Artis Centrum Hotels Vilnius

... stopped at a Polish restaurant for dinner, which was advertising itself as a bit of a touristy 'Polish' place, and the waitresses were wearing tarty 'traditional Polish' dresses. It was mainly dumplings on the menu which looked more like ravioli, and we both had the meat ones..which turned out to be tuna. They were a bit weird and made Tom feel a bit sick..however we had been warned the previous night by 'Toulouse' that Polish food was disgusting! We felt very rich ...

... had gotten irritable yet, so the trip was going well. Once we walked around the bus station a couple of times and finally found the platform (seriously...the only place where the number 19 was located was on ONE side of a sign...obviously we didn't see that, so we asked someone and she kinda looked at me like I was an idiot, which I felt was unfair given the obscurity of the location), we got onto the bus with our bag of food and drinks and settled in for the ~8 hour trip to Warsaw.<br><br>

... basic place compared to Krakow or Warsaw, there are a few old churches in varying states of repair, and the odd statue here and there. There are the usual expensive shops and cafes, although we did come across some quite good market stalls where you can pick up some fairly cheap gifts for the people back home. Amber seems to be the local Gemstone, and it's everywhere. You can get everything and anything you want with bits of amber sticking ...

... to the toilet, and not put it INTO the toilet. Depends what you've "done" I suppose, but I'm not really keen on the idea. Tonight even though we are in quite a luxury hotel, there is a sign beside the toilet showing you what to do. We're back from dinner now, but I have to tell you about this afternoon. The weather has gone from sunny to overcast to raining to sunny ... I looked at a souvenir stall & bought a couple of necklaces in amber. I am thinking of potentially pulling ...

... you from the biting chill. So on the other hand, park couldn't be accused of being too crowded, either. We advanced in fits and starts. When it was pretty, we didn't advance at all. We would go through the snow, run as we could, watch bird houses nailed to tree trunks, study snowmen whom some before us had created and left there in the snow and take an occasional photo. When it was cold, we wrapped ourselves as warm as we could and strove to walk as fast as we could. And then we ...

... so in effect she left it to me to decide how long we would stay there. I enjoyed night and winter view on the new town, as that too was almost new compared to what I had seen in August. And then some time around seven we headed back to Ruta's place. Already sleeping city was growing more deserted by the minute and there was really nothing more to do outside on Christmas Eve. We saw the Christmas in, watching Lithuanian TV and live coverage of the Christmas concert from Rome.

... Prie Angelo wasn't that great, but you could definitely tell that it made use of the local artists for decorating the place. Beautiful wrought iron chairs were nicely crafted and very comfortable to sit in, and artwork adorned the walls. A very soothing place, with new age music playing softly in the background. Mary-ism #19: I've forgotten the context, but Mary mentioned something about "girls with the correct anatomy". Not ...

... similar tokens. One particular touching one was in the shape of a train with the words, "Mother Mary, thanks for sparing me." We visited many places where famous Poles had been born or lived (ie Adam Mickiewicz, famous Polish author, who seemed to have lived in at least 8 homes in the Old Town itself.). The city has been under combinations of German, Polish and Russian rule over the years, and there is a wide mix of churches and religions to be seen. Some are beautiful and large on the ...

... come potrei lamentarmi? Viaggio e faccio festa in giro per l'Europa. Ho sempre creduto che la l'liberta' non avesse prezzo...adesso nella prospettiva che non tornero' a casa, che non vedro le persone a cui tengo per diversi mesi, se non anni, che non avro mai un futuro certo, inizio a credere che tutto ha un prezzo. Per ora terro' duro e continuero' a viaggiare...viaggiare e' tutta la mia vita! Adesso mi trovo a ...