Direct
border marker no. 1210..
The
first impression one get of Lithuania is not very impressive...
This
building appeared to have housed some office, maybe the customs office or
a school.
Direct
border marker no. 1211 is located on the eastern side of the road from no.
1210.
Also
here River Nereta (Lithuanian)
or Neretiņa (Latvian) is a boundary river. Photographed
towards east
Towards
west.
Now
a young Lithuanian girls can visit her friends on the Latvian side and
return home without that her parents have to accompany her.
The
border line from Lithuanian side towards Latvia.
The
border line from east towards west watched from the Lithuanian side...
...
and here watched from the Latvian side.
On
the Latvian side remains of the former border gate still were left
Maybe
the Maltese Order financed this pedestrian border gate...?
First
house on the Latvian side - maybe a former border crossing office?
