Klaipeda Lithuania

Klaipeda is the third largest city in Lithuania; it's had a different past with influences from German and Russian possession throughout its history. Although it developed as a German port, the Lithuanians considered it their own. Then becoming part of Russia to finally regaining its identity. Klaipeda has a population of 100,000 is still more predominately a Russian speaking city.

I took a tour of the legends and folklore of Klaipeda; it seems most of the stories involved an evil male trying to trick a female into marrying him and the female either tricking him back or getting away from him to find her true love.

The coastal town of Palanga is a popular summer tourist designation, known as the Summer Capital of this beautiful coastline, white sandy beach, and lovely buildings, it's where many of the locals of Klaipeda go for their summer break and many Russians travel too.  History shows this area as a large fishing town. The fisherman wanted others to know which area they fished and who they were, so they developed the Weathervanes that told their story, and these were put on their boat. These weathervanes indicated where you were from, the family; the number of boys and girls, basically they told your story.

The local food in this area is very high in fat due to the extreme cold conditions they have in winter; it was explained to us how these dishes were made, they sounded splendid, so we had to head off and try some of their local dishes. Wasn't disappointed either, there were excellent local dishes at many of the local restaurants.