Kaliningrad Hotel Kaliningrad

... determined to just spend a lazy day by the seashore.

The weather today is great. Not too cold if you are in the sun. We checked our email messages last night and discovered that we might have purchased a house in Florida, if we can get all the paperwork and such done long distance. As we have done this before, shouldn't be a problem. Just getting all our ducks in a row and going to whatever ...

... came very thick, almost as thick as chocolate pudding. I tasted hers and it was like chocolate pudding! As the drink cooled, it got thicker and thicker. They bring a spoon along with it so that you can finish it to the bottom of the glass. Yum!

Yesterday we are walking up the square in Sopot, Poland and I notice people sitting in a café with cups of what looks like ...

... staff comes to his table immediately. We signal that we are ready to order. We are not seen. We leave.

A jewelry store, an expensive jewelry store. I’ve gotten dressed up for the occasion, knowing that sometimes I seem to be invisible to clerks. My thought is that they will see I have money and come forward to sell me something. It doesn’t happen ...

Back to Gdansk today to see if we can get into some of the museums that we missed yesterday because everything is closing early these days. Tourist season officially must be over but there are still plenty of tourists around the area. We are now almost experts on moving about on the trams so got to the main tourist street quite quickly. The amber museum was still not open. It is housed in ...

... sind ein ganz gewöhnlicher, gleichsam genutzter Teil des Verkehrsnetzes, nicht davon irritieren lassen.
Wie auch immer... Jedenfalls ging die Reise durch das idyllische Land Litauens.
Grasgrüne Weiten, blaue Himmel, aufgepuffte kleine Wölkchen und den Himmel nicht so eintönig wirken zu lassen. Litauen gibt sich wirklich Mühe zu gefallen und tut das auch!
Das gute am Busfahren ist: Es steht dran wo es hingeht, Städtenamen sind international verständlich, ich steige ...

Доеха 90;ь из Калин 80;нград& #1072; в Москв 91; оказа 83;ось сложн 77;е, чем проех 72 ...

... there was a lot of the heavy, depressing Russian influence with their huge ugly multi-storied apartment complexes made out of concrete. If they wanted to spread their architecture, why couldn't they have picked their beautiful buildings, like in St. Petersburg? It would be interesting to see Poland in another 10 years or so if they are able to remain free and prosper. We returned to the ship and are off to Ronne, Bornholm,
Denmark.

... apart. Every screw was undone, thankfully there were only 3 carriages. This made the train 30m late which turned into an hour by the time we reached Gdansk at 10pm. Went to my usual hostel but was closed, and Id removed the pages from my book, so went to main square where I thought there was one - couldn't find it so went to posh hotel who told me Gdansk was fully booked as he'd phoned around already and to try Sopot. Got on the local 1120 train and caught by ticket inspectors for ...

... 1h 15m whereas attendant claimed 15m. Checked with reception and I had been in Kaliningrad for 5 days on the wrong time as there was a 1 hour difference with Poland - ****. Sent Olga an apology email straight away. All the trains run on Moscow time which I thought was +2 but was +1. Went to recommended pub again and got back in OK. Set alarm for 2 hours before train left. Out to recommended pub for a couple then to bed. Tuesday 29 August Alarm woke me up but ...

... he gave me the full change. Couldn't get into hotel until someone else arrived to get in so must have been smashed. Sunday 27 August Up quite late, shower locked again so got key from head cleaner. Strolled to Internet cafe and found some hotels in Zelenogradsk. Strolled on to railway station, no English, but managed to find out at international ticket section where to buy internal tickets at different part of station. Girl spoke English , she told me the ...