http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Latvia/Liepaja/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Latvia , Liepaja en-us Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:43:25 BST Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:43:25 BST So we cheated It appears Baltic train services are quite what they used to be when Mr Stalin and his pals were in charge. Trains aren't what one would call regular and quite often although the tracks are there no vehicle ever travels down them. We decided that instead of three 34 hour train journeys a few hours in Vilnius and then an overnight stopover in a place that our guidebook doesn't ev http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Latvia/Liepaja/blog-319645.html Rainy TimesIn the morning we headed into town for some more pastry loving and to make the trip to the tourist information office to get some idea of how to reach Liepaja. With the next bus at 3pm we had a bit of time to waste and inventively did so by drinking copious amounts of coffee and a lunchtime beer. Cautious of the fact we had no idea where the bus station was we headed off early and event http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Latvia/Liepaja/blog-308563.html Those were some interesting days I tell you. First of all I was exploring Vilnius a bit further especially its cafes since it was raining for the next two or three days. Apart from that I visited the Museum of Genocide Victims also known as the KGB museum. It deals mostly with the KGB in Lithuania but also pays tribute to the armed resistance against Soviet occupation from 19451953. The hi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Latvia/Liepaja/blog-269522.html We fiinally realised that we weren't going to get any sleep around ten. We got up and packed our bags. After paying for the hostel we went to the bus station and bought our ticket to Liepaja. They were approximately 9 for both of us. The journey to Liepaja was very slow because we got stuck behind the worlds longest military convoy. This was interesting for a while as It had about 30 vehicles in http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Latvia/Liepaja/blog-198370.html Here are some pictures from Easter weekend in Liepaja in the West of Latvia. We were staying with Lelde's family on a farm in the countryside. It was pretty coldit snowed a bit on Easter day. In Latvia it is a tradition on LieldienaLit. Big Day to colour eggs by wrapping them in muslin parcels and adding leaves flowers and anything else then boiling them in water with lots of onion skins n http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Latvia/Liepaja/blog-157027.html Goodbye Ruta Laura Liepaja. To depart is always sad...Objectivagt Klaipeda on the lithuanian CoastLong walk out of the city...gas stations cafes....waiting...bla bla...took 2 hours to get a ride.His name was Andreas he was heading straight to Klaipeda. Great guy loads of fun we had. just saying silly stuff and joking. i was playing a stupid poet april was happy and warm and andreas was http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Latvia/Liepaja/blog-130346.html arrived in the night...again.after some trouble we managed to find a hostel. it was a students residencethat worked as a hostel during the summerthe recepcionist didnt speak english at all that happens quite a lot in here...i usually find it funny not to understand a word of what foreign people are saying. but this recepcionist lady wasnt being so receptive... she was about to kick us ou http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Latvia/Liepaja/blog-130342.html