A couple of great days cycling along the Curonian Spit - a spit of land 100kms long with lovely pine forests and never ending beaches. Nice to get some proper exercise. Klaipeda - the town the ferry goes from had just started it's annual festival so was teeming with people, lots of music stages around the town and boat races and parades on the river. Fantastic atmosphere. Since then we have been to Vilnius - where there are many Baroque buildings inside and out, and then to the surprise city Gdansk. The central area has been rebuilt after the war but in its 18th century form, all recreated from photographs etc. An absolutely stunning centre again just starting their St Dominic's Fair so very lively. It was fascinating to visit the site of relatively recent history at the shipyard gates where Solidarity was formed and the process of the decline of communism in Poland. The mighty castle at Malbok provided an insight into the power and wealth of the Teutonic Knights- and yet another world heritage site. Now in To run - yes world heritage and heading fora few days in the forests bordering Belarus to relax and hopefully see some Bison.
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