On the lithuanian seaside

Next day, let's go to the seaside!

We choosed the camp called Karkelbeck No 409. That was named after the Royal Amber Store no 409. The campsite's kitchen was set up in a barn, and the two toilett rooms are located on the side of the barn, almost outdoor, separated nothing but with a swing door. So the facilities are kind of limited.

But because we went off season, only a couple of guests were in the camp. Until midnight, when twenty polish Land Rovers (with those roof tents, you know) just falls in.

And next morning, when you just try to concentrate on the toilett after your coffee, there is nothing between you and a dozen of polish guys waiting, just one swing door.

Anyway, the camping is close to the seaside, and the beach is nice.

Lithuania's unmissable sight is the Curonian spit, which lies on a 98 km long and 600 to 2000-meter-wide peninsula between Klaipeda and Lesznoj (Russia). Of the 98 kms, 52 km belong to Lithuania and 46 km to Russia's Kaliningrad district. The peninsula is connected to the continent in Lesznoj.

From Klaipeda one can cross the Curonian Lagoon on a ferry. If you are going to the southern part of the dune spit by car there is a toll to pay (20 € per car).

Here is one of Europe's biggest dunes called Parnidis, with an obelisk at the top of it. We walked around the dune. There aren't too many people making the whole tour and it is not signposted so one can really feel like being lost in a desert. Close to the lighthouse in Nida we found a geocaching box than we drove back to the northern part of the peninsula but before taking the ferry we stopped at Amber Bay. It was once a busy port (middle of 19th century) when the valuable amber was collected from all parts of the Lagoon. 

We spent the following day relaxing in the campsite and on the beach. We had a long week, we travelled more than 1,700 kilometers in a week and there is stil a long way to go.