Lithuania, here i come...
Lietuva, nuo ko pradeti...
First, the hospital where i was born, in Utena.
Visu pirma, ligonine Utenoj, kurioj as gimiau.
In this place was the house where my father was born.
Vieta, kurioj stovejo namas, kuriame mano tetis gime.
Just next, there is still a house standing which belonged to my fathers uncle.
Salia vis dar stovi mano senelio brolio namas.
This was the place where my father grew up, I've spent few summers here when i was little.
O sitoj vietoj stovejo namas kuriame uzaugo mano tetis.
Traveling through Lithuania, sometimes you have to get out of the car and check whether road puddles are not too deep.
Kartais vaziuojant Lietuvos keliais, reikia nusimauti batus ir patikrinti ar balos ne per gilios.
Birzai, little city in the north of Lithuania (yes, city).
Birzai, mazas miestelis siaures Lietuvoj.
Somewhere in the east of Lithuania, these are remains of the ice melt-down, long long time ago.
Kazkur rytu Lietuvoj ledynmecio liekanos.
Just one of the million, Lithuania is covered with lakes.
Tiesiog vienas is milijono Lietuvos ezeriuku.
The first church build by old-believers who escaped Russia 300 years ago. It is hidden in the peninsula of a big lake (Sartai). The church celebrated 300 years in 2011. Old believers where hiding from persecution and protecting their religion.
Pirmoji sentikiu baznycia pastatyta pries 300 metu, baznycia paslepta Sartu ezero pusiasalyje. Sentikiai pabego is Rusijis pries 300 metu, slepesi nuo persekiojimo ir saugojo savo tikejima.
These are the last old-believers themselves celebrating 301 years for their church.
O cia paskutiniai sentikiai, svencia 301 baznycios metus.
Village mail system.
Kaimo pastas.
Fields and fields, the highest point of Lithuania is less than 200 meters:)
Laukai ir laukai, auksciausias Lituvos taskas yra maziau negu 200 metru :)
Who's that in the field?
O kas ten stovi laukuose?
The summer house of my fathers friend - Gediminas. He also has a sauna near the lake in a tent!
Mano tetes draugo Gedimino vasarnamis. Jis turi ir pirtele palapinej pre ezero!
Here he is, also my mother, me and Claes.
O cia ir pats Gediminas, na ir mano mama, as is Klausas.
We caught (?!) some fish in the lake and made a soup, delicious, mmm.
Prisigaudem zuveliu (?!) ir issivirem labai skanios zuvienes.
I think Claes was not convinced about soup-making technique.
Nesu tikra ar Klausas suprato musu zuvienes virimo principus.
There was a mad wood carver living some 50 years ago in the city Rokiskis, or near it. If only I could remember his name.
Gyveno pries koki 50 metu paseles drozinetojas Rokiskyje, o gal prie Rokiskio. O vardo ir neprisimenu.
The bike, 100 years old, no, probably more than 100. The saddle is a simple chunk of wood. People are so spoiled these days :)
100 metu (o gal ir daugiau) senumo dviratis. Sedyne - tiesiog gabalas medzio. Zmones islepe siom dienom, tokiu nevaziuotu.
The hill of crosses. It's a strange place where people come and leave the cross. Obviously, after several years the hill got covered with crosses of every size.
Kryziu kalnas. Keista vieta i kuria zmones atnesa ir palieka kryziu ar kryzeli.
Canoe trip started. It is a small river Sventoji, very curvy and beautiful, surrounded by forests and fields.
Baidariu kelione Sventaja prasidejo. Upele vingiuoja per miskus ir laukus. Kaip grazu.
Claes, looks like a pirate.
Klausas primena pirata.
My mother is not yet tired, but it will come :)
Mama dar nepavargus, bet nuovargis ateis :)
On a lunch break.
Pietu pertrauka.
Birches
Berzai
Short stop
Trumpas sustojimas
Everything was so nice, and then thunderstorm came, till we found where to hide it was too late, we were wet to the bone.
Viskas buvo gerai ir prasidejo liutis su ziabais ir perkunija, kol pasislepem tai perslapom iki paskutinio siulelio.
On the way to the sea the evening came. What to do, what to do? We stopped at some farm and asked them to let us spend the night.
Pakeliui i pajuri uzklupo vakaras. Ka daryti - prisiprasem i kazkokia sodyba, kad leistu pernakvoti.
Evening
Vakaras
Nida
Near the Baltic sea, the field of wild thyme.
Prie baltijos juros, ciobreliu laukas.
Mama
Karolis, my nephew
Karolis, sunenas.
Dunes of Nida,
Nidos kopos
Russian (Kaliningrad) border, anyone can cross it
Kaliningrado siena, nesunku pereiti.
Too hot in these dunes
Per karsta tose kopose
The best lunch ever, freshly caught and smoked fish. It was still in the sea in the morning. I think it was bream.
Patys sauniausi pietus, svieziai sugauta is isrukyta zuvis. Karsis lyg ir.
My sand castle
Mano smelio pilis
Oh no..., end of the trip, time to go home, back to the every day nothing-ever-happens life :(
O ne..., kelione baigesi, metas namo, kasdienybe laukia :(
