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A tourists delight
We left Riva to head for Kaunas, with its magnificent castle, Town Hall and hot air ballooning in abundance.
No screens due to a strained "V" finger from previous flights so suffice it to say we are in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Next stop Belarus
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Lithuanian Roots
... spread included quite a bit, including homemade Cepelins, honey, and cheese. There were exchanges of gifts representing each country and everyone took the time to look through each others' photographs. In front of the house was a wooden sculpture representing the family's history through the century. It had been made by a neighbor.
Next, we, and Irena, and her husband, and her daughter Diana, boarded the bus ...
The Great Escape - The Heavens Open
... of humour and we listened to him talk for over an hour. It is inspiring to think that people can make such radical life decisions work - in his words: "I never thought that I would be on the road for three years, but it just never gets boring you know? Even the bad times are interesting." Safe in my monk bunk, smelling the now stale aroma of the afternoons incense, reflecting on the Vilnius disaster which now seemed so far away, I nodded in agreement.
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Commi houses and Lithuanian concerts
... started pitting crosses on the hill. The Russians would take them down again and the Lithuanians would put them back p. A little game they played. Finally after a while the amount just kept growing and now whoever visits leaves a cross themselves, just like I did. It was incredible to walk through them all and read where people travelled from to place a cross here. For any catholic it was a sight to see. It started getting late and cold so I walked ...
Beautiful dusty roads and wonderful clean sheets
Last night I didn’t sleep very restfully but it was still such a nice night to sleep out under the stars, just laying on the ground, without a sleeping bag to tangle in. It was so nice to wake up and look up at the stars and all night it was so warm. As soon as the sun was up it became unbearably hot in the sunshine so we moved into the shade of Nina and had some breakfast. As the sun got higher Nina’s shadow got smaller and smaller so we made a shade sail from ...



