Note, the Prussians were the third largest Baltic tribe group. The Germans just decimated them and took their name. They are referred to as the Old Prussians, now
My grandmother was Prussian, spoke Lithuanian, and lived in what today is Zapovednoe, Kaliningrad, oblast, Ryssland which at the time was German. I have never found any evidence that the locals were decimated, and the Prussian language survived for 100s of years after the Germans came. Do you have any proof of your claim?
Last year, I was at the Russian side of the border, but the crossing was not functioning any more. The Lithianians closed during the pandemic and never re-opened it - so I was told by a Russian policeman.
Ha! We probably met the same two on the quad while fatbiking in the dunes at 10:37 in your video. We'd followed the border "rope" on the beach at 13:55 if you keep heading south on the Baltic side. Then across the road to the freshwater side and were enjoying the dunes when the quad team arrived... Pretty friendly, chatty but it was clear we had to go.
I'll tell you something, I was there last October and even then there was some sort of roadblock. I drove past it and it was like a different world because suddenly the road was totally empty and I saw no vehicle between that point and back. A bit surreal to see the place again in your vlog and combined with the present it gives me this eerie feeling. Sad and somehow exhilarating at the same time
So not too busy even back then? I wondered since the place is a national park with a ferry at the end that costs 30 euros for cars in the peak season. Bit of post apocalyptic feel that was on the border.
@@iPedroMota the border crossing post was closed during the outbreak of covid. With everything going on in ukraine - wasn't reopened. Some would think thats stupid - but a lot of cruise ship passengers dont go on bus tours to Nida, cause they are afraid.
dear Pedro and all your happy peeps.mountains and memory play tricks the long down hills effortless joy overshadow the climbs bicycle camping in Washington state i did loops in the cascades and found my memory’s of distance were fickle
Damn that at the border. Unreal. Like when i was young and the cold war was going. Bad memories. Just a shame the young people have to experience this now again. As usual nice travel vlog and still wondering why you have not more sups. Greetings from Lucerne.
@Julia Poland You need medical help Julia! :) Every country whose people are being systematically murdered and humiliated (since 2014), every country to which you seriously submit nuclear threats will have an appropriate answer ready for you. The USA has financed exactly this goal in Ukraine with many billions of dollars.
To be honest is the most interesting traveler vlog I've i ever see in my life. Really I feel so much familiar and chummy content then I even see before. Thanks neederlans freends I wish meet you somewhere in the traveler adventure. I wish you guy's good luck and have beautiful time and see you in the next video. Bye ❤️
I was pretty mellow about it until I drove past it while they stopped and because of the energy it started swinging our way. I've seen too many China/Brazil Liveleak videos, you never know.
Lives in Lithuania are cheap. Just after graduating a professional school, I was instructed to climb the roof to fix antennas for the job. No training or proper equipment. Just ladder and my own sport boots. I quit the job after co-worker pushed the ladder off when I was climbing up with his car backing in reverse and I broke my collar bone. Probably your family would get 50k for such instance in case you die (while employee breaking lots of rules/not providing equipment or training).
This is common in East Europe or at least in Lithuania.In case of accident it is not easy to claim and win compensation,so companies dont giving a fuck about health and safety regulations and got even no common sense about safety of other peoples.
@@MotionPictureTrips in Poland around 40€ for 50cm high, 3kg one made with 40 eggs! But you can get smaller ones like 20, 25 or 30cm for something like 12-20€ polish name for that cake is sękacz.
Hi Pedro! On the other side of Königsberg is Elbing. The Camping Nr.61 is very nice an cheap. If you have camping stuff, try it! They have a bierdronka near by... Something like LIDL!
Cheers Peter, I think we drover past it on the way east. Yes I've become Bierdronka expert by now, in Poland they told me it was founded by a Portugese businessman.
@@iPedroMota ugh dont remind me, good thing about it is how boring it is. can memorize all the pot-holes lol. Anyways from Silute you should have went to Ventes horn (great old german road along the way). Oh well hope you enjoyed the country. P.S. was this taken back in late june early july?
I really appreciate watching your videos and listening to your story telling. By the way, we visited this abandonned town you went thru in Spain (the one with the church with 3 tombs in front of it (died in 1965 and 1964...) The third one was kind of ''destroyed'' and we could see the dead person's skull in there, did you ? (creepy) As well as the same cow bones you, they were still there.
I ve been to Nida and my mobile phone connected to the Russian mast and I got charged a fortune. Had to ring up my provider and tell them I never left the EU
Калининград за сезон принимает до 2 миллионов туристов из разных стран. Большинство это русские и немцы. Цены дешевле чем в Польше и в Литве с высоким уровнем сервиса. Добро пожаловать
The Rail Baltica project is going to tie the Baltic States into the European Union's TEN-T railway network. All standard guage and possibly a tunnel to Finland. Europe has really defined its boundaries.
Interesting Pedro Mota looks like a Brazilian name and last name, but as far as I understood he from Netherland, but he also mentioned Australia. What a good accent anyway..
Population density is very low, so there are nudist beaches everywhere. Some people even take longer walks in their birth costume. Wear trunks only when bathing in town beaches.
Lithuania definitely has some pagan rooted things from folklore to holidays like the big nationwide Midsummer celebration of Joninės or Saint Johns Day.
The paradox of many cool places imposable to see.🇺🇸 Washington state has more land surface than Texas because of the geographic contours more hidden places?
Great video! Just a quick comment - no need to speak pidgin English to Lithuanians. I was there this summer and speaking English was just fine, most people I've met spoke actually quite decent English, or just enough to make themselves understood. Remember that many who don't speak English properly might actually understand English quite well.
Lithuanians and Latvians spoke English with quite the noticeable ease. My language shift happens automatically, probably comes from perpetually living abroad having spent a lot of time in non-English speaking countries. A lot of times I don't even notice it. Cheers
It's pretty mental and it defined the region for centuries to come. Pretty much a bunch of crusaders got 'invited' up there and set up shop by deciding to start conquering land.
C'mon, you hadn't seen a rusty old Soviet gym before like in the previous episode, that at least was something cool. Ha, she was fully into it since it was her idea but I figured everyone would rather see my bare bum so.
It's funny cos I can so imagine Russian military being super nervous. Right on NATO's doorstep there, and being fed a steady diet of stuff about nazis; and terrified of making the wrong choice lest you get utterly chewed up and spat out by a superior. Nicely handled!
Pedro what a nice gesture.....so now you will get more subscribers....like bald and Bunkrupt when he bought vodka for poor Russian old people - smart move I like it
Königsberg was German until 1945. Only then the inhabitants were expelled. Poland annexed the parts of Germany as planned in the 1920s and so Russia kept what was left over.
Russia owning Koenigsberg territory is like an insult to Europeans. Boycott it, don't go there, don't admit you know it, don't support it by going there, let it go away and return it to its rightful owners, the Baltic tribes.
If the borders are secured this sloppily and road blocks are this untidy it´s no miracle Russians just go everywhere… 😜 And hey, Thomas! I know you were watching! 😁
What excuse have you got for the USA? 12 major wars and over 200 conflicts since 1776…! But Russia is the bad guy…? Who beat the Germans in 1945? UK? No. USA? No. Russia? Yep.
Just been to Lithuania (and Latvia and Estonia). Not much to see and people are not so nice if you speak english, you need russian to survive. Also, the roads are... fucked! Just like Russia, NO ROADS! If you want to into the Baltic countries then learn russian and get a 4x4 or a dirtbike.
@@KONSOLIUS dude, I was definitely in the fucking Baltics, which is just a bunch of russians using Euro instead of Rubles. All 3 Baltic states battle for the country with worst roads in the EU.
@@showmytime9177 So I think you are from Rumania... Nice european country, but certainly not the richest one. And you say such bullshit about the Baltics. If you were driving offroad on purpose, then its your choise. And there is some russian speaking communities in some cities, because they colonised them. Particuralry Riga, Daugavpils (Latvia), Talinn (Estonia). There are only 5% of russians in Lithuania.
@@KONSOLIUS russian 5% officialy, 100% in reality, that's the Baltics. I did not seek to drive off-road, I was forced to since there was no road where the map showed one, it was blue colored as well. My country is not the richest, but it has way better roads than all the Baltics combined, we have asphalt on all major roads, our A roads are actually A roads quality, not 1 lane carriage with at-level crossings like in the Baltics and they avoid using rock-chips on top of asphalt because motorcycles. If you just go from the airport to the center of the capital city, even Somalia looks nice. Lithuania specific, if you get out of the Klaipeda-Kaunas-Vilnius belt, then russian is the only language they speak, in Moletai for example, you should know it, it's on the badly paved single lane A6.
Note, the Prussians were the third largest Baltic tribe group. The Germans just decimated them and took their name. They are referred to as the Old Prussians, now
It was the soviets which killed them all off.
That is very interesting. I love the history you learn when you travel. Or when Pedro travels for us and we learn.
My grandmother was Prussian, spoke Lithuanian, and lived in what today is Zapovednoe, Kaliningrad, oblast, Ryssland which at the time was German. I have never found any evidence that the locals were decimated, and the Prussian language survived for 100s of years after the Germans came. Do you have any proof of your claim?
@@Felixxxxxxxxx let me guess, American. Look up old Prussians. Those are the actual Prussians, and you post nonsense
@@Felixxxxxxxxx It was the russians who killed off most prussians.
Last year, I was at the Russian side of the border, but the crossing was not functioning any more. The Lithianians closed during the pandemic and never re-opened it - so I was told by a Russian policeman.
Hello bro did you finally cross over
@@lobtelouis9637 It was closed, but I didn't need to cross. I was just checking )
I believe this cake is also popular in Poland in areas close to Lithuania and is called "sękacz" there.
sakotis, means "branchy", makes sense, delicious!
Ha! We probably met the same two on the quad while fatbiking in the dunes at 10:37 in your video. We'd followed the border "rope" on the beach at 13:55 if you keep heading south on the Baltic side. Then across the road to the freshwater side and were enjoying the dunes when the quad team arrived... Pretty friendly, chatty but it was clear we had to go.
I'll tell you something, I was there last October and even then there was some sort of roadblock. I drove past it and it was like a different world because suddenly the road was totally empty and I saw no vehicle between that point and back. A bit surreal to see the place again in your vlog and combined with the present it gives me this eerie feeling. Sad and somehow exhilarating at the same time
So not too busy even back then? I wondered since the place is a national park with a ferry at the end that costs 30 euros for cars in the peak season. Bit of post apocalyptic feel that was on the border.
@@iPedroMota the border crossing post was closed during the outbreak of covid. With everything going on in ukraine - wasn't reopened. Some would think thats stupid - but a lot of cruise ship passengers dont go on bus tours to Nida, cause they are afraid.
At first it was for covid restrictions, now nothing makes the border to open up.
dear Pedro and all your happy peeps.mountains and memory play tricks the long down hills effortless joy overshadow the climbs bicycle camping in Washington state i did loops in the cascades and found my memory’s of distance were fickle
May I ask how it comes you drive on Belgian license plate ?
Thomas Mann [Noble Price Winner] Museum? Have you missed that? Still hope to see it in the next episode.
Its actually good to see that english person is trying to speak lithuanian im lithuanian my self and Labas from Lithuania
i am a lithuanian, i enjoyed this video
Damn that at the border. Unreal. Like when i was young and the cold war was going. Bad memories. Just a shame the young people have to experience this now again. As usual nice travel vlog and still wondering why you have not more sups. Greetings from Lucerne.
Interesting how such a calm an peaceful place suddenly becomes tense. Cheers mate, sending greetings to your up there lakeside.
@Julia Poland HAHA! And now do the same with youre beloved americans or english mens :D
@Julia Poland You need medical help Julia! :) Every country whose people are being systematically murdered and humiliated (since 2014), every country to which you seriously submit nuclear threats will have an appropriate answer ready for you. The USA has financed exactly this goal in Ukraine with many billions of dollars.
Nobody need to visit terrorist country. Going to russia is asking for trouble.
@Julia Poland Britain has been Polish allied? hahhahaha
Just a note: you cant drive a motorcycle on the sidewalk, beach and etc. Cheers
Nice to see to happy people! Beautiful country. Think you are wise to travel now Pedro. While one can!
Cheers, on it
Hahah im Lithunian i cicked video to see what other think am werry pleased u like it ;D
To be honest is the most interesting traveler vlog I've i ever see in my life. Really I feel so much familiar and chummy content then I even see before. Thanks neederlans freends I wish meet you somewhere in the traveler adventure. I wish you guy's good luck and have beautiful time and see you in the next video. Bye ❤️
I was twice at the both sides of this border (in 2012 and 2022), and never managed to cross it!
Gracias 😄 Pedro por tú traducción a español saludos
3:20, they have breached safety regulations here, too. I have no idea what those guys were thinking.
I was pretty mellow about it until I drove past it while they stopped and because of the energy it started swinging our way. I've seen too many China/Brazil Liveleak videos, you never know.
Lives in Lithuania are cheap. Just after graduating a professional school, I was instructed to climb the roof to fix antennas for the job. No training or proper equipment. Just ladder and my own sport boots. I quit the job after co-worker pushed the ladder off when I was climbing up with his car backing in reverse and I broke my collar bone. Probably your family would get 50k for such instance in case you die (while employee breaking lots of rules/not providing equipment or training).
This is common in East Europe or at least in Lithuania.In case of accident it is not easy to claim and win compensation,so companies dont giving a fuck about health and safety regulations and got even no common sense about safety of other peoples.
Those reeds are for sculpture making, the sculptures will be in the water standing there for people to see and later will be burned on the spot
Innocence is a weapon. Thanks for bringing us along.
I went there 11 years ago by car, but I don't remember if I was taking a ferry. Did I?
Buenísimo Pedro y cuídate 👍👍🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Surprised they closed the border, I thought it was opened a couple months ago
good to see people enjoying down in LT
Very nice of you to give the wallet back to Thomas. He sure was happy. Honesty matters
Günter from Nürnberg/Germany
I have to try this food lol! Looks like a massive version of the Spanish churro.
Good one, it tastes and smells like a lot of eggs and I reckon it takes some time to make because it ain't cheap.
@@iPedroMota Do you know how much it costs?
@@MotionPictureTrips in Poland around 40€ for 50cm high, 3kg one made with 40 eggs! But you can get smaller ones like 20, 25 or 30cm for something like 12-20€ polish name for that cake is sękacz.
@@MM-lq4xf Thanks man. I plan to eat it when I go film in Poland one of these days. Looks very nutritive too.
Hi Pedro! On the other side of Königsberg is Elbing. The Camping Nr.61 is very nice an cheap. If you have camping stuff, try it! They have a bierdronka near by... Something like LIDL!
Cheers Peter, I think we drover past it on the way east. Yes I've become Bierdronka expert by now, in Poland they told me it was founded by a Portugese businessman.
not Elbing - Elblag
Ahahah man that intersection between Minijos street and dubysos street. glad you made throught it safely. now back to the show! :D
I bet it looks nice now on the daily commute
@@iPedroMota ugh dont remind me, good thing about it is how boring it is. can memorize all the pot-holes lol. Anyways from Silute you should have went to Ventes horn (great old german road along the way). Oh well hope you enjoyed the country.
P.S.
was this taken back in late june early july?
Late June or so. Well looks like they are sorting you out with fresh new roads there
u did not mention the potholes there :D
What's the motorcycle you're on? It looks cool!
From which country he is?
Netherlands/Portugal
I really appreciate watching your videos and listening to your story telling. By the way, we visited this abandonned town you went thru in Spain (the one with the church with 3 tombs in front of it (died in 1965 and 1964...) The third one was kind of ''destroyed'' and we could see the dead person's skull in there, did you ? (creepy) As well as the same cow bones you, they were still there.
No way, I did not, was beginning to get dark by then. That would have added to the eerie vibe there. Cheers
Bom vídeo! Abraco e boas curvas.
man, if that was your dinner you're missing out on some amazing lithuanian food, that salad looks like "I'm hungry" after eating it
Oh yeah there is. This was the 'almost 11 lucky there was still a kitchen open' selection.
Were are you from?
I ve been to Nida and my mobile phone connected to the Russian mast and I got charged a fortune. Had to ring up my provider and tell them I never left the EU
Калининград за сезон принимает до 2 миллионов туристов из разных стран. Большинство это русские и немцы. Цены дешевле чем в Польше и в Литве с высоким уровнем сервиса. Добро пожаловать
1:05 Thanks for “Šakotis” 😂
Portuguese by anychance? or dutch ? :D
The Rail Baltica project is going to tie the Baltic States into the European Union's TEN-T railway network. All standard guage and possibly a tunnel to Finland. Europe has really defined its boundaries.
Pretty cool, really hooking up Scandinavia there.
@@iPedroMota okay if there's a NederExit.
@Chris yes I think the train will exit at Nederland as well as exit at Finland @EU
It will happen not earlier than another 10 years
With how corrupt eastern Europe is, expect the price of this project to tripple and to be finished after 10-15 years.
You have to have a valid visa to enter a kaliningrad so of course you were sent away.
Yes ! In Australia, they will make it safe for you even if it kills you in the process.
Mate you got a loicense for this comment? Looks like inspection is due to update the paperwork.
Interesting Pedro Mota looks like a Brazilian name and last name, but as far as I understood he from Netherland, but he also mentioned Australia. What a good accent anyway..
Spanish, not portuguese name.
Known also in Poland by the name of sekacz
Thank You Pedro. In may commmente i had problem with phonetics. Probably SENKACH be better.
Thank for visiting my country!
For 1 KG Šakotis to make it takes around 40 eggs.
Cheers, it was my pleasure. Crazy, egg price goes up then so does Sakotis price
Were you in Lithuania territory or in Russia territory at the boarder? Were those ryssian or lithuanian border officers?
Lithuanian
Russians speaking english on four weel motocycle i doubt it
Are you aware of what is happening in the world ?
i am actualy a Lithuanian i live in Marijampolė
Szkoda że niema tłumaczenia.
There will be very soon! Takes some time to get done after publishing.
You can go to Kaliningrad just when you have visa of russian federation, you can't go freely there.
Spot on about the Lollypop men ratio in Oz !
Best job in the world m8, cashies. Wages must have gone through the roof the lasts two years without the working holiday visas coming in to Oz.
Population density is very low, so there are nudist beaches everywhere. Some people even take longer walks in their birth costume. Wear trunks only when bathing in town beaches.
If you plan to come to Vilnius I would be glad to guide city and surrounding mototour for you :)
Lithuania definitely has some pagan rooted things from folklore to holidays like the big nationwide Midsummer celebration of Joninės or Saint Johns Day.
Lithuania 👍👍👍
This cake in Polish is "Sękacz"(very popular)
In lithuanian it's "Šakotis" and translation would be kind of "Brancher" from word "Tree branch"
The paradox of many cool places imposable to see.🇺🇸 Washington state has more land surface than Texas because of the geographic contours more hidden places?
should have raced the loly pop men on the ATV
Great video! Just a quick comment - no need to speak pidgin English to Lithuanians. I was there this summer and speaking English was just fine, most people I've met spoke actually quite decent English, or just enough to make themselves understood. Remember that many who don't speak English properly might actually understand English quite well.
Lithuanians and Latvians spoke English with quite the noticeable ease. My language shift happens automatically, probably comes from perpetually living abroad having spent a lot of time in non-English speaking countries. A lot of times I don't even notice it. Cheers
Gonna read up on those crusades, never heard of them.. careful with putting lures in the surf, fish spawning soon .. haha beach was sausage fest
It's pretty mental and it defined the region for centuries to come. Pretty much a bunch of crusaders got 'invited' up there and set up shop by deciding to start conquering land.
Thank God no weight lifting. 😓 Keep them coming Pedro. Always nice to ride along. Mariska, don't be so stingy with the skin.🧜♀
C'mon, you hadn't seen a rusty old Soviet gym before like in the previous episode, that at least was something cool. Ha, she was fully into it since it was her idea but I figured everyone would rather see my bare bum so.
Congratulations mate u speak Lithuanian so well 😂👌 yes I see no health and safety rules for lifting materials no traffic marshals lol
It's funny cos I can so imagine Russian military being super nervous. Right on NATO's doorstep there, and being fed a steady diet of stuff about nazis; and terrified of making the wrong choice lest you get utterly chewed up and spat out by a superior. Nicely handled!
not worth visiting kaliningrad the place is a shiz hole,only worth to see the abandoned old german architecture
Yes Pedro we going back to the roots. Paganism comebacks. We the last country in Europe which take a christianity. And only for reason to stop war
Nice. If you are coming to Vilnius drop me a line. Will show you surroundings :)
Great use of an English, (English) colloquialism, “Banger.”
You dont sound like an Aussie.
that border is always closed
Pedro what a nice gesture.....so now you will get more subscribers....like bald and Bunkrupt when he bought vodka for poor Russian old people - smart move I like it
Po polsku, mowi się sękacz. Dzięki za tłumaczenie.
You can't walk on the dunes, for they are eroding because of that. Stay on the path. Please
déjà vu
Klaipeda was always part of Lithuania, the Klaipėda region was ant is reffered as the Little Lithuania. Just for you to know😁
Sękacz. The _cake_ is sękacz;)
Well, he was in Lithuania so it's "šakotis".
Please visit srilanka 🙏🙏🙏
Atlas spipps happly in new shoes
#cherryvlogs #cvian #worldride ❤️
Baltics are best! Keep on ridin'!
I'm surprised they spoke English lol 😃
i mean, we are europeans aren't we?:D
Königsberg was German until 1945. Only then the inhabitants were expelled. Poland annexed the parts of Germany as planned in the 1920s and so Russia kept what was left over.
Russia owning Koenigsberg territory is like an insult to Europeans. Boycott it, don't go there, don't admit you know it, don't support it by going there, let it go away and return it to its rightful owners, the Baltic tribes.
Deez Nutz 😆
Hey I thought I was far away enough from the camera..
next time would be nice if you would respect road and pedestrians...driving on pavement is not what makes you look good.
skips
Stupid to do.
If the borders are secured this sloppily and road blocks are this untidy it´s no miracle Russians just go everywhere… 😜
And hey, Thomas! I know you were watching! 😁
Hi Thomas!
What excuse have you got for the USA? 12 major wars and over 200 conflicts since 1776…! But Russia is the bad guy…? Who beat the Germans in 1945? UK? No. USA? No. Russia? Yep.
This war zone!
Just so you know Russia the largest and most populous country in Europe.
Russia isnt europe. Its 3rd world
@@zbychulatara One doesn't have to exclude the other. Check facts before posting nonsense.
@@lesp315 stupid, Russia is continent
@@lesp315 Mort aux occupants russes ! Gloire à l'Ukraine ! Lithuanie, ville de Kaunas.
@@zbychulatara А кто первый и второй? Расскажи.
Just been to Lithuania (and Latvia and Estonia).
Not much to see and people are not so nice if you speak english, you need russian to survive.
Also, the roads are... fucked! Just like Russia, NO ROADS!
If you want to into the Baltic countries then learn russian and get a 4x4 or a dirtbike.
Dude... from your comment you were clearly not in the Baltics. :D
@@KONSOLIUS dude, I was definitely in the fucking Baltics, which is just a bunch of russians using Euro instead of Rubles.
All 3 Baltic states battle for the country with worst roads in the EU.
@@showmytime9177 So I think you are from Rumania... Nice european country, but certainly not the richest one. And you say such bullshit about the Baltics. If you were driving offroad on purpose, then its your choise. And there is some russian speaking communities in some cities, because they colonised them. Particuralry Riga, Daugavpils (Latvia), Talinn (Estonia). There are only 5% of russians in Lithuania.
@@KONSOLIUS russian 5% officialy, 100% in reality, that's the Baltics.
I did not seek to drive off-road, I was forced to since there was no road where the map showed one, it was blue colored as well.
My country is not the richest, but it has way better roads than all the Baltics combined, we have asphalt on all major roads, our A roads are actually A roads quality, not 1 lane carriage with at-level crossings like in the Baltics and they avoid using rock-chips on top of asphalt because motorcycles.
If you just go from the airport to the center of the capital city, even Somalia looks nice.
Lithuania specific, if you get out of the Klaipeda-Kaunas-Vilnius belt, then russian is the only language they speak, in Moletai for example, you should know it, it's on the badly paved single lane A6.
@@showmytime9177 I am real lithuanian as well as 87% of country's citizens. :) Peace. No negativity.