Waking up in a damp tent with damp equipment, I put myself into my full raingear outfit and started to cycle further eastwards along the along the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. The morning and early afternoon were wet and rainy, but later the weather cleared, and I found a lovely little B&B …
Blog #0021 May 22 2022 – Shadowing the Russian border Read More »
On a grey and wet day, I cycled south from Klaipeda. Along the coast of the of the Curonian Lagoon I passed Kintai, at the northern end of the river delta of the Neman, and then went inland, always hugging the Russian border. I passed the city of Silute and although it was raining cats …
Blog #0020 May 21 2022 – Along the Curonian Lagoon Read More »
Two rest days in Klaipeda saw me exploring the city and its history and doing some office work, which is always difficult to do in the tent. In addition, Monica needed some attention. I always found it difficult visiting a new town and reading a guidebook, and then ticking off the highlights experienced and recommended …
Blog #0019 May 19-20 2022 – Discovering Klaipeda Read More »
A late start saw me cycle a relaxed 39 km to Klaipeda on the most beautiful and smoothest cycle-path I have encountered so far. The landscape was great, the weather fair and I knew that an apartment would be ready for me – or would it? I took a long breakfast, because I had planned …
My cycling day The memorial of the Jewish Heritage Foundation The Soviet memorial Today I made my all-time touring record. 141 km to the south and crossing the Lithuanian border. Helped by a generous northernly wind I cycled on a sunny day all the way to Palanga in Lithuania. I didn’t sleep very well. During …
Blog #0017 May 17 2022 – Crossing into Lithuania Read More »
Today I locked my first 1000 km of this journey. I hope many more will follow, equally smooth as the first one. Due to the late night talking the evening before, I got up late and got going even later. A cold northern wind pushed me for the second part of the day southwards, past …
Blog #0016 May 16 2022 – Slow start into a cold day Read More »
Today, one of my friends from university came on his motorcycle to Latvia. Consequently, my priority was not cycling, but finding a good campsite so that he and I had sufficient time to set up our tents, cook a meal, talk, revel in the past and perhaps, with the help some good Latvian beer, develop …
A day which started with rain showers turned nice again in the afternoon. Due to the rain, the cycling day started late, and I made it to Dundaga and Cape Kolka and to a camping ground to the south of the Cape. The day ended after 59 km with a visit to an unusual collection …
Blog #0014 May 14 2022 – The mysterious seawater crocodile of Dundaga Read More »
Leaving Berciems, I aimed for the town of Dundaga, where an old colleague of mine lives on a small farm in early retirement. He had kindly invited me, and I was cycling the 65 km to his home through coastal pine forests and the fields and pastures of the northern Courland region of Latvia. Waking …
What a day! Cycling through Riga in direction to Jurmala with a former colleague, I was being held captive by the mesmerizing smell of hundreds of bird cherry trees along the cycle paths. Passing the seaside resort of Jurmala, I then cycled along the coast, through beautiful pine tree forests to Ragaciems until a kind …
Blog #0012 May 12 2022 – The day I smelled heaven: on the coast towards Kolka Read More »