{"id":3901,"date":"2015-01-03T15:37:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T13:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/?p=3901"},"modified":"2015-01-25T18:54:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-25T16:54:24","slug":"new-year-at-the-baltic-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daivarepeckaite.com\/en\/2015\/01\/new-year-at-the-baltic-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year at the Baltic coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

I usually try to find something special to do on New Year’s eve, and I was more than happy when a friend suggested going to the seaside. Palanga, one of the main seaside resorts in Lithuania, is a nightmare in summer, packed with families, budget tourists, and party-goers. But it makes a great winter getaway.
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\"Palanga<\/a><\/p>\n

Palanga is famous for its amber museum, based in what used to be count Ti\u0161kevi\u010dius\/Tiszkiewicz residence. There is a park with ducks and geese around it.<\/p>\n

After we met 2015 by the sea shore, watching fireworks together with other people, we stayed around to see what else to do. The next day, the forecast predicted a storm. The storm was strong enough to block ferry traffic, but what did my friends decide to do? Of course, go geocaching in the town of Karkl\u0117 and around!<\/p>\n

\"Stormy<\/a><\/p>\n

I don\u2032t think I’ve seen the Baltic Sea like this. Some people look forward to storms because they can find pieces of amber on the shore.<\/p>\n

After plenty of exploring, we went to Klaip\u0117da for a meal and to look around.<\/p>\n

\"Klaip\u0117da<\/a><\/p>\n

This mini sculpture consists of coins – it was funny to find it by the Dan\u0117 river on one of the first days since Lithuania joined the Eurozone. Each time I opened my news feed, I saw countless of euro selfies: “my first euros withdrawn!” “spending first euros!” “the bus driver won’t take euros!”<\/p>\n

Nearby is a reconstructed ship from the 1940s, called Meridianas (the meridian). Apparently it is one of the under 50 surviving ships, sent to the USSR by Finland as a compensation after WW2. When the ship was no longer in use for sailor training, it was turned into a restaurant in early 70s. After some recent reconstructions the restaurant is open again. It was closed on Monday, but I wonder how its clients would have felt, dining inside a ship in the storm.<\/p>\n

I hope that what starts from geocaching in stormy weather will be a year full of travel and adventure for all of us.<\/p>\n

\"Adventures\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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