Day Trip to Loch Ness

Hello! Welcome to another short post of the sightseeing variety. On Saturday, I went to probably the most famous tourist attraction in Scotland – the Loch Ness lake. I didn’t find the Loch Ness Monster (also affectionately known as Nessie) but I did manage to have a great time on this one day trip. I,

Swimming: Sudeikiai Open Water Marathon 2016

Hello! This is the last short sport/swimming update post this summer. Today, I took part in the Sudeikiai Swimming Marathon and lost all my energy. Let me elaborate. The Sudeikiai Swimming Marathon is the hardest one out of the 4 open water swims I do each summer. The weather is usually not the nicest as

Sightseeing: Kaunas Lagoon

Hello! Greetings my dear readers! Summer is coming to a close, so I decided to spend the last warm days outside, hanging out with my family. I’ll miss them and warm weather when I move to Scotland next month. On Sunday, I, my parents and my aunts as well as my little cousin went on a boat ride in

Swimming Marathon: Switerzland 2015

Hello my dear readers!! Last week, I’ve participated in my first swimming marathon this summer. That was The Swiss Swimming Marathon 2015 (in Lithuanian language – Šveicarijos plaukimo maratonas 2015). I have already explained why this marathon and the village that it is held in has the same name as a European country. You can

Movie review: Unbroken

Hi! On Monday, I went to the cinema to watch Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken. I have seen several films depicting World War II events from different angles (Schindler’s list, Fury, Inglorious Basterds, Pearl Harbor, Forest of Gods and The Imitation Game) and now Unbroken joins this list. In short I would describe the film as a

Swimming marathon: Sudeikiai 2014

Hello! Last weekend (on August 9th) I participated in the last swimming marathon in Lithuania this summer – 6th Annual Sudeikiai Swimming Marathon. Sudeikiai is a little town in eastern part of Lithuania near the city of Utena. You can learn more about it here: http://utenainfo.lt/en (The location of the town is the red dot on the

Swimming marathon: Platelee-2014, Lithuania

Hello! Last week. I participated in the 33rd annual swimming marathon PLATELEE-2014 which was held in little town in western part of Lithuania. This swimming marathon is the longest running outdoor swimming event in my country and this year it has attracted the biggest number of participants yet. 161 swimmers chose the distance of 1.8

Swimming marathon: Lampedziai (Kaunas) 2014

Hi! On July 6th I and about 100 other swimmers participated in 2nd swimming marathon this summer. July 6TH is a national celebration in Lithuania (not just an international kissing day) – it’s coronation day of the only king Lithuania ever had. (In 1253 Mindaugas was crowed the king of Lithuania) so the swimming marathon was dedicated to

Swimming marathon: Šveicarija (Switzerland) 2014

Hello everybody!! As I have previously mentioned, I am a swimmer. And summer for swimmers means only one thing – open-water swims/championships/competitions. Yesterday (June 22nd) was first of them this year. To begin with, I would like to clear some things out. In the the title of the post you can see that this swimming

Sightseeing: Birštonas city, Lithuania

This past weekend, I have visited my aunt who lives in Birštonas – a small resort type city in the southern part of Lithuania. This visit gave me an idea to start new series of post called: Sightseeing. I will try to tell you about places I have seen and have visited across Lithuania as