Today (Oct 2nd) our trail guide Tadeusz turned 63 and it was a good reason for us to celebrate him the whole day, starting with a glass of bubbly for breakfast. After 3 hours of riding, of which the last 30 minutes followed the border of Russia, we made a brief stop at a stone monument marking the place where the three countries meet: Poland, Russia and Lithuania. In order for us to avoid getting free Russian language lessons in Siberia during the next 10 years we told our horses not to cross the border which they unknowingly obeyed.
Just before crossing over the border to Lithuania we stopped in Trojstyk for a two hour long birthday lunch break in a farm house located 50 meters from the border. The food served was really top of the line Polish country cooking and it was followed by various types of homemade firewater. In a very good spirit we mounted our horses and crossed the border between Poland and Lithuania. After 2 hours in the saddle we are now continuing to celebrate Tadeusz at hotel "Viktorija" in Ciziskiai, a small country resort (open this time of the year only for us) next to a beautiful lake and facing Russia on the opposite shore.
