Day 37 – Taking it easy

Nothing much happened today so if you are out of time, this post can be skipped.

Today is a day off on account of it being king Mindaugases coronation day. Went to the market with Georgia in the morning and got two cups of wild strawberries – have to feed the addiction. We went home and ate them all together. After that we were back at youth park. At 10:30 we were the only ones there. Then older lady with a girl a little older than Georgia came. The girl spoke beautiful Russian. I asked her grandma how come. She probably does not get to speak a lot so she gave me a brief family history which was kind of interesting so I will put parts of it here.

They are from Ukraine but are trying to immigrate here. So they bought an apartment and now live here for 6 months in a year to be able to claim in 5 years and after a test a kind of Lithuanian green card. Little girl Sonya is still little and only knows Russian, but her 14-year sister Lisa, speaks Russian, Ukrainian, English, and French. She has been going to the kindergarten from a French embassy. After turning 6 she has been sent to France to stay with some French family every summer as a part of some program till now. So her French is like she was born there. Now she is going to the American school to pick up English. She is also expected to take the test in Lithuanian to get the green card for her parents. Damn. I got these details here because it will be a roadmap for Georgia only she does not know it yet. We are starting next summer in Argentina.

Speaking of French, we went to Saint Germaine restaurant for lunch. It is on Literatu – very pretty looking outdoor seating. The place is frequented by the new Lithuanians – many with children. It is more expensive than Bistro 18. The service was great. The only thing that was disappointing was the food. Dan got Beef Stroganof that consisted of tooth-quality meat shavings swimming in the mushroom sauce together with French fries. I got sweet and sour pasta with plums and iron-wood pieces of meat. Should have suspected it when we went to the bathroom and the restaurant smelled like Soviet stolovaya. Feel bad for the staff gracing this waste of the food establishment.

In the evening we went to Alicia. Got a light stroller for Dan’s mom. A few more things to finish before we go on Wednesday