Klaipeda, Lithuania

Just left Klaipeda, Lithuania after a short 3 days inport. Our schedule was pretty busy this inport so I didn’t get off the ship much. Sorry there are just a few pics, but all of them are from other crew members. Our schedule in Klaipeda was full of tours, official visits and a Community Relations project at the local sea cadet school. Members of the crew also participated in a soccer game w/ a Lithuanian Navy team. Unfortunately, my visit was full of emergent repairs and tech assist coordination to repair important machinery we’ve been having a tough time getting parts for. Ahhh, the life of an Engineer! Gotta love it!

526- a view of waterfront from the ship…we were moored in an industrial shipping area.
2288- our soccor team, after a 1-5 loss (yeah, Europeans usually beat us in FUTBOL) in the navy blue shirts
2320- some crew members w/ the kids at the Sea Cadet School
517- the beach we rode to.

However, I did get off the ship for a nice meal, beers the first night. Had some pizza, as this is my favorite food ;) So far, I’ve been entirely unimpressed w/ the pizza Europe has had to offer L I also got to head out on the third day for a 2 hour bike ride with Kevin. We rode a nice paved path through the woods on a peninsula across the waterway from where the ship was moored. It was a beautiful sun shiny day. Got to breath fresh air and see the trees, some beach area and just got to be away from the ship for a while. It was a much needed break from being “CHENG” even if is was just for a couple hours.

Not much else to report from Klaipeda though. Sorry there are no pics of me, but hopefully, I’ll get some more as we do some COMRELS in Africa.

Love, J.R.