Vanagupe Hotel Palanga

So, jetzt finde ich endlich mal wieder die Muße mich hier literarisch zu ergießen.
Ich habe meinen Rucksack gepackt, hab die Tür hinter mir abgeschlossen und bin zum Busbahnhof. Habe es irgendwie der dicken Dame hinter dem Schalter begreiflich gemacht, dass ich nach Klaipeda möchte. Ja ich bin Student, ja in Vilnius... WO IST DAS PROBLEM? Im allgemeinen lösen sich Sprachbarrieren aufgrund unterschiedlicher Verständigungsbasis nicht durch Erhöhen der Lautstärke, aber auch das ...

It took just over 3 hours to drive from Vilnius to Klaipeda with very light traffic. The drive is a little boring, but comfortable. The Magnisima Hotel is in the new (er) part of town within walking distance from the old town and with a secure parking lot in the rear. The room (#7) is very spacious and tastefully furnished. The street misses a couple of light poles, so gets a ...

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).

This is a total beach resort. It's pedestrian walk even has Carnival type rides, huge cafes, ice cream everywhere … The crowds dwarf Nida. The beach has a volleyball tournament going on. I do my thing which is to walk ...

... Which way do you think I want to go? To the right of course. As I approach the fork, I see a sign. It pictorially shows that women only to the right. What I interpret to be anyone to the left. Dang it! From the top of the dunes I can see that the women only section is far more crowded than anywhere else on the beach. Despite warm weather and being a Friday in July, it is not particularly crowded. I later see a sign for men only. A half dozen older guy sunning in the nude ...

... the positioning of the missiles had to be changed several times. All this lay hidden until 1976 when satellite imaging technology got better and the Russians were busted by the Americans, who saw the four slide back mounds. The Russians then secreted out the warheads back into Russia (not the kind of things you can hide in a car boot either!). Even so, it was never ...

... still interested in finding a place to stay before making my way to the beach. I did a lot more walking but never did find a place to stay so resigned myself to leaving as originally scheduled. I sure enjoyed my two gorgeous days (I'll forget the first day with bad weather) in Palanga soaking up the rays on a beach that puts American beaches to shame. Maybe it was good that I didn't stay an extra week since I'll always remember Palanga as the most amazingly beautiful beach town.

... 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..........

Klaipeda er altså Litauens tredje største by og har kring 200.000 innbyggjarar. Med det er den mindre enn Vilnius og Kaunas, altså dei to største byane i Litauen. Men byen er større enn mindre kjende byar som Siauliai og Panevezys. Litauen er eit artig land. Med sine 65303 kvadratkilometer og nesten 3,4 millionar innbyggjarar, er landet det landet i verda som liknar mest på Irland kva gjeld folketal og areal ...

... off to Nida. Along both sides of the whole road was think forest so all you could see were trees and little dolls hanging from the roof of the bus windshield bobbing about. We walked through Nida and along a bit of the coast before cutting into the woods to get to the top of the dunes. It seemed to have warmed right up and layers were actually coming off which this morning seemed like an impossible thought. We carried on through the woods ...

... might be able to help, and yes, she was much more helpful and friendly. She found a place in Juodkrante, on the Curonian Spit about half way down to Nida and so we accepted. So off we went to the ferry terminal (we now knew where it was!) but we had to wait for ages for a ferry to show up. The ferry did appear, coming down the narrow waters of the old port, and then did a wild turn on the river (only just wider than the ferry when it turned perpendicular to let off the ...