2016-08-22

Credit to the rain

There aren't many people that could admit they like rain(except for the farmers during the drought). But when it rains so hard that half of your power sockets are not working, internet is down and manholes on the streets has turned jnto little whirlpools, you have to give some credit to it. And driving is full of adrenalin again - you don't know where the potholes are hidden, whether there is a manhole without cover just under your tire. Driving feels like surfing or driving a speed boat, it's just you don't need to save half of your lifetjme for that toy and you can streets instead of rivers. You may hate rain for being wet, cold, but you must love it for turning your boring life into phantasy world.

2016-08-06

Comeback to Nida v.2

I'm sitting in a car on my way home to Kaunas. There is a mild pain in my legs reminding me of 108 kilometers i biked today together with other 4 crazy people. It's not thecraziest distance for me i covered in one day. But it's crazy enough to do so without proper warmup. And my bike was resting this season. But hey - challenges are fun!
So, 56 kilometers from Smiltynė to Nida (through Juodkrantė) and 52 in the opposite direction. We made small stops to rest our backs and a little bit of siteseeing. The highlight of the trip - Naglis Dune - of incredible beauty. Modest and yet stunning th- plastic lines of different shades of sand, grass and flowers framed by Curanian See and Baltic Sea. Yet, it's hard to describe.
The whole Curanian Spit is my favorite part of Lithuania - sure, it lacks greenery, but there are a lot more sunny shades of sand. And there is calmness, sometimes silence. Not the deaf one, but filled with sounds of sea, pines and wind which compared to the sound of cars and other industrial noise is really like a silence.