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The Western Lithuania is undergoing the real estate development boom, as the recent exhibition InWest in Klaipėda demonstrated. Among the attractive projects were the yachting center development initiatives in Klaipeda, and also in the former fishermen villages Dreverna and Svencele.



When implemented, these initiative should contribute to the development of tourist offer in the region, which already includes kiting, horse riding and the best restaurant in Lithuania. It is a real pity that due to neverending political and bueurocratic restrictions, 2/3 of Kuršių Marios (Curonian Lagoon) which belong to Kaliningrad district of Russia, remain unavailable for outside visitors...

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Neseniai parodoje InWest pademonstruoti ambicingi planai perstatyti žvejų kaimus Dreverną ir Svencelę (tam tarpe ir su plaukiojančiu uostu). Gal ir šis kraštas garsės ne tik našlėmis...

Lithuania in the eyes of famous Monthy Pytoner

BBC finally aired the episode on Lithuania from the series of Michael Palin's New Europe.
The episode, which is presented below, was pretty nicely written and integral.
Entering Lithuania from Latvia, Palin sleeps overnight in Palanga's Auska, where he sleeps in "Brezhnev's bed". The camera then switches to the Hill of Crosses, and some shots of Lithuanian countryside with even more crosses.

The majority of time, however, is spent in Vilnius where the man from Monthy Pyton with a certain obsession inspects various features of the KGB musem with a help of audio guide. The there is a meeting with Algis Ramanauskas, the LIthuanian entertainer ("with piercing eyes") and a big fan of MP, and a spontaneus choir to sing the most famous Lithuanian songs "Ant Kalno Murai" ("Some Brick Buildings on the Hill") and "Du Gaideliai" ("Two Cocks") is organized. Some waitresses were very professional and refuse to join the fun. Also there is some footage from Sajudis "Singing Revolution" times, which looks pretty weird now.

The third part of episode Michael is teleported to the Baltic coast again, this time sailing towards Nida gloriously in kurenas . The (un) happy ending is quite philosophical, with old man Palin wondering around dead dunes or pine forest. Before whisking off to the Kaliningrad district for some birdwatching in Rybachyi and other Russian-style fun.



Watch the episode here.

The conclusion is once again: we can provide a lot of interesting artefacts based on the Soviet times, and on wild nature explorations. Not only Medieval or Renaissance history. So Welcome to Lithuania!

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Beveik legendinio BBC komedianto iš "Monthy Python" Michaelio Palino laida "New Europe" parodė reportažą iš Lietuvos (feat. ALgis Greitai), kurį galite pamatyti aukščiau, o aprašymą paskaityti čia. Tas dar kartą patvirtina hipotezę - anglai mieliau apžiūrinės Sovietų laikų kontrastus ar neliestą gamtą, nei klausysis mūsų bubenimų apie Vytautą Didijį ar Rumšiškių turtus.