Yuzhnaya Kaliningrad

... cold now from being out of the sun. As we get closer to town, we pass a man selling smoked barbequed cheese. It is delicious. What a treat. We thought at first that it was covered in something but it is nothing but the cheese. It is so fresh that it squeaks when we chew it.

Back to the hotel to get our jackets before venturing out for dinner and an evening promenade. What a lovely easy place.

... same chocolate. Oh heaven. This morning we headed directly to this café to check it out and to share with my hubby what a wonderful delicious thing this is.

While the Polish drink is not quite as decadent as that which I had in Croatia, it comes with so many more choices! You could get chocolate with coffee, with raspberries, with whiskey, Contreau, orange ...

We enter the electronics store. We have a mission. The plan is to buy a new laptop, a mini me that can travel with me around the world and anywhere else. The clerks are standing around a register discussing their activities of the prior evening. We stand next to them. They do not notice us. We check each computer in the store, play a game on one, and check prices. No one ...

... aus, wenn ich einen Beweis habe, dass ich hier richtig bin!!!
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 ...

... they'll find you a tour guide who speaks your language, they'll help you find the accommodation, rent a car for you or book a trip to Hel (a town in Poland, for some it feels like hell out there) or to Sweden.

Gdańsk can be accessed easily by any means of transport. It has got the international Lech Wałęsa airport, a well-kept motorway, and an everyday ferry connection with the Scandinavia.

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

... the bus even though it was another hour and a half til we left. I'd gladly send the rain to California where we really need it because I am sick of it here. During the bus drive back to the ship, we passed the Solidarity Monument, the memorial
to the 44 dock workers who died in the workers riot against the Russian
communist regime. We also passed the home of Lech Wolinska (I don't know how to spell his name) He was the dock ...

... waited for train to open. Lots of dodgy characters one of which asked me to take some fags over border. Painfully slow train to border crossing, on the sweep through train customs lady missed me when collecting passports so followed her down train and tried to give her my passport - she shouted at me in Russian so I shouted back shaking my head - seemed to work. All went smoothly but then on the Polish side customs found some cigarettes hidden behind grill so they took the whole ...

... different route to 1st time and found water tower. Brought some food and drink and went back to Svetlogorsk 2 where train turned up so I got on and ate and drank. This only went to Kaliningrad North so walked back to hotel by Kaliningrad South. Lots of confusion at hotel where security got involved - they are not used to English people at all. Checked emails, showered and took different route to brew pub where I got smashed. Ran back to hotel through rough area.

... left in 3m - strange as my information was in 1 hours time, so no time for ticket so ran to get on train. Moscow time must be 2 hours ahead of local time. When ticket man came I pointed to a Cyrillic labelled map to what I thought was Zelenogradsk and he shook his head and sold me the ticket - strange. The train stopped and everyone got off so I asked this bloke and he kindly delivered me to the train, telling the passengers to tell me where to get off ...