{"id":595,"date":"2020-07-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quitventure.com\/?p=595"},"modified":"2020-12-26T05:30:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T04:30:52","slug":"das-memeldelta-und-kaunas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quitventure.com\/en\/das-memeldelta-und-kaunas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Memeldelta & Kaunas"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the rental car to the Memeldelta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Klaipeda we rented a car, with which we went further south to Memeldelta <\/strong>. To get there by public transport we would have been very slow, because we would have had to change buses several times and the buses don't run very often during the day. With the car we were much more flexible. We rented the car via Check24, booked all possible and necessary insurances directly and were therefore on the safe side. But when we arrived at the address given, there was no rental car station in sight. After a short phone call we were told that the station was located in the middle of a hotel and after asking at the reception we finally found the rental car office. The gentleman was very friendly, but asked us directly if we wanted to add more insurances, because we only had \"basic insurances\". I was puzzled for a moment but denied it, as I was sure that Check24 had covered everything. Tomek had to show his license as the main driver, a deposit was blocked and then we went to our speedster - to Tomek's bad luck an automatic car (he never drove an automatic before, but did very well!) And then we left the rather chaotic city and went outside into the nature! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Memel delta is the area where the river \"Memel\" flows into the Curonian Lagoon. By the way, one of the estuary arms represents another border between Lithuania and Russia (we have it somehow with border areas). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We decided to stay in Rusne<\/strong> for two days. Rusne is a small, rather sleepy village, where there are more storks than inhabitants. Nevertheless, there was a small supermarket and also a new restaurant where we had lunch twice at a very reasonable price. The Memel delta is very pleasant to explore on foot, you walk endlessly along rivers and the peace and quiet is really beautiful! We reactivated our geocaches accounts shortly before and were surprised to see how many are hidden there. So we combined the hikes with searching for caches and were able to log some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wir sind bei unseren Wanderungen gerne spontan und halten uns sehr selten an die asphaltierten Wege. Oft finden wir, dass ein Trampelpfad spannend aussieht oder wir probieren es auch mal querfeldein. So war es dementsprechend auch im Memeldelta, wo es vor allem viel unber\u00fchrte Natur gab. Einmal endete ein Trampelpfad auf einem Feld, wo das Gras uns bis \u00fcber die Knie ging. Wir dachten uns eigentlich nichts dabei, bis wir bei einer Wanderung von Rusne zu einem Nebendorf mal wieder einen recht ausgepr\u00e4gten Trampelpfad benutzten. Ich lief vor Tomek und erz\u00e4hlte ihm gerade irgendetwas, bis ich in meinem Augenwinkel auf einmal vor mir etwas entlanghuschen sah: Eine Schlange! Sowohl die Schlange als auch ich erschraken beide total und wir konnten gerade noch sehen, wie sie im Geb\u00fcsch verschwand. Tomek konnte dabei erkennen, dass sie eine gelbe Markierung auf dem Kopf hatte. Wir fanden heraus, dass es sich dabei um eine schwarze Kreuzotter handelte, die zwar giftig ist, aber deren Gift nur in einer st\u00e4rkeren Menge gef\u00e4hrlich ist. Das war ein Erlebnis! Ich muss zugeben, dass ich noch Tage sp\u00e4ter ein mulmiges Gef\u00fchl hatte, wenn wir durch hohes Gras liefen und wir dadurch wahrscheinlich auch ein bisschen vorsichtiger geworden sind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n