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To Palanga

[ Sept.2014 ] On the third day of our Lithuanian holiday, we went to Palanga from Klaipeda. The receptionist at our hotel pronounced it with the accent on the first syllable. This is another famous…

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Pancake

[ Sept.2014 ] This is the photo of pancake we had as starters in Klaipeda in Lithuania. The front one is pancake with cabbage, and the one behind is spinach and mushroom, and the sauce…

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Pretty houses

[ Sept.2014 ] There were many pretty houses in Nida in Lithuania. I was not expecting this, so it was a very pleasant surprise. They were wooden houses  in red or blue with white windowsills…

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Dune

[ Sept.2014 ] Nida is the main town in Curonian Spit in Lithuania which is listed as a World Heritage. At the south end of the town there is a dune which goes on to…

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To Nida

[ Sept.2014 ] The south end of Lithuanian side of Curinian Spit which stretches from north to south is Nida. If you go a bit more south it becomes Russia. Nida used to be a…

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Endless beach

[ Sept.2014 ] In Smiltyne in Curonian Spit, a World Heritage site in Lithuania, our carriage took us to this beach facing the Baltic Sea. Spit is the sand accumulated land, so the sandy beach…

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By carriage

[ Sept.2014 ] Klaipeda in Lithuania where we stayed this time faces Curonian Spit separated by the narrow sea. Cronian Spit is the long narrow spit, a land of accumulated sand. Apparently the length is…

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The first dinner

[ Sept.2014 ] The first restaurant we went in Klaipeda in Lithuania was Friedricho which was listed in our guide book.This was a complex where there were many restaurants with the same name in one…

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Dane River

[ Sept.2014 ] The key of Klaipeda’s development is the ice-free port at the mouth of Dane River in Lithuania. We saw many colourful containers from our window at the hotel. Germans and Lithuanians both…