Reval Inn Vilnius

... Füßen und schwarzem Kaffee ist das Leben wunderbar.<br>Wie ihr unschwer an den Fotos erkennen könnt ist es wirklich wunderschön hier. Ich freu mich so sehr auf die nächsten Monate. Ich möchte so gern die Sprache lernen, das Land sehen, all die Traditionen miterleben und ein kleines Stückchen Litauen mit in mein Gehirngepäck nehmen.<br>Ich drück euch ganz feste und verteile Knutschter an jeden von Euch!<br>Daug &#353;ilti link&#279;jimai<br>Eure Fine<br><br><br>

... area where the old Jewish Getto use to be. It was totally Destoryed by the Germans during the Uprising. It's crazy to see how the Jews lived in that area. After that we went to a Park...but i'll have to look it up, cuz it was really cool. They had Peacocks there that people can walk up to and feed!! They are just running around wild. It's crazy!! We went for dinner with Andre to a pizza place. I really wanted a Polish Punski...but the place was closed. I just ...

... I would, once back home, do my best to get that professional format. We chatted a bit more, and then I left. All considered, I could brand this appointment as a moderate success. On my return, I stopped by in that same Internet café already known to me, and then went back to Gedimino prospektas and the hotel. It was between six and seven, and slanting sunrays gradually started turning the afternoon into the earliest evening gold. But that was all still quite early. Maybe I wanted to go ...

... or buffet table from four or five star hotels in a budget accommodation. That much for the realistic part. And positive one was the fact that I didn't need to climb several storeys down in order to haul myself to some restaurant for breakfast. After exhausting days so far, this morning I felt like a diesel lorry. All stiff and rather drowsy, I knew I'd have to take time to warm up and for the cog-wheels of my engine to start spinning smoothly. So it suited me very fine to have ...

... literally the Green Bridge, probably the most famous of all in town. In fact, a bridge of one description or another has stood on the spot of the Zaliasis tiltas since 1536. The current construction in the length of 103 metres dates from 1952, and was originally named after a Red Army general. It, as the only one in entire Lithuania, sports sculptures at each of its corners. No other bridge in the country has any sculptures whatsoever, and this one has as many as four groups of ...

... along the walls, but a large crowd gathered around something that was going on in the middle of the bailey, too. We came closer and realised it was some kind of a basic play. A number of young people, most likely students, were mostly as medieval knights and fair maidens. Dressed in medieval outfits, they recreated duels for the hand and honour of a fair maiden and won or lost, leaving their lives in the snow. Until the next duel, of course. But not everyone was a knight. There was ...

... parents. She says that in Latvia she is often asked where she's from - the giveaways, in her words are "the heavy accent (Australian I presume)and western dress sense - no short skirts and high heels for me" she says. According to another writer (English male) there's a phenomenon called "Estonian bebe" (babe), whose uniform comprises (again in his words) "long blond hair, tight jeans or short skirt, high-heeled boots and a bit too much makeup". What fun it is delving ...

... parts of the city in a fruitless search for an Internet cafe capable of letting me download pictures from my camera. One sight of particular note is a section of the 12ft tall barricade erected and then preserved outside the nondescript parliament building in 1991, Lithuania was the first Soviet republic to break away and received the brunt of Moscow's brief backlash. After a spot of dinner I return to the hostel to find it much quieter, at least ...

... pie for dessert! Thanks Agata! :) Time to move on and make it for the center. I stick up my thumb again and I wait for... 3 cars! Today is definitely my day! :) I'm taken by a very friendly english speaking guy who even get out of his way to drop me at the very center. Maybe I'm lucky it's Friday and people are in a good mood but still, this guy is really nice with me!! Quickly after being dropped, I met Marija, the HC member who ...

... the dining room table. As well as canoeing and walking. The weather has continued to be perfectly perfect every day so it should be good. You will be pleased to hear it will be three days (at least) before we get to update you after arriving in Warsaw (which involves a 12 hour train trip - ouch). Uploading photos takes more time than we have - we will add some later so come back and look at the earlier entries when we have done it. Hope all is well with everyone. Phil and Cathy