3. Aug 19: Klaipeda, Lithuania

Aug 19: Klaipeda, Lithuania

We arrived at about 8am, had breakfast and went ashore and walked around at around 11 o'clock. We didn't have much time, since the ship was due to depart at 1:30. We did not see very much at all of any interest – and the few people we saw sitting on park benches, and the like, gave absolutely no response at all when I waved or said, “Good morning” or just “Hello”. No acknowledgment of our even being in their field of vision. It was eerie.

One much younger person, a woman with a baby in a stroller, was quite cordial and answered some questions I had about a pair of buildings shaped like a K and a D.

Turns out that the K is a hotel and offices, where she works, the K standing for Klaipeda. The D building is mostly residences and offices, the D standing for Dané, the river on which we were docked.

Perhaps we should've taken a shore excursion, although there weren't any that had appealed to us when we looked them over, given the short time we were in the port.

Later, googling, I discovered that in other parts of the city, there are a multitude of fascinating and some very beautiful sculptures and statues, and I'm sorry that we missed those.

K is for Klaipeda - it's a hotel and office building

D is for Dané - that's the name of the river where the buildings are, and where we were docked.  It's mostly residences and offices.

Captain on the left, other ships' officers, on the starboard flying bridge as we pull away from the Klaipeda pier.  I was on the observation deck, my home away from home -- just loved being up there and watching stuff.

 Generic fisherman fountain in a small park across from the original city hall.

K is for Klaipeda



Our ship viewed from the pier

 This glorious sunset began two hours earlier than the photo was taken, just before 10pm.  Thank you, northern latitudes in summer!  Notice the ship right center on the horizon.  Photo taken from our veranda.