Hi to everybody :wave:

Last week I was on trip through Lithuania. One of the best stops was at seashore, so I'll post some pics of mine.

Sorry to say, but there are ~50 pics and I don't want to post them in a single page, so the other part will be posted in the next page, of course, if the one will be present :)

So, let us begin

Klaipėda / Klaipeda / Memel

Some old docks next to the ferry
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Symbol of Klaipeda - restaurant "Memelis"
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Here we go to the oldtown
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"A girl writing an SMS" :D Btw, one well know speaker Adolf spoke from that balcony in 1939
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Some random shots
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Going to one of the courty yards
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Typical germanic street in the oldtown
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another street nearby
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Some old basement, found before the construction, so the construction was rejected
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One of the old warehouses, next to the "Memelis"
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As I already mentioned, other pics will be posted in the next page. Curonian spit and a beautiful seaside there ;)

I love the atmosphere of Klaipeda, a little piece of Germany/Prussia we were lucky to get back in the 20's. ;)
I want to visit Klaipeda badly! :D

Looks very original to my nordic eyes! Definitely some major German influence :D

Jipp, pics looks good allthough of grew weather, cannt wait warmer months so we ll have very nice possibilities for photographing and of course blue sky :) :okay:

Really nice photos Mantaz, Klaipeda is still not very well represented here, now we are waiting for next part :)

Thanks for the photos.
I just cant wait till some of the scary places will be cleaned, and i expect that it will be soon ;)

great pics i got hoocked on this pink building
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allot of the houses looks fairly old!

@grendy Yes, Klaipeda is very germanic. It's just obvious :)

@wolken No wonder, some of them are restored, but many are still waiting in the queue, althaugh the oldtown isn't big ;)

@Geex 12 replies to go and the next part will be shown :D

:) My reply (pictures are great... as always from Mantaz) Plz can somebody take pictures of penguins in Kursu nerija... how are they nowadays ;)

Klaipeda is very beautiful city,but unfortunatly last time i was in this city about 6-7 years ago :( .As i can see from some pictures this city changing very fast especially in nowadays. GO KLAIPEDA !!! :rock:

yup, Very GERMANIC! Good pics mantaz :yes:

does anyone have aerials of Klaipeda? Id be delighted to get a better overwiev of the city

I took this picture almost one year ago (Mantaz also was there ;)). Detail of the facade of "Memelis" restraurant, old inscription "Germania Speicher" still visible (I wish it would be brighter thogh, it's not easy to nice it)
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I like Klaipeda very much, I've spent there a couple of nights last august; it's probably the only bigger-town of former Eastern Prussia with some historical buildings still surviving, and surely there's still much work to do, but it's a very pleasant town, and it will become better and better in the next years! :)

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This is a GREAT place, the Jazz Club, fine food (I ate a wonderful beaver! :D) and fine jazz music! :)

I like Klaipeda very much, I've spent there a couple of nights last august; it's probably the only bigger-town of former Eastern Prussia with some historical buildings still surviving, and surely there's still much work to do, but it's a very pleasant town, and it will become better and better in the next years! :)

This is a GREAT place, the Jazz Club, fine food (I ate a wonderful beaver! :D) and fine jazz music! :)

I'm glad you enjoyed your trip to Lithuania :)

I'm glad you enjoyed your trip to Lithuania :)

Oh yes, I enjoyed it very much, and I'm happy too! :D
A friend of mine from Vilnius just sent me a little Lithuanian flag which is here beside my monitor now! :) Lithuania ruleZ! :righton:
(another good post to reach the 2nd page! :blahblah: )

Oh yes, I enjoyed it very much, and I'm happy too! :D
A friend of mine from Vilnius just sent me a little Lithuanian flag which is here beside my monitor now! :) Lithuania ruleZ! :righton:
Nice to hear that :), Baltic states and Scandinavia probably looks to you quite exotic as for example Italy looks to us (atleast to me ;)).

@Gatis what pinguins are you talking about? :D

@Lauris even faster than you think. I saw a great amount of constructions when crossed all the city :)

@ch1le There used to be some, but I can't find them now

@Carletto Yep, they said it's a great pub. Next time I'll definetely spend some time there :yes: And it's great you are fond of Lithuania so much :D

@John heh, I really liked the Memelis, especially the interior. Here's a pic from our meetup :)

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Thank you, Mantai, for giving us another look at Klaipeda! :okay:

I know we have had photo threads of it before, but with each new thread the warmth of familiarity increases. :) I see that restoration work has taken place here and there, but a lot remains to be done ... I hope it will! :angel1:

I was quite blown away by the rococo dormer windows in this building (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v137/Mantaz/IMGP1421.jpg). They are just lovely, and NO WAY should they be replaced by boxy aluminum windows! :bash:

P.S.: Did you meet some Klaipeda forumers, Mantai? :cheers:

Thank you, Mantai, for giving us another look at Klaipeda! :okay:

I know we have had photo threads of it before, but with each new thread the warmth of familiarity increases. :) I see that restoration work has taken place here and there, but a lot remains to be done ... I hope it will! :angel1:

I was quite blown away by the rococo dormer windows in this building (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v137/Mantaz/IMGP1421.jpg). They are just lovely, and NO WAY should they be replaced by boxy aluminum windows! :bash:

P.S.: Did you meet some Klaipeda forumers, Mantai? :cheers:
No problem, WH :) Indeed Klaipeda is getting new shape and must agree about the windows, they are really classy :yes:

Sad, but I didn't meet any forumers from Klaipeda. Had very little time there :)

@Carletto: it's always so nice to see you here! :wave: (And what are you doing with that FC St. Pauli emblem? ;) )

Mantai, I think page 2 of this thread is about to happen. :) So I'm looking forward to the next installment of photos, those of the Curonian Spit and the beautiful seaside at and near Klaipeda. :banana:

Ok, here's the post #21. Good, time to post another part :)

After a short walk through the oldtown in Klaipeda, we went to the ferry that brought us to the Curonian spit, or the place which is named Smiltyne. So let us go further

Smiltynė / Smiltyne

Underway to the spit
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Some nice buildings are built over there
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Here we found a little outside museum with 4 different kinds of ships.
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Klaipeda through the nose of a soviet ship
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and an interwar fishers' ship
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A preserved homestand.
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Here we finally reached the coast
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Cold. Me at the left :) (c) Evaldas Tylas
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Place where we are going next
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From the same tower
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After this we needed to hurry back to the ferry and go to the other destination of our trip, "The way of Curonians", a really nice coast there :)

The way of Curonians

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(c) Evaldas Tylas
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Later we proceeded through the upper part
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So that's all for this part. If there will be another page, I'll put the rest ones, from the resort Palanga ;)

@Carletto: it's always so nice to see you here! :wave: (And what are you doing with that FC St. Pauli emblem? ;) )
I'm more often here than on the Italian side of the forum! :D There's a better atmosphere here, and I love to see again what I saw last summer, it makes me remember some great times!
(yeah, I'm a FC St.Pauli fan, poor team, great heart... and nice girls! :D)

Thanks Mantai for the pics, they look quite cold!
I look forward to see the pics from Palanga, since I couldn't stop there, if not just for few minutes waiting for the bus to Liepaja.


P.S. I've been inside the Memelis too, it's very nice, 3 floors with different "decorations" and music, but I prefer the Jazz Club, both for music and food, and it's really beautiful inside too, but in august it was great to stay outside, after a day at the seaside on the Curonian Spit with 30°C! :)

:eek: Amazing pics Mantaz, Klaipeda looks really beautiful. Many of the buildings is really unique, and many need some reconstruction as well. :)