Palangos Zuvedra Palanga

... aus, wenn ich einen Beweis habe, dass ich hier richtig bin!!!<br>Gut, in Klaipeda angekommen (soetwas wie das deutsche Hamburg, größte Handels- und Hafenstadt, industriell pulsierende Metropole des größten der drei baltischen Staaten), habe ich erstmal nach meiner Orientierung gesucht. Ich wollte ja zum Fährhafen. Zack, die Landkarte abfotografiert und wollte eigentlich schon weiter, da wurde ein Mensch mit riesigem Rucksack von nem Litauer angesprochen. Den hilflos wedelnden ...

... 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. <br>

I am going to another beach town, Palanga, 30 min North. Micro busses leave frequently. They appear to wait until full which can be 2 minutes or 40 minutes (like to Nida). <br><br>This is a total beach resort. It's pedestrian walk even has Carnival type rides, huge cafes, ice cream everywhere &#8230; The crowds dwarf Nida. The beach has a volleyball tournament going on. I do my thing which is to walk ...

... very sore. Walking is painful with every step. I can't figure out anything in particular that caused it. I walk with difficulty to dinner, a great Armenian restaurant. Their translations for food are off. I order lamb shank (thinking Osso Bucco) and it turns out to be rack of lamb. Still works for me. I do several infused vodka shots and some brandy to hopefully ease my pain for sleeping. I skip the bars and opt for bed. It still after midnight. Everything is later out here.

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... could communicate and get information that I couldn't. We walked around some more before they mentioned something about breakfast. I tagged along as we went into this hotel where the guys made some inquiries before we headed up to the fourth floor. We entered this conference room where there were a dozen or so other people. A few chairs were added for us but I wasn't sure what was going on. I then realized that it was some timeshare-type sales presentation but I was reluctant ...

... race competition which looked as if anyone could enter we thought about entering winnie but didnt want to put all the fancy cars to shame. Claire was gutted by the time we had set up camp and got back into town it was all over so no pics ahhhhh bet your all really sad. The best of it all was they closed a public highway for all these petrol heads as if they would do that in England no chance..........

... eit interessant land som eg aldri har vore i før. Av dei baltiske landa har det lenge vore rekna for å vera det rikaste, men eg må vedgå at eg er litt usikker på korleis dette er no som Estland har opplevd ein økonomisk vekst dei siste åra. I marknadsøkonomihelvetet er det også vanskeleg å måla slike ting, då det er lett å manipulera tala, slik at rikdomen til landet seier lite om korleis vanlege folk har ...

... 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 :)

... of crosses and said a few words wishing family and friends good luck and then took off. Took a bus to Klaipedia, which is on the baltic sea (the west coast of Lithuania). From here I will take a 10 minute ferry to this long stretch of sand (I think the whole thing is 90km long, 50km belong to Lithuania) called the Curonian Spit. At the very end of the stretch that belongs to Lithuania is a town called Nida (about a 1 hour bus ride along ...