Day 41 - Uzipis

Today was a good day. Georgia and I walked almost as far as Antokolis via Uzupis in the morning. After the neighborhood gets off to an ugly start pretending but failing to be Montmartre, it gets pretty interesting with lots of old wooden houses. We would keep going but with my sense of direction I was not sure if I could figure out a way back. On the way back we stopped at a few stores and galleries. They seemed to be the true followers on the MiniMax rule - minimal attractiveness, quality, artistic value (fill in the rest), maximum price.

Lunch at Gusto. Keep going there and wondering why afterwards. The food really is not that great. Prices are high. Using the cold borsht as the universal measuring stick, it costs 7LT and they serve it in a small bowl with potatoes covered in dry dill on the side. Why on earth in the middle of the summer in Lithuania are they serving the dry dill? And this time we personally reviewed the bathroom. The smell, like the sights on the women's beach in Palanga, will haunt me for a while.

In the afternoon we walked to Alicia. She is still not OK from her poisoning. Dan's mom spent some time emptying out her refrigerator. One of the problems could be making it worse is that she does not believe in the expiration dates on the food. We gave her a few things last week hoping they would be applied towards the cats, but Alicia has been eating them instead. Like a 3 week old sour cream from the market. We left some electrolyte mix and more pills.

There was some folk dancing and cheering in front of Klaipeda hotel. We also saw another bachelor party in the old town. The friends of the groom decided to dress up in the sailor shirts, while the groom himself was wearing the fleet cap and other trappings. With all the sailor stereotypes, the effect was really hitting home. And perhaps it was supposed to be that way. Vilnius has a pretty big gay community.

We are off to Riga tomorrow. I am not taking my computer so will have the update when we come back on Sunday night.