Rubikiai, Lithuania, 2008

Locarno, Switzerland, 2008

Swiss Alps, incredible beauty

Sveicarijos Alpes, neitiketinas grozis
Locarno from above

Locarno is virsaus

The top of the trees (~1.5 km from the sea level)

1.5 km virs juros lygio

My spirit was as high as I was

Savijauta - kaip ant sparnu!

The sign means: have your umbrella reinforced

Sis zenklas reiskia: silpnu nervu zmonems vaziuot nepatartina!

Stones were everywhere

Akmenys visur...

That's me among the stones

As tarp akmenu

It is possible to cross the river jumping from one stone to another, although it isn't as easy as it looks

Upe galima perbristi sokinejant nuo akmens ant akmens, nors nebuvo taip paprasta kaip atrode is pradziu

That's me in the water, on the stone

Cia as vandeny, and akmens:)

Some island (2 actually)

Sala, o uz jos kita, o joje botanikos sodas

Botanic garden on the island, bamboo field

Botanikos sodas, bambuku giraite

Fish know where people have their lunch

Zuvys gerai zino kur zmones uzkandziauja

Mountain river, we assumed the water is clean and drunk from there

Kalnu upelis, nutarem kad vanduo svarus ir prisigerem

Biking is scary because of the rocks, but the path along the river is so beautiful, we could not resist it

Vaziuoti dviraciu sudetinga del akmenu, bet tas kelelis palei upe toks mielas...

This is already lots of little rivers joined together

O cia jau daug upeliuku susijungusiu i viena

The door of some church, it was all covered with these tiny sculptures

Baznycios durys, padengtos daugybe mazyciu statuleliu

Stuck in the swamp

Uzstrigom pelkej

We biked too far, and then the hunger came... Theft in the middle of the day:)

Kaip nuvaziavom... o valgyti tai norisi, Rapolas gedingai voge kukuruzus... Valgem nedrasiai bet sirdingai:)

Cows, they look bored...

Nuobodziaujancios karves...

Contrary, donkeys were very communicative

Priesingai, asilai noriai bendravo

Dead biker

Dviratininkas-lavonas

I took one single sun bath, cannot stand that heat

Mano vienintelis pasivartymas sauleje, nekenciu to karscio

Krakow, Poland, 2008

Castle of Polish long gone dukes, some of them are still buried here, some of them were Lithuanian Dukes as well.

Lenkijos karaliu rumai, kai kurie is ju cia net palaidoti. Net kai kurie Lietuvos kunigaiksciai.
Hungry artists

Alkani menininkai.
The Jewish quarter. Typical house. Some scenes of "Schindler's list" were filmed here, by the the way according to Poles Schindler is misrepresented in that movie

Zydu rajonas. Tipiskas zydu namas. Kai kurios scenos is "Sindlerio saraso" buvo filmuotos cia. Tarp kitko, lenkai sako kad tas filmas realybes neatitinka.
The oldest church (11th century)

Seniausia Lenkijos baznycia (11 amzius).
I'm guessing - modern art.

Speju - modenus menas.
Just some army related event in the main square.

Kazkos su armija susijes ivykis pagrindinej miesto aikstej.
Happy me:)

O cia as, laiminga:)

And mister Professor Dai, also happy:)

Na ir profesorius Dai, irgi laimingas:)

Sweden 2007, Styrso island

Styrso is in the incredibly beautiful region of islands near Goteborg.

Styrso yra viena is salu salia Goteborgo.
We rented a house there. This was the view from my bedroom.

Mes issinuomavom nama Styrso, o cia yra vaizdas uz lango.
However, we've got to learn that summer vacation in the north might not be granted with the sun. So, we went fishing, but there were no fishes for me or Rapolas, or a well known expert fisher Claes, just grass, how dissapointing:(

Teko pripazinti, kad vasaros atostogos siaurej, ne pati geriausia mintis, saltoka. Tai isvykom zvejoti, deje, zuvys mus vis pergudraudavo. Netgi zvejybos ekspertui Klausui nepavyko ju prisivilioti :(
Biking is also limited, because the theritory of island is not big enough.

Pasivazinejimas dviraciais irgi ribotas - viens ir baigiasi salele.
One attraction worked, though. Catching the crab is very easy, if you know how; and I've got a teacher:)

Ir vis delto susiradom pramoga. Gaudyti krabus nera taip jau sunku, kai turi mokytoja.

When you have enough crabs, you can do crab race. Take 2 of them of the same size, build a track towards the water, and see which one will reach the water first. You must have prices for this game, the owner of the winning crab will need it:)

Kai prisigaudai pakankamai krabu, gali daryti krabu lenktynes. Paimam 2 daugmaz vienodo dydzio, pastatom begimo link vandens trasa, paleidziam, ir ziurim kuris pasieks vandeni pirmas. Zinoma, reikia tureti prizu krabo nugaletojo seimininkui apdovanoti:)

DisneyLand Paris 2007

The symbol of Disneyland

Disneilendo simbolis
Scary room, among loads of other attractions.

Siaubu kambarys, vienas is daugybes atrakcijonu.
In the castle; it is not that impressing, actually, not impressing at all.

Pilyje; ne tokia jau ta pilis ispudinga.

Such a good idea to shortly become a child :)

Na, nusprendziau ir as trumpam pabuti vaiku:)

Moderatelly scary train ride (for Rapolas, not for me, for me dead-scary)

Vidutinio baisumo traukinukas (Rapolui, ne man, man tai siaubingo baisumo)

Just beutiful all over.

Siaip tai grazu ten, sodai, prudai.

This was Rapolas 13th birthday. But the cake was nowhere to find. Then we celebrated it with the McDonald ice-cream:))) It was good enough, the mood was beating the lack of cake by far!

O visa tai Rapolo 13-o gimtadienio proga. Tik kad torto niekur neradom. Teko svesti su McDonaldo ledais:))) Gerai ir taip, nuotaika buvo tokia gera, kad nerupejo tas tortas!

Australia 2007

Wine valleys; apparently Germans brought the wine making tradition to Australia
Parrots everywhere
Melbourn has a very intense night-life, it was a bit frightening...

It's a Puffing-Billy train, worth trying

The birds don't know their true identity - no fear for higher species.

Altogether I was not in the good mood to make pictures or travel arround, it was the time change that I could not domesticate:(