Mar
9
From panic to peace in Lithuania
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We are in the queue for departures at Heathrow, but we haven’t a clue where we’re going. Or rather we know what it says on our tickets - Palanga, via Copenhagen - but beyond that we’re pretty much in the dark.
We trudge through the security checks and into the departure lounge, and are ready for a little light airport shopping when our stress levels, hovering around acute, soar back up to alarming: our flight to Copenhagen is delayed. When we get there, we’ll have only 15 minutes to catch our connecting flight to Palanga. Was this trip really going to de-stress us?
I won’t bore you with how my friend Leonie and I came to find ourselves in a last-minute bid for sun, sanity and soothing surroundings, but suffice to say that mounting work loads combined with school holidays, the ghastly British weather and the need to convene (we work together, but from our separate homes) were driving us to the brink. Read more












































