(footsteps on pier)
(water splashing)
(theme music)
(birds chirping)
(coffee brewing)
(tires rumbling)
- It's been raining for the last 10 days here in Lithuania.
Let's hurry up before the shower comes.
Observation tower in Birštonas.
It's like 30 meters, I think.
Let's do it.
This is the thing in Lithuania,
I put my hoodie now and I'm actually sweating,
but when I left,
it was sort of raining,
a bit cold and now,
I will need to remove my hoodie.
But first, let's go to the top.
This is going to be really, really good.
And here we go.
This is Lithuania.
So next time you think why Lithuanians love nature so much,
see this.
(upbeat music)
Another interesting thing to mention is that very,
very close to Birštonas observatory tower,
you have the Vytautas SPA
one of the most beautiful spas
that probably they have Lithuania.
In Anykščiai,
there's another one, very interesting,
called Vilnius spa.
- After being in both of them, which one do you like more?
- Vilnius SPA in Anykščiai,
it has an amazing view because it's just
in the middle of the forest.
How can you compete with that?
- I disagree
because here you have a lot of forest as well
and you have lakes and you have the biggest river
just on your side.
So, I think this has more advantages because
Anykščiai probably has just the forest and
beautiful environment.
- Fair point, both are beautiful places.
So,
conclusion is, come to Lithuania,
come to Lie-tu-va.
(theme music)
I always keep the car keys on my backpack, not in my pocket.
Which means, I always spend extra time.
(GPS: "You have arrived")
200 kilometers away from Kaunas in Lithuania.
There's not a lot of great light at the moment.
It's around 9:30 PM, but yeah, it's summer.
Ah yeah, I'm so hungry.
So, I will tell you something
that I learned in Lithuania, 'Iki'.
(upbeat music)
(crickets chirping)
Welcome to Lithuania.
(brief laugh)
No seriously.
We're going to have a barbecue now.
It's around midnight.
We are gonna have some fresh sweet potato,
I think bell peppers, onions,
a vegetarian barbecue.
- Salads, those ones are green ones.
Those are red ones.
Cucumbers.
Already, like, big one?
This is, where I plant tomatoes.
Small ones.
Ecological garden from Zarasai.
- [Ale] We are leaving this place.
We go to a tower.
When it's very windy, this tower moves
and it's very scary according to some people.
But you know what?
We will still go.
I don't know if it's 30 meters, 50 meters, 70 meters.
We managed to do it.
The view, oh my gosh!
It was unbelievable,
with all the forests here in Sartai.
This is one of the things that you only find in the Baltics
and in the Nordic countries.
This is sort of a,
I guess, a religious thing.
Here we go.
One of the few places
that you really can find in the Baltics,
specifically in Lithuania,
like so much forest here,
and places that are literally hiding.
Yeah, I'm always amazed when I come to Lithuania.
I have this feeling of a strong connection with nature.
I just feel in peace.
This is just a phenomenal place.
You know, this tower here,
it's not too bad but when it's windy,
it sort of starts shaking
and it can feel like, a bit, stressful when you
are upstairs.
But, to be honest, it is so much fun.
(car door shutting)
Amigos, ready to go.
(slow pop music)
Zarasai.
- [Kris] We picked the ice creams according to what we like.
So, Ale is going for vanilla and chocolate, classic.
I am completely opposite.
I'm trying something
that I have never seen,
which is a Gira, like-
- Like a Coke or like a- - Similar version
of Coca Cola but without any of that, you know-,
- Like a soft- - Dark side
of the Coca Cola.
- Like a healthy soft drink.
- So this is the flavor of Gira, local drink,
and it says rye bread flavor as well.
And here we have white wine and the passion fruit,
and this is for Monika.
(upbeat music)
Very, very unique.
- No, it's not unique.
Tastes like vanilla and sugar.
- [Monika] I can feel the taste of the wine.
That's good.
And this one is my little friend's wants to try also,
but it's with wine so I can not share.
- Flies, here, are killing me.
So if you come to Lithuania,
make sure you buy some repellent product.
We did a lot of sight-seeing today in this village.
Then, we played some football over there.
I taught Lithuanians how to play football,
but this is between you and I.
We were just using the sauna over here or sáuna over here.
And now, I am trying to capture the sunset.
It's a bit cloudy, but I'm still trying, so you can see
the camera over here, some clouds, and it's
almost 9:00 PM here and still sun.
This is the summer, in the Baltics.
(crickets chirping)
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(theme outro)
- [Monika] Was scary, no?
- No. It was okay.
- Okay.
I thought it was going to be, I dunno,
very shaky, I know that. But, I think it was okay.
It was not too bad.
- [Kris] No, it's just that 33 meters or something like...
- Maybe you shake the tower, not tower shake you.
(laughing)
- "Bučkis" (Kiss).
- Aspekai! (Dog's name)
(dog barking)