I left Jelgava quite late and it turned out to be quite a nice town. That wasn’t my first impression by any means. I think it was just the street that I was in was a little bit dodgy on Sunday afternoon . There were people just standing around looking bored, one argument that threatened …
Today’s been interesting. It started with the very very strange Hill of crosses outside the place I can’t pronounce – Siauliai. I had camped about 5kms out of town in a small campsite with only two other groups, both of whom were great people – some Czech students and a Finnish family. I made my …
Marijampole and a train to Vilnius I couldn’t decide whether to get a train to Vilnius or to ride 50kms to Kaunas and then get a train. I was feeling a bit lethargic so I just had an easy breakfast f the usual and thought I’d decide later on. It’s also a national day and …
Over breakfast, I met two Latvian motorbikers on the last day of their trip.great guys who helped explain the array of food on offer for the three of us. Pork stew was the highlight along with the fresh bread rolls and homemade jam. I didn’t touch the battered herring. I was the last to leave …
I planned on a long day today for a couple of simple reasons. I feel like I’m over Poland, or at least this region, so I didn’t want to faff around on the way to Lithuania. Secondly, there weren’t many food or accommodation options between 50 and 100kms. Tomorrow should be easier… So 100 it …
Breakfast was the same as dinner but there were eggs instead of soup and the bread was a day older. I’ve changed my mind about this place already. Not particularly organised and changing too dollar, and it’s cash only. I’m surprised the bread was stale as there’s a bakery just a few hundred metres away. …
Not many photos today due to the weather. Last night it started raining when I got back to the campsite. I wasn’t expecting that. I guess I should have looked at the forecast. It said there’d be rain until mid-morning, so I optimistically planned on leaving by 9. The tent was perfectly dry on the …
It was wet last night, but it hadn’t rained for hours, and things started to dry out as the sun came up. All that took a while. I said goodbye to the nice elderly owners of the campground and went into town in search of a coffee and an early second breakfast. I had success …
It was good and bad to leave Gdansk. It had a lot of eating options, was beautiful and I had a great apartment, but it was full of tourists and there was one particular local clown who sang at the top of his lungs from 6am. A few people got him to be quiet occasionally, …
Today’s ride on Komoot I was out of muesli, so I had to run the gauntlet of the local food establishments. There wasn’t a lot open when I looked, but I found a bakery. The only things they had which didn’t include ice-cream, cream or sugar, were a couple of loaves of bread and some …
