One Last Time in Palanga

A fun day trip to Palanga with Regis and Evaldas started out with a great drive through the now green countryside. We parked and walked to the pier and walked along the beach for some time. Very few people were on the beach, but as I understand, the summer time brings thousands of people to Palanga and the town is packed. We found the spot where the river enters the sea, and walked inland from there. We came upon a green spot with many dandelions blooming, and I was taking a photo of them and found myself bombarded with dandelion bombs - the boys were picking them and flicking the blooms from the stems like a flower gun. You learn something new everyday! Apparently you can also make a little trumpet out of the stem, as Regis was able to do so and lo and behold, a duck came out of the woods to investigate the sound. He had called a duck with the dandelion trumpet! I tried to make the sound and was only mildly able to make a peep.

We then walked to Cili Pica and sat outside to enjoy the sunshine. After our food, we had planned to walk in the botanical garden, but we were all pretty tired and content, so we ended up just going home to Klaipeda. It was a beautiful day and I'm glad my last memories of Palanga will be this day spent with my friends enjoying our free time and wonderful weather.