Back Down To Earth
Left Gdansk yesterday at 7pm for an overnight trip to Vilnius Lithuania. Didn't do anything in Gdansk on our final day there. We played some cards and basically just wasted the day away until we had to leave the room at 4pm. Went to the bus station to wait for the 7pm bus. Turned out to be a pretty nice bus and a fast trip. Got in a half hour early which is quite rare for buses. We arrived at 6:10am, so we stored our packs at the bus depot and headed out for a coffee and a croissant. No places open at that time on a Saturday morning so we sat in a park and ate a bag of chips we had leftover from our trip. At 9am we went to the tourist information trying to figure out a hot air balloon ride we are hoping to take. Got that tentatively figured
Mike Rose
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Long Trip to Lithuania
July 08, 2017
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Vilnius, Lithuania
Left Gdansk yesterday at 7pm for an overnight trip to Vilnius Lithuania. Didn't do anything in Gdansk on our final day there. We played some cards and basically just wasted the day away until we had to leave the room at 4pm. Went to the bus station to wait for the 7pm bus. Turned out to be a pretty nice bus and a fast trip. Got in a half hour early which is quite rare for buses. We arrived at 6:10am, so we stored our packs at the bus depot and headed out for a coffee and a croissant. No places open at that time on a Saturday morning so we sat in a park and ate a bag of chips we had leftover from our trip. At 9am we went to the tourist information trying to figure out a hot air balloon ride we are hoping to take. Got that tentatively figured
out and headed to a coffee shop for some breakfast. We browsed around looking at a few places and putting together a plan for the next 2 days. Got our bus ticket to the coast for Tuesday and grabbed our packs to head for the AirBnb. What a nice place! Got it cheap at the last minute yesterday and we lucked into a beauty. Situated right in old town where all the good stuff is and being an entire place, it is a perfect set up. We will try to see all that we can tomorrow before doing the Hot Air Balloon on Monday. Cost for the ride is not in the budget but we have been quite a bit below budget in Poland so it is manageable. That and the fact that you only live once. Something I have always wanted to do and Katelyn was really keen to do. Hopefully the weather works for us and we manage to pull it off. We plan on going to the coast to spend a day and a half on the Baltic Sea before heading to Latvia on Tuesday so we only have one shot for this to work. All digits are crossed and we aren't stepping on cracks or crossing paths of black cats. Have found Lithuania to be quite a modern place with a seemingly good economy. Everything is very well organized and nicely put together. Strange how one can have a perception on a place with no credible reason for it. Just assumed this place was rural and poor. We will see how we feel after our 5 days here!
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It all started with the first grey hair.........
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On the Road again.....
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Eataly and Old things......
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Culture Day
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The Medici Curse
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A Slanted View.......
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Lining up for David
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Holy Cannoli
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Exploring Paradise......
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Verona and Shakespeare......
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South to the home of Pizza and Mozzarella.....
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Sunday is not a slow day in Napoli...
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Pom Pom's for Pompeii
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Totally Different.....
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Hidden Gem of the Adriatic.....
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Kotor below the mountain.....
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King's Landing......
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Surf and Sun .......
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A Pleasant Day of Travel.........
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Rainy day in Croatia......
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Plitvice and Plum Brandy.......
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Whacked Crazy Day of Travel ......
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Fathers Day in Buda (with a) Pest.
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Relaxed Day in a Vibrant City.....
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Vienna the Good, the Bad, and the Lucky....
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Music and Mountains.....
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More of Magnificent Vienna...
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Day and Night in Prague.....
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Sunday in Prague.....
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Lots of Bones........
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Beer is Cheaper than Water......
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Perogies in Poland....
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A Sobering Day.......
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Happy Birthday Canada from Poland......
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A Few Days in Warsaw
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Shall we Gdansk.....
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Long Trip to Lithuania
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Vilnius in the Air and on the Ground...."
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Nida Break......
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Latvian Charm......
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Riga in the Rain....
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Estonian Excitement......
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Taking It Easy in Tallinn
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Pasty No More
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Hel(yeah)sinki
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Helsinki Highlights.....
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Sad Day as Katelyn Goes Home....
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To Russia With Love......
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Peterhof the Russian Versailles
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St. Petersburg Crazy........
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Moscow or Bust
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Moscow's Finest.......
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Moscow Winding Down...
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Gorky Park......
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Trans Siberian Railway........
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Baikal in the Rain.....
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Russia Ends, Mongolia Begins......
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Mongolia Camping Trip..........
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Busy Beijing
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Beijing and the Great Wall
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Great Wall Hike
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Great Wall Hike 2
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Back to Beijing and Summer Palace...
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Walk around Beijing
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Ancient City of Pingyao
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Warriors of Xi'an
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Panda-mania
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The Fun of Travelling
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Lijiang a Breathe of Fresh Air......
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Tiger Leaping Gorge-ous
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Stone Forest
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West Mountain of Kunming......
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Hot and Humid Guilin
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Rice, Rice, and More Rice......
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Terrific Tianmen Mountain.....
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Avatar Park in China.....
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Yellow Mountain in the Sky.....
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Tranquility in Chaos.......
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Modern Urban China
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Tibet or Bust
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Tibetan Temples and Taboos.....
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Treading in the Footsteps of the Dalai Lama...
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Tibetan Countryside......
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Everest
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Nepal Travel Hell........
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Trekking into the Top of the World.....
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Life Between Treks
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Annapurna Beauty
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Pokhara Relax Days
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Jungle Adventures
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End of Nepal
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To Thailand for Rest
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Beach Life
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Week on the Beach
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Christmas in Paradise
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Few days of Cool
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Fun in the Sun
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