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Rain in Lithuania
... are leaving Lithuania in droves. There is a national joke which says, "will the last person out please turn off the lights"? He explained how working conditions were difficult and harsh with often abusive tendencies possibly stemming back to Soviet times. Pay was also low, some 10,000 Euro per capita annually, compared with Denamrk's 40,000 Euro per capita. The stark difference in economic conditions over such ...
The Naringa spit and on to Kaunas
In the morning we took the 10 min. ferry across the Curonian lagoon we travelled down the Neringa spit a narrow piece of land formed on sand dunes. It is no more than one mile wide and 60 miles long, 30 of which belong to Lithuania and 30 to Russia. We stopped to visit the hill of witches a hill of wood sculptures with much histiry to the pagans. I even have been to hell and back (they ...
Lithuania
... call it Neringa, was the attraction and reason for our visit to Klaipeda which is located on the lagoon and the Baltic coastline. The spit is 97 km long and at its widest 4 km with sand dunes up to 55 meters high. Half of it is Lithuanian and half falls within the Russian territory of Kalingrad. We took our car across on the ferry (use the new ferry terminal), which takes about 6 minutes. We enjoyed wandering around the small, ...
A night in jail
... me for my ticket, so I gave it to her. The passenger by the door blew cigarette smoke all over the place. I stepped aside about 8 feet back. She asked for my passport and I said I'm going to wait for the man to stop smoking because I am allergic to it. She asked for my passport a 2nd and 3rd time. I finally tossed it to her. She dropped it as it hit her in the hands and she already had papers in her hand and told me I can not board the bus. I thought ...
Under the Bridge Downtown
... this mentality and one of the most potent signs of freedom and resistance in Kaunas is its vast collection of graffiti. I have never seen such a huge quantity of street art (and the word art is important here). Of course there are the usual tags and hastily sprayed slogans as well as the occasional penis, but by and large the work is exciting and creative. One local artist has used a flaw in the selected building - a large section of peeled off paint and exposed concrete - as ...