Two nights ago we gatecrashed into Lithuania. And when I say we gatecrashed, I really mean it: in our eagerness to avoid the main roads, we took a pathway and, even though there was a ditch preventing us from walking forward and a “no entry” signal, we crossed the ditch anyway. Nothing happened at the beginning, we walked on and still nothing, and then we saw some lights approaching us, but once again, nothing happened. We were in Lithuania.
What’s really defining these days is the fact of being out of connection. Estonia was a wifi paradise, in Latvia we somehow managed, but Lithuania is a dessert.
Last time I told you how we were all the time pretending in Estonia. And we were still pretending when we left Pärnu in the middle of the most intense heat wave anyone here can remember. Best summer in years, they say. Nonsense! So much heat is not good at all, especially if you have to walk with such a long hair as mine, one that made me feel proud in the past and has now become a heavy burden that I carry with style.
From Pärnu to Riga we followed the Baltic coast. White sand beaches, extremely high priced beach bars (the way beach bars have to be), millions of mosquitos and horseflies, and the sea… well, they call anything a sea! To start with, it’s almost saltless, which doesn’t help. And then its depth… you need to go really far to get to swim without touching the bottom with your fingers. And still, don’t take for granted that you belly won’t just drag along the sand.
And then we got to Riga, but I’ll tell you all about that tomorrow.
vane
Juan, me he quedado con el corazón encogido y con esta imagen más,yo también intui no sé como que vuestros días no erán como siempre, una corazonada ? Medio meiga…..lo del foso cuando lo leí me dio mala espina y eso que estoy aquí a miles de kilometros, de verdad lo de incomunicados empeoró las cosas sin poder contarlo. Y además esta étapa de noche casi sin descansar…lo siento por vosotros, una vivencia más pero agotadora, espero que en la distancia veais estos días con mejor luz,en esta étapa habeis sido naufragos de vuestra propia historia.pero animos despues de la tormenta llega la calma. Quiero ver una sonrisaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Jul 22, 2010 @ %I:%M %p
neli
Pois haberá que cortar esas melenas.
Jul 22, 2010 @ %I:%M %p
Antonio
Boas rapazes.. quedoume a dubida do que vos aconteceu.. “Ao principio non pasou nada, avanzamos un pouco e seguiu sen pasar nada, despois vimos unhas luces vir cara nós, pero tampouco pasou nada. Estabamos en Lituania” enton.. que pasou coa ruta de foso.??
Moito animo Coru e Andres
Aug 03, 2010 @ %I:%M %p
6MPasos
Pois nada, saltamos o foso e seguimos camiñando. Tampouoco e que tivesen un muro nin nada, simplementre tiñan a estrada cortada por un buraco. Non deben querer que os coches crucen por ahí.
Aug 04, 2010 @ %I:%M %p