As soon as we crossed the boarder we were greeted by some friendly Lithuanians followed by a honk and plenty of waves. They seem to be a very friendly bunch. So friendly in fact that while stopped in an out of the way village a couple of young boys came and sat with us. One boy in particular proceeded to speak to us in English. He regularly apologised for his poor English skills telling us that he fell on his head and found it hard to remember things. He took a liking to Miriam and made sure he gave her a big kiss before he left. By this stage the word was out and an elderly lady with a walking frame came over to us and began to kiss us both. We were amazed to find that we were the first people that they had ever spoken to in English. As thanks they asked us if we wanted some alcohol, we declined but they came back with some mineral water instead.
Hello, hello, I just found you on the net. I am back in Germany since last Sunday, had a good time and only one rainy day on the road. I heard from you in the tourist office in that town 60km before Vilnius, what was its name again .... My retrospect travelog will be here: www.islandperrad.blog.de
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So I am glad to read that everything went well with you. Only a pity that you obviously will not cycle over Erfurt - not sooo far away from Prag.
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