Distance: 132km
Total: 536km
Night went OK, some random animals with rubber tires kept some noise pretty late though. Start of the P89 road from Kekava was in horrible condition first 10 kilometers, but later when also traffic slowed down, road became less horrible.
And now it has happened, the very first flat and very first I've had for very long time generally. Changing new tube took some time as have to unmount all the panniers - luckily though hole was in rear tyre so didn't have to remove front track. Another failure before Lithuanian border was my inability to get rid of my last latis - gotta see tomorrow if I find some bank that would change em to litis.
Crossing over to Lithuania changed the landscape quite drastically, it was now all farmland with small forest 'islands' here and there AND roads improved by a lot. In Birzai I managed to lose my sunglasses (or stolen), which were easily replaced with better ones, with my habit/luck with sunglasses - no point to invest too much on each one. Birzai also offered excellent kebab; I had no idea what the menu said so I received some translation help from a 12-13 year old girl (adults can't speak english). Tried to order kebab with fries, result in image below. Think I didn't too much ripped of as it did cost ~3,5€. And couldn't eat it all in the end.
Day started to drag on as had no campsite within reachable distance - checked and was provided camping map of Lithuania in tourist info office in Birzai. Kept cycling in hopes to find some cheap guesthouse or similar, but with no luck. In the end resulted in the stealth camping inside one forest 'island'.
Oh and the weather, mostly fine sunny through shallow upper clouds - temperature did rise though quite high as saw a sign in Birzai showing +29°C.
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