Passing through some small villages, at last we see what has been rare so far on this trip. People. Even a congregation of them near a lavendar field – either there to harvest or have a wedding. My bet was the latter given the balloons.
A few solar panels – not many appear. Lithuania imports 70% of its electrivity, mainly from Sweden (Russia used to be its main supplier). Latvia on the other hand generates 70% of its power from renewable sources, mainly hydrolelectric – presumably from rivers given the lack of hills?
The place names could be Welsh, apart from the squiggles. Thankfully these electronic devices do the work – mainly. Always good to have a back up. Today’s excitement was a huge tree being cut down whilst we waited. Skilful job to miss a fence, and not block the road.
Lots of small churches – Roman Catholicism dominates 74%. Poor old Luther drew a blank here.
Tomorrow head to Vilnius and a “rest” day.
Travelling reflections 