Remonta Dvarbo ..means restored estate

Tom and I went for a drive on Sunday...We couldn't be gone too long as of course he needed to go into work. So we did a loop down towards Seda and then north to Zidikai and back to Mazeikiai. Somewhere along the way we stumbled across this sign directing us to the Remonta Dvarbo ...which Tom assumed was the name of the estate we wound up at. As it turns out, this translates roughly to restored estate.


There was an elderly woman who greeted us inside the door and collected our entrance fee of 6 LT ( about $2.50). She directed us to one side and and used side language to make it clear that we would go up and through and down the other.

It is interesting to compare eastern European standards of " restoration" with our own...to us this place still looked very run down and dilapidated, but you could see how this would have appeared to the original owners. I could easily envision using this a movie set for a period piece. You would have all the aspects needed for a moodier "Jane Austen".















The first room we went into was the library and Tom was in his element.

Stairs are always an adventure in Lithuania...usually very narrow and steep to save space....they can be very treacherous depending on your shoes and basic agility.



















We couldn't figure out much about the original owners of this estate, though it does appear that it was a Baron.















...........There are extensive grounds in addition to the usual outbuildings ( former stables, barns, storage facilities.) It appears that the property was suborned by the Russians during their regime and there are abandoned block housing units and crumbled brick buildings to attest to its brief use as a farm commune.

After a walk through the grounds we headed back to Mazeikiai. Our next big adventure was to try and figure out how to get a car wash. Mission accomplished and he went back to work !!
Later...or IKI!