{"id":1088,"date":"2017-08-18T21:11:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T21:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2017-08-18T21:14:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T21:14:37","slug":"between-the-lagoon-and-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?p=1088","title":{"rendered":"Between the lagoon and the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Curonian Spit is a sand spit between the freshwater Curonian Lagoon and the saltwater Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n<p>To get there, first we put the whole damn bus on the ferry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1092\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1092\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0456-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1092\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0456-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0456-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0456-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0456-1-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Near Nida is the biggest moving sand dune in Europe. From the top you can see the Russian portion of the spit.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1090\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1090\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2487-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1090\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2487-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2487-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2487-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2487-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The lagoon is to the right.<\/p>\n<p>A beach on the Baltic side.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/?attachment_id=1089\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1089\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0460-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1089\" srcset=\"http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0460-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0460-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/atw.pushingrectangles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_0460-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> Somewhere straight ahead is Sweden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Curonian Spit is a sand spit between the freshwater Curonian Lagoon and the saltwater Baltic Sea. 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