One huge difference between us in the States and them in Europe is how life is lived outside of the home. It's a tremendous adjustment to make after only two weeks in Lithuania. Americans stay inside, a lot. Yes, I know those of you lucky enough to live in a lively city like San Francisco or New York walk a lot and take public transportation everywhere. But in Vilnius, and other European cities, people are out walking and eating and socializing until late at night, every night. That's what we did while we were in Vilnius. Now, here I am at my computer at 7:30PM, wondering what will be on the tube later on that's watchable. This is not the right way to live.
The photo above this one is a common sight: a bachelorette party. The women in the wedding party go out in their chic clothes and have a lively night out. This photo is a plaza at the intersection of two main streets where Becca and I would stop sometimes and have a coffee or a Baltus- a delicious wheat beer- or a bottled water. For water, you are asked "gaz or still?" And they serve it to you in a stemmed wine glass. I miss this neighborhood. Nothing even remotely like it in Medford, Oregon.
Looking for a restaurant, we stumble on the most amazing architecture. Always a surprise, just turn a corner and there it is.
An interesting lunchtime parade in Old Town Vilnius. We were sitting at an outside table having blinyis or potato pancakes and heard music and chanting.
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