Last weekend was spent in Palanga, Lithuania The Baltic trip is complete, in a big, rushed finale to a mission that started around six weeks ago. Despite some initial fears and anxieties, not the least of which was virtually no budget for any of this, everything was OK in the end, as it almost always is. In fact, it was another one of those magical adventures, void of expectations, a general idea of a route, and then steadfastly embracing any encounters and new opportunities along the way. I write from Berlin, having enjoyed a couple of days stopover here, before my bus to Hamburg. Tonight is the much...