Monthly Archives: October 2014

While we were on the Curonian Spit we got some good views of the Baltic Sea.  Curiously, the coast looks alot like the west coast of the US.  But how many of us have ever had the chance to see … Continue reading →

We left Vilnius in the morning by bus to Trakai.  From there we off loaded our bikes and began to bike.  Weather was good.  At some point along the way we stopped to tour one of the old forts that … Continue reading →

If you didn’t get the picture I posted, here it is.

In August 1989, the people of the Baltics staged a peaceful political demonstration.  This demonstration marked the 50th anniversary of the pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.  The pact and its secret protocols divided Eastern Europe into spheres … Continue reading →

In July, Georgie and I departed on an interesting adventure to the Baltics.  Neither of us had ever been there and the current tension in that part of the world made the trip even that much more interesting. We were … Continue reading →

In my last post I indicated that we were having trouble with the WordPress email notification.  That has apparently been fixed as you can tell if you are reading this.  We are not trying to figure out why comments are … Continue reading →

Dear Friends and Blog Readers, I have not been posting for awhile because we were having trouble with the email distribution of the blog.  We think it might be fixed now.  Some of you may even want to comment so … Continue reading →

July 26th we left for the Baltics.  Our adventure was to last until August 10th when we would return home.  This would be our first time to tour the countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.  We felt it would be … Continue reading →