Latvia

Oke, lets start with saying that the last 3 days were amazing!

We started our trip in Gizycko, Poland, by hitch hiking to Kaunas. We had a really good long ride but unfortunately he stopped on the high way just next to the big city. So there we stood, wandering if we could hitch hike on the highway or on a little drive to the big high way. We tarted our patience on the little road but after an hour we searched a bus to the station and after a while we found some other tourist who told us ther was a camping at the place where we came from. It was the most strange and uncozy camping I ever saw but I was happy to be there and finally found a place to sleep. I didn't felt at my ease in the city, a lot of drunken people and I think it was not a nice trip we did through the city: a lot of buildings were dammaged and so grey. That night we had a while without clouds so we watched the falling stars and did a lot of wishes ( simon the most because I didn't see too much)

The day after we tried to hitch hike again but the son of the campingman made us depressed when he said that we had no chanche to hitch hike, no one would take us and the gasstation was 10 to 20 km further. Well, we prooved him wrong when we had a ride out of Kaunas. We took a bus and climbed our way to a gasstation and after 5 min we were out of there.
That day was uncredible. I have to say this first: when we started hitch hiking I did a wish: I wanted a ride with a nice car and I hoped that he paid us food. 10min later, a man took us more then 100km in his fancy car and he bought us some food in a rich restaurant from his friend. Blogstein or something we ate, so good! The resto was famous for it huge tree cake witch contained 1300 eggs and was 64 kg and 2m 30 or something, he must be somewhere between the pics. Saartje fell immideatly asleep in his car and together we cruised some houres through the beautiful Lithuania. I felt very lucky. It were nice views, we saw a fox, lightning, rain and many beautifull landscapes. Everywhere there are storks and also some cranes. Nice is there are few fences on the lands, the cows are mostly hanging on a long rope, sad, but it makes the view very beautifull.
So he dropped us at Zarasai and then with another ride we ended in Daugvapils. I said to simon: «and now it would be nice to meet someone who offered us a place to sleep’. And then we met Vitalijs. He didn't really spoke english but his wife studied on the university. He was really kind and offered to come to his place. He said something like 'badja' or black Russian sauna... We nodded. Once arrived it looked very remote and poor. Inside the house we found ten children fromwitch one baby. He introduced Masha, his wife, and her mother. Her mother cared for five fosterchildren an Masha too plus her two own daughters. It was really overwelming, but very cute. She talked properly english witch comforted us. She asked if she would like to join the weekly black Russian sauna. It was great. Good sauna and a good opportunity to wash us propperly. It was funny with Vitalijs, he was really crazy. Full of energy. I had to wipe him with herbs, so hard!
Afterwards, warm inside and outside we got very nice food, and they made our bed. Pink, with a beautifull view.

The next morning I changed the diaper of the baby, we made a walk and had a very strong breakfast together with some children. It contained ground mais and wheat boiled in water and salt, afterwards they added fresh milk and berry jam, delicious.... but little too much for Saartje ;)

They brought us afterwards back to the road leaving Malta. But before we made some pics of the big family. May god bless them!

After a while we were taken by a pick up truck and brought us to the lake of Luza. There we met some very drunk Russians (50% of Letvia is Russian) witch wanted us to drink too, but we could refuse and got some pork with bread and fresh tomatoes. We could camp on there land but we were very soon bored of there shittalking, so we left for a more quiet place on the other shore of the lake. After putting up the tent, we fell asleep immediatly. We felt tired and I felt like a little bit down. Hich hiking asks a lot of people. It brings really the grills of people to you. Some very beautifull, others less. But I thank al those who were rude and all those who were kind. I thank all those who didn't stop, they made it possible the others could stop.

After a long night but a bumpy night(not very good for the back) we left and hich hiked with two Jony's in a bumping car (the trunck was one big woofer) to Rezekne. They left us at the train station. At 22.50u we'll take the train to St-Petersburg.
so see you in Russia!