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Feb
11
Seventh time in Palanga you have the possibility to see traditional “Palanga smelt 2010“ festival. Which allure you with fried, picled and smoked fish, will introduce the fishing traditions from Palanga Bridge.
Fishermen festival „Palanga smelt 2010 ” will begin on Saturday, February 13th, the fourth time are organized smelt fishing competition from sea bridge, with traditional sam for fishermen and the guests.
All day in the J. Basanavičius street some fishermen will be waiting for you with fresh, scented cucumbers, just-baked or smoked, dried, singing, dancing, metal, molar and amber smelts, tasty fish soup.
Resort guests will be entertained by a concert “Fishermen folk melodies”, anchor handling, fishermen’s boat-drawn, smelt eating competitions.
In addition to delicious meals from the smelt, cafes will remember the old festival “Palanga Smelt” moments, watching a photography exhibition “Sea cucumbers“.
To taste fresh fish on Friday also will come Lithuanian “seals”. Early Saturday morning health lovers begin the training at the sea, will meet with health professionals, and at 3.00 p.m. all “seals” are going to swim in iced sea water.
„Palanga smelt 2010“ feast program:
Saturday on the sea bridge
8.00 am. - 1.00 pm. Smelt fishing competition
Saturday in the J. Basanavičius street
12.30 pm. “Palanga smelt 2010″ feast opening.
Traditional sam for fishermen and gueasts.
1.00 pm. Concert “Fishermen folk melodies”
1.30 pm. Anchor handling competition
2.00 pm. Concert “Fishermen folk melodies”
2.30 pm. Fishermen’s boat-drawn competition
3.00 pm Swimming by the sea bridge
4.30 pm. Concert “Fishermen folk melodies”
5.00 pm. Smelt eating competition
Feb
11
18routes & up to 1m pax p.a. at Ryanair’s first Central European base
Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, 9th Feb. announced it would open its 40th (and first Central European) base at Kaunas (Lithuania’s second largest city) in May with 2 based aircraft and 18 routes (9 new). Ryanair’s new base will deliver up to 1m passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 jobs at Kaunas with over 120 weekly flights as Ryanair invests over $140 million at Kaunas Airport.
Ryanair also confirmed that it is in continuous negotiation with four other Central European airports to open bases and give consumers a choice and much lower fares than the high fares being charged by Air Baltic, WizzAir and other Central European airlines.
Ryanair celebrated its new Kaunas base by releasing 1 million €5 seats for travel on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays on over 500 routes across its European network, in March. These €5 seats are available for booking on www.ryanair.com until midnight Thursday (11th Feb).
In Kaunas, Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said:
“Ryanair is delighted to announce Kaunas as our 40th base with 18 routes from May 2010 which go on sale on www.ryanair.com tomorrow. Lithuanian consumers/visitors can beat the recession and escape Air Baltic’s high fares by choosing Ryanair’s lowest fares and our no fuel surcharge guarantee to 18 exciting destinations all over Europe including Germany, Italy and Spain among others.Ryanair’s 1m passengers p.a. will sustain up to 1,000 jobs at Kaunas Airport.”
Ryanair’s Kaunas routes from May 2010
New: Barcelona, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, London (Gat), Milan, Oslo, Paris, Tampere
Existing: Birmingham, Bremen, Bristol, Brussels, Dublin, Frankfurt, Liverpool, London (Lut), London (Stan)
