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Blogs from Palanga, Lithuania, Europe
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May 11th 2012
Today was a long, hot day. We headed out of Platelai onto a long uphill climb to the A11. Our hope was that we'd soon be westward bound towards Palanga on the coast, which we soon were. However the wind picked up considerably and slowed us by 3-5 miles per hour. We made it to Palanga by 2pm, later than originally planned and stopped for lunch. Here we picked up National Cycle route 10 which took us all the way into Klaipeda via a beautiful, car free, trail through woodlands and quiet lanes. In Klaipeda we visited with more Rugute Captains and enjoyed a much needed rest whilst we heard their stories. It was here that we decided to change our Day 3 destination to Silute rather than Taurage as the earlier headwind had hit our ... read more
January 24th 2011
Enjoing the price”war” on internet, we stumbled over some crazy cheap airplane tickets going to Palanga, Lithuania. Costing us only NOK 2,- (about 30 cent usd) pr.person we just had to go for it! Palanga is one of Lithuanias main tourist destination during summer with its 18 km long sandy beach, hip party places and cafes and restaurants at every corner. But that’s summer time......... we vent there in January and only a couple of hotels and restaurants was open. Going to Lithuania in January, we expected the same temperatures and weather as in Norway, and were correct; lots of snow and around minus 10 degrees Celsius! Since the sandy beach was covered in hard packed snow it kind of made a walkway for the few tourists and the locals. And in splendid sunshine and blue ... read more
April 28th 2007
28 April 2007: Siauliai to Palanga. The drive to the Baltic Coast was a combination of newly constructed two lane highway and under construction road, so it took probably twice as long as needed but the arrival in Palanga made it all worth while. We walked the main Palanga promenade to lunch in very blustery but sunny weather. The fishing pier at the end of the promenade sticks about a quarter mile out into the Baltic, but few people other than the fishermen made it all the way out. The beach sand is probably the finest (smallest grains) I’ve ever felt. If I were in the business of making hour glasses, I would definitely want to use Palanga sand. We strolled through the Palanga Botanical Gardens which runs for 1.5 km along the beach front. ... read more
June 23rd 2006
after Vilnius i went to palanga on the coast of lithuania with the 3 norwegian girls id met in Vilnius we got a cheap apartment where we stayed with our friendly granny.. our time in palanga was spent at the beach, getting blind, yellin out to people from our balcony, and drinkin with lithuanians in the bus stop.. and our drunk old mate that followed us home one night , "well listen ............im from ireland..... ive been living in lithuania for sixteeeeeeeeeeeen years.. im styaing with you guys.......... wellll listen im from ireland" X100.. he was a funny character. we also went to Klaipeda for a day to meet a friend of a friend or somthin we got shown and driven around by a local which was good... after good times in palanga we caught the ... read more
