Klaipeda is an important port, the only gateway of Lithuania to the Baltic Sea.
Klaipeda is set 300 km from Vilnius, 200 km from Kaunas.
It has a long history since the times of a fishing village of ancient Balts
and later arrival of German Crusaders,
who seized this land and built their castle there in 1252, later known as Memel.
That's a reason why german influence is notisable in the architecture of the city.

Here I am in the Old Town with interesting merchants'warehouses
of typical German style with '' fachwerk'' decorations, next to Theatre Square.