{"id":1205,"date":"2012-06-19T19:30:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T17:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=1205"},"modified":"2014-09-10T21:25:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T19:25:51","slug":"the-aukstaitija-bicycle-chain-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2012\/06\/19\/the-aukstaitija-bicycle-chain-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"The Auk\u0161taitija Bicycle Chain Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>My last stop in Lithuania was <span xml:lang=\"lt\" lang=\"lt\">Auk&#353;taitija<\/span> National Park, which boasts more than 100 lakes that are mostly interconnected by small streams. Therefore, the best way to explore this region is by an (overnight) canoe trip. Unfortunately, I did not have enough time for that, so I simply rented a bike.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What I could not know, though, is that this trip would be more unnerving than expected due to a broken bike chain. Fortunately, I met a group of very helpful Polish tourists who fixed the broken chain for me. For that, I am very grateful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\">\n  <div class=\"breit wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"breit_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/index_45.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/thumb\/45.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Meadow of Flowers\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Meadow of Flowers\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"breit_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/index_47.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/thumb\/47.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Farms\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Farms\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n<br \/>\n  <div class=\"breit wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"breit_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/index_44.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/thumb\/44.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Lake Gavys\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Lake <span xml:lang=\"lt\" lang=\"lt\">Gavys<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"breit_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/index_48.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/thumb\/48.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Canoeing on Srov&#279; Lake\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Canoeing on <span xml:lang=\"lt\" lang=\"lt\">Srov&#279;<\/span> Lake\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n<br \/>\n  <div class=\"breit wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"breit_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/index_49.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/thumb\/49.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Ginu&#269;iai Water Mill\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   <span xml:lang=\"lt\" lang=\"lt\">Ginu&#269;iai<\/span> Water Mill\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"breit_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/index_51.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/thumb\/51.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Lake inIgnalina\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Lake in<span xml:lang=\"lt\" lang=\"lt\">Ignalina<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n  <div class=\"breit_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/index_52.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/thumb\/52.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Lake Paplovinis\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   At the lake\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>My second day in the region I spent relaxing around <span xml:lang=\"lt\" lang=\"lt\">Paplovinis<\/span> Lake directly behind my hotel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\">\n  <div class=\"breit wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"breit_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/index_50.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/thumb\/50.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Swan Family\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Swan Family\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"breit_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/index_53.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img288x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/lietuva\/thumb\/53.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Lake Paplovinis\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Lake <span xml:lang=\"lt\" lang=\"lt\">Paplovinis<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>  <div class=\"notice\">\nThis blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in <a href=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\">German<\/a>.  <\/div>\n<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My last stop in Lithuania was Auk&#353;taitija National Park, which boasts more than 100 lakes that are mostly interconnected by small streams. Therefore, the best way to explore this region is by an (overnight) canoe trip. Unfortunately, I did not have enough time for that, so I simply rented a bike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[73,139,57],"class_list":["post-1205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-diary","tag-baltics","tag-europe","tag-biking","trips-baltics2012","country-lt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}