Klaipeda

The main reason to go to Klaipeda is to see the Curonian Spit, which is a thin strip of land that runs out across the sea. The spit is made up of giant, shifting sand dunes which are reputedly some of the largest in Europe and enough to make this a Unesco World Heritage sight. While giant, shifting sand dunes sound pretty exciting in theory and in guidebooks, in my perfectly unqualified, geologically ignorant opinion, they were pretty underwhleming. Picture some hills of sand with some shrubs scattered around on them, and you've pretty much got an accurate image of the place. This place might be worth checking out if it were more easily accessible, but as it is you have to take a ferry from Klaipeda to the spit, then a long bus ride down to Nida, where the sand dunes are. I would only recommend coming here if you really love sand dunes or if you are planning to spend 3 months traveling around Lithuania...