Nida, Lithuania

Unfortunately the photos from Nida really arent that exciting, but I didnt want to leave the place out of the blog as it was quite interesting for several reasons.
For brevity ...

• it is located on a narrow stretch of land known as the Curonian Spit which may be doomed to erosion in the future,
  
• a few kilometres further south is Kalingrad, an outpost of Russia. You could see the jeeps driving up and down a road through the sand dunes patrolling the border on the horizon.
• the beaches are great and the water much better than Parnu (for a start it isnt brown)
  
• the traditional houses scattern through the town are very cute.

We spent most of the time kicking back on the beach or, surprise surprise, having a beer. That said, we did exert ourselves one day and do a 50km bike ride, mainly because we way underestimated the distance ! The town itself was quite bizarre. It mainly caters to German tourists which meant it was quite expensive to stay there (at least compared to most places we stayed). It also meant that German was a lot more common than English, so A's German came in handy again for booking bus tickets and the like.
Anyway, as usual the photos are here. Check out this satellite photo to see the location.