Klaipeda

We happened to hit it lucky and be there for this event and it was fantastic! One of the best festivals I’ve ever attended anywhere in the world, and if you get tired of the crowds, you can go one street up from the carnival rides and take in an art museum all to yourself (the clock museum was better attended, but still not crowded at all; the sculpture garden was a bit farther of a walk, but nice and also not crowded). Our son loved the crew competitions and also watching young kids sailboating.

And try these snacks that are served like French fries but are soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside (not sure what they are called, sorry) – they were delicious at the first place (where they were soft on the inside) but not even edible at the second place (hard all the way through and so stale you couldn’t bit into them), so be careful where you try them, though!

I was born here… So I want to come back.

it was the one place I didnt get to go to while I was in Lithuania, latvia,and estonia… ran out of time…

We arrived in Klaipeda late one night, followed the directions we had to the only hostel in town, only to find out it does not exist and has never existed. Consequently ended up staying in a derelect hotel which was most definitely haunted. The electricity was turned off at night, which added to the general spookiness, and as we had arrived so late, we ended up eating our dinner out of a liquor store. A little rough, but great stories!

The bike maps of Lithuania showed a way to get into town more or less from the beach side and avoid the long and unpleasant highway entrance. We spent 10 or 15 km not finding this route. Avoid our mistake.