that it might have been. We paid our bill (only 8 Euros for our meal, including drinks and tip!) and walked back to the B&B. There are some unbelievable acoustics in the room - hopefully Mary's snoring won't be too bad tonight!

... to Nida to catch the bus. Once we were back in Smilthynes we decided to venture into the pub for a pint. We also gave the famous Lithuanian beer snack a try, strips of fried dark garlic bread with cheese. Pretty tasty with a beer! Caught the ferry back and grabbed a cup a noodles and a beer and headed back to the hostel. Ended up staying up quite late with the girl working at the hostel and another Lithuanian guy. I had to try the local cider :)

... though tourism is now starting to rush over the spit, there's enough space and calmness to enjoy this stunning scenery. Oh I get crazy about it :-) I'm now travelling with Jon from Australia, whom I've met in Klaipeda Hostel. We hired bikes on Neringa and did a trip for two days, down to the south to Nida and the Russian border. It's great to travel by bike here and yet we are most of the time ...