Lithuania

By carriage

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…

Lithuania

The first dinner

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…

Lithuania

Dane River

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…

Lithuania

Ann from Tharau

There is an old town in Klaipeda in Lithuania where there are rows of mid 18th century houses. The stones on the pavement are so uneven that it was difficult to walk…

Lithuania

Castle museum

 The first place we visited in Klaipeda in Lithuania was the Castle Museum. It was full of history of the city. The castle was founded by Teutonic Knights in 1252 and the…

Lithuania

The staff was good, but…

We stayed in a hotel called Park Inn in Klaipeda in Lithuania.This photo is the view from our room.When we stay in one place for our holiday, I often use the online…

Lithuania

From Palanga Airport to Klaipeda

We visited Lithuania for the first time at the end of September. We did not go to Vilnius, the capital, but went to Klaipeda which is on the Baltic coast. We had…

England

Education conscious mum and dad

In the Osborne House, Queen Victoria’s summer palace in Isle of Wight in England, there is a Swiss Cottege, quite far from their main palace. Victoria’s husband, Albert made the real Swiss…

Isle of Wight

Osborne House

The highlight of the Isle of Wight tour was Osborne House, which was a summer palace for Queen Victoria. Here we had a long time to look around. This palace was built…