She visited the legendary place in Palanga where Vitalija Katunskytė played for many years: his spirit is still felt today

Erika, who came from Ukmergė, stopped talking and admitted that she was in Palanga for the first time.

“We really came for the first time. It’s normal, I like it, we went for a walk by the sea,” she said.

It is good not only to sell sandwiches or kebabs, but also fruits and berries. Daiva, who works at such a booth, made sure that people are willing to buy.

“A kilogram of strawberries costs 10 euros, cherries – the same. When it’s hotter, people want cocktails, when it’s cooler, they buy berries and single fruits,” she explained.

We will continue our journey through Basanavičius Street – I will try to show the current events and news.

The people we met said that Palanga is cheap enough turn around. It seems to me that there is more discussion about the prices online in the comments, but live, everything seems to be normal for everyone, everyone is satisfied. Notice – there are more and more ATMs on Basanavičiaus Street, because cards are often not accepted here, so people can withdraw money.

We go to the musicians’ area, where there is a bar next to the bar and loud live music. The bands “Karaliai”, “Bučiuliai”, musician Svajoklis will perform.

There are enough people. I have been in Palanga for a little over a month, so I can say that Basanavičius Street had much less visitors at the beginning of July. How nice everyone is, waving and chatting.

Said some who lived in Ireland with family Palanga has changed for the better: “Prices have gone up, it’s cheaper in our city in Ireland, but more expensive in Dublin. Besides, it’s warmer here.”

“It’s good to come here to relax. We usually come every second year, we also travel a lot in Europe”, said Vitalijus from Vilnius.

We will travel to another popular place in Palanga – the bar “Jūros akis”, where the legendary played for many years Vitalija Katunskytė. Let’s see who replaced her – the posters say she is now playing Aidas ManiksAgnė Puleikytė.

“Both Vitalija and her daughter Monika, who played last year, are missing. We came to look, we didn’t know he wasn’t there”, said the women from Birštonas.

Bar administrator Kęstutis, who has been working in Palanga for 20 seasons, said that there is more than one new actor this year.

“This bar is great, Vitaly was always his heart, it was always full of people. Now when I sing, I experience the same thing, there is such warmth, I feel the spirit of Vitalya. It’s something unreal to sing here,” said Agnė assuredly.

Traveling further through Basanavičius street, you will see more news. One of them is a food with different flavors that originated from Hungary and the Czech Republic, as it is called in English chimney cake. Traditional cotton candy is also different – there are many different shapes to choose from.

We can already see the famous observation wheel of Palanga. It runs successfully, the popularity does not decline, every time when the weather is better, few people gather.