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Post by Jaga on May 6, 2010 11:57:27 GMT -7
Hi guys, I am planning to spend all July in Klajpeda, Lithuania. This is a beautiful hanseatic town at the Baltic. I was accepted to teach English - just 3 hours per day in the American university there. This is a voluntary job, but they give us (me and Ela) room. This is also a good starting point to see not only amber-filled Baltic sea but also Vilnius and go back to Poland was a while. They still need more teachers! If any of you would be interested, contact me or check their website: They still need two more teachers for summer. If would like to go or know another teacher or a person who would be interested and has some qualification, you can contact them (and me of course for any questions). If not this year you may think about the next year. here is their website: www.lcc.lt/Robin Gingerich rgingerich@lcc.lt LCC International University
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Post by karl on May 6, 2010 15:41:13 GMT -7
Jaga That is very fine news, congratulations to you What a very good opportunity for you both. This should be a very good experience for both your self and Ela.. The location carries the sound of good photography of very interesting and varied topics.. What is so disappointing {to my self} is the photographic work of so many, is primarily of tourist attractions {Cathedrals, buildings, things} and not of the people. For all these are the products of the peoples thinking and execution of their ideas. Karl
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Post by Nictoshek on May 6, 2010 17:46:44 GMT -7
Thats great. We'll get to enjoy some more PICTURES ! ;D
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Post by kaima on May 6, 2010 18:32:25 GMT -7
WOW !!! That is exciting, Jaga! Klajpeda is such a beautiful town... well, I should say it is in a beautiful setting and I only remember the beautiful and charming parts of the town. I was there twice during my year in Lithuania / Latvia, 1993. I can easily imagine the changes prosperity has brought with it and remember the beautiful Baltic Sea coast. I drove once from Vilnius and once to Kaliningrad and then along the nature protected shoreline to Klajpeda. It was really worth the slow drive to enjoy the beauty. So with a visa you two will have the opportunity to visit Russia as well. You can teach Ela about the 7 bridges of Koenigsburg & Kant. The zoo was quite famous and should be worth visiting as well.
Wow, have a great summer!
Kai PS I am all packed and should drive off after showering & get in 100 miles or so to start my tour of the drive to the Lower 48.
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Post by Eric on May 6, 2010 23:13:23 GMT -7
Kaima, how did you manage to travel from Lithuania to Kaliningrad? Since the Kaliningrad region still has a very important military classification, it's often hard for foreigners to get permission to go there.
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Post by tuftabis on May 7, 2010 0:17:14 GMT -7
I agree - best possible vacation imaginable for a Polish US-dweller, longing for Europe! Congratulations Jaga, you smart girl! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Jaga on May 7, 2010 9:30:24 GMT -7
Kaima, how did you manage to travel from Lithuania to Kaliningrad? Since the Kaliningrad region still has a very important military classification, it's often hard for foreigners to get permission to go there. dont you know, that Kai is a secret double spy? ;D He works for all if they pay him. After work he is hiding in the glaciers of Alaska
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Post by karl on May 7, 2010 11:29:09 GMT -7
Kaima, how did you manage to travel from Lithuania to Kaliningrad? Since the Kaliningrad region still has a very important military classification, it's often hard for foreigners to get permission to go there. dont you know, that Kai is a secret double spy? ;D He works for all if they pay him. After work he is hiding in the glaciers of Alaska Haaa, you guys What is common refereed to as Kaliningrad is in reality, Königsberg. It was stolen from us by lies and in placed some forgotten poor sot of Russian. So, Kai is our person of known, but in reality a spy? Well, fret not, for he was to make mention of the 7 bridges over the river Pregel. Of this, have I to hear from others??? No? The Russians were so kind, for they covered over the cemetery containing my grand fathers remains. And, of this, bear not the inequity of to walk about on a moon lighted evening upon or over any one bridge of 7.. For he will surely smight upon the body of the transgressor a festering wound. For that is the price of ignorance.. For then the price of redemption will only be known by a Roma. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussiagwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/games/puzzles/bridge.htmwww.prussianpoland.com/konigsberg.htmlKarl
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Post by tuftabis on May 7, 2010 13:12:00 GMT -7
Re seven bridges - it is worth noting that without them there'd be no computer graphics, we all couldn't communicate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theoryAlso, if my mind does not fail me, Kant's grave was destroyed too. The history of Central Europe IS hard...
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Post by Eric on May 7, 2010 16:38:29 GMT -7
Karl, did you forget that Germany lost the war? To the victor go the spoils!
In the case of the USSR and Russia, there are international outcries for Russia to return land it gained in World War II, especially Kaliningrad (to Germany), Karelia (to Finland), and the Kuriles (to Japan). However, I have to ask - since when did the WINNER of a war have to return land to the LOSER? It never happened before in history, so why should the Soviet Union and Russia be treated any differently? Simply because it's Russia?
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Post by karl on May 7, 2010 16:56:06 GMT -7
Karl, did you forget that Germany lost the war? To the victor go the spoils! In the case of the USSR and Russia, there are international outcries for Russia to return land it gained in World War II, especially Kaliningrad (to Germany), Karelia (to Finland), and the Kuriles (to Japan). However, I have to ask - since when did the WINNER of a war have to return land to the LOSER? It never happened before in history, so why should the Soviet Union and Russia be treated any differently? Simply because it's Russia? Eric It would so seem as a rather sensitive topic, but not so in reality. For reality is the here and now in as much of today. For that is what we have to deal with in the known world we live in. Remember the rule of survival? {To assimilate-accommodate and then, over come}. In war, there are no loser in as much as, there are no winner, for war is a reshuffle of what was former, to what is today. In as with The Russian Federation, it will always be to our east until the sun no longer will rise. So Eric, be not sensitive, for you are on ground that will be most always owned by the Russian people. Goverments will come, and Goverments will fall, but, the land is still the people. Karl
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Post by karl on May 7, 2010 17:05:24 GMT -7
Re seven bridges - it is worth noting that without them there'd be no computer graphics, we all couldn't communicate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theoryAlso, if my mind does not fail me, Kant's grave was destroyed too. The history of Central Europe IS hard... Tufta I am happy of your reminder of the seven bridges as the stimulus for computer graphics. Whilst some years past, this was brought to attention whilst attending classes in computer science. I was not overly excellent, but managed to graduate with-out loss of face and honour.. Kaliningrad has a wonderful and dear history as you exampled with Kant. It is yes, a shame for our loused history of war and destruction. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaliningradKarl
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Post by Jaga on May 7, 2010 19:07:10 GMT -7
Eric,
I have to agree with Karl that Koenigsberg has a very deep German traditions. Famous Immanuel Kant lived there his whole life. I know that times are changing... still, one cannot forget the past completely
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Post by Eric on May 8, 2010 17:51:02 GMT -7
Eric, I have to agree with Karl that Koenigsberg has a very deep German traditions. Famous Immanuel Kant lived there his whole life. I know that times are changing... still, one cannot forget the past completely Yes, Kaliningrad is former German territory, but, on the other hand, almost all Germans were forced to leave when it became Soviet territory, and its population was replaced, mostly with Russians, Belarussians, Ukrainians, and Lithuanians. So, there are very few Germans left to keep those old German traditions alive.
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Post by Eric on May 8, 2010 17:52:06 GMT -7
Did you know... Kaliningrad was offered to the Lithuanian SSR when it became Soviet territory. However, the head of Lithuania at that time didn't want the task of rebuilding the destroyed province, so Lithuania never took in this land. Since it didn't qualify as becoming a Soviet republic on its own, it was simply made a part of the Russian SFSR, since mostly Russians populated it after the Germans left.
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