Lithuania

Good morning!

I crossed into Lithuania on Friday morning. It wasn’t raining and the sun was shining, although it was only 12 degrees. I enjoyed riding in dry conditions so much!

Lithuania was one of the three Baltic states that suffered under the communist yoke until the early 90’s. Reading their history was depressing interesting. I will write about Riga later and tell more about the suffering that came with many of the super powers of those years.

01 friday morning crossing the border into lithuania quite early

02 riding into a lithuanian town on a crispy clear morning with one of the old soviet styled living blocks on the background

03 this old house stood locked and empty

04 at the neighbour house the lady did the washing early morning

05 ladies selling clothes from their cars on the pavement

06 fortunately this wooden house still had people living in it

07 the wooden church of the village

08 many people are utilzing bicycles to go shopping or to move around

09 i saw the church for far towering above the surrounding houses

10 in the park before the church between trees this sculpture

11 as always the cemetery is cared for and tidy

12 i love the spots of colour on this cold morning

13 the yellow house had bee hives and happy bees were flying in and out

14 four years ago i photographed the klr in front of the same mig 23 fighter aircraft