It seems the Teutonic Knights left their mark in Lithuania, at a port city where the Baltic Sea meets the Danė River. They built a castle here and collected tolls to use the waterways, and eventually named the town, Memel. In the 16th-century, the Lithuanian name, “Klaipėda,” was believed to mean, “bread eater,” as the…
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From Klaipėda…to …Palanga……..Lithuania
You just never know what is to be found on the excursions when you stop at a port……..I look forward to being in a new country every morning and because we plan these vacations well over a year in advance I can’t always remember the specifics of the excursions we have chosen! So, it’s always…
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