von Michael Hieslmair | Jul 27, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
The very famous marktet for second-hand cars in Lithuania and close to the Polish border and on the corridor from Minsk (BY) to Kaliningrad. There is very famous eponymic book by the historian Karl Schlögel. He in one of the books‘ essays describes the role of this market. But we were out of luck and it seems that we got there exactly on the wrong time-slot – hardly anybody was there! So we missed the ‚real‘ experience. Or it is just an indicator that the market got more formalized and the informal vendors managed to build up businesses. But probably they nowadays might have been replaced by professional car...
von Michael Hieslmair | Jul 26, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
… truck drivers getting stuck rhythmically – since they have to follow the ban on driving during weekends in the whole EU. Of course drivers from the same country, speaking the same language gather at the same...
von Michael Hieslmair | Jul 26, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
Staying over night at a truck-stop in an attached motel not far from the Polish/ Latvian border. Our car and trailer are parked at the fenced off area in the back of the little...
