Somehow the days had gone by and I did not put up any posts. Here are the highlights of the last three days. On Wednesday we went to Vilnoia lake park after work. The day was so hot but by the time we got to the lake it got pretty cool. I did not brave the swim but everyone else did, shivering. The lake has beautiful statues sticking out and around it. And the area around it is very clean. Lots of families with children. As we were leaving the audience had started to change to the younger drinking crowd.
Speaking of food we went to Shriuba Namai at Gedimino 9 for lunch on Thursday. Totally different experience. Waitresses looked like ballerinas. The food appeared on our tables instantaneously and disappeared when we were finished to be replaced by the next dish. Georgia said that she cannot shake out salt out of the shaker and a hand appeared to replace the shaker in moments. Seriously this was awe-inspiring.
On Thursday evening we went to Sushi house for dinner. They said that preparing it will take a half and hour. We looked at the empty restaurant and asked what we could change to speed it up, they said “Nothing.” So we went for a walk on Vilnius gatve while it was cooking. When we came back we understood why they needed so much time. Nearly every bench of St. Catherine’s square was filled with people eating sushi. That’s a comforting thought considering our daring request for sashimi. We sat next to the school and ate watching families passing by for their evening stroll.
Isabella is growing fast. She is trying to say more complicated words and strings two words together pretty often. She has funny way of going to sleep. She sleeps on a mattress next to our bed. When we come in to check on her in the evening we find her sleeping next to the closet, near the door,… one time on our bed even. At night she occasionally wakes us up by knocking her head against the wall, closet doors. I get up and carry her back to bed.
On Thursday Georgia did a beautiful comic picture story about what happened to her this week at Irina’s house. Very very nice. She is proud of it.
But on Friday she decided to call it a week on studying and we went for a walk around the city center. Finally went inside St. James on Lukiskis. It is not very pretty inside. Separate elements are nice, but overall impression is that of some kind of heaviness. It must have gotten knocked up pretty bad on the past.
On Wednesday we went out for lunch to Coldunine (Ravioli) place on Saviciaus. It is new and right new to the wonderful bakery from last year – right across from Graf Zeppelin if anyone is looking for this level of detail. The inside looks starchly clean and homely. Waitress is painful to watch. She was running around without any order or system. She would come out to bring a fork on one table and then soup on another table. Took our order in English nodding and claiming to understand and then brought one soup out to Dan and clean forgot about us – we ordered three. Unless they figure it out, this place is doomed. That place does not have anything but ravioli and soup, both of which take no time to cook.
Speaking of food we went to Shriuba Namai at Gedimino 9 for lunch on Thursday. Totally different experience. Waitresses looked like ballerinas. The food appeared on our tables instantaneously and disappeared when we were finished to be replaced by the next dish. Georgia said that she cannot shake out salt out of the shaker and a hand appeared to replace the shaker in moments. Seriously this was awe-inspiring. On Thursday our stinky homeless guy was trying to sell some book to the staff at Coffee Inn. He was screaming something in Lithuanian and shaking his staff. I thought I could make out “Devil.” Pretty scary. Normally he is pretty calm. On the positive side it looks like he took a shower. I may have written it before but he was and could still be someone else’s kid. He could be in mid-thirties but it is hard to tell with dread-hat and perpetual sunburn.
There was a really bad thunderstorm in the afternoon. We always have windows open on both sides of the apartment and when it started, they were knocking so hard that we had to close them all. It sounded like a poltergeist. Kids were at Irina’s house and they were scared when neighbors’ laundry and other small things started to rain down on the ground. When we came outside afterwards we saw that many trees were knocked down or lost a good portion of their branches. The funny thing, I was reading about canoe trips on Neris prior to that. And one of the things site talks about is beautiful shingle (seriously, check it out). I get it now – if you happen to be canoeing during a storm like this, you probably will get beautiful shingle raining down upon you.
On Thursday evening we went to Sushi house for dinner. They said that preparing it will take a half and hour. We looked at the empty restaurant and asked what we could change to speed it up, they said “Nothing.” So we went for a walk on Vilnius gatve while it was cooking. When we came back we understood why they needed so much time. Nearly every bench of St. Catherine’s square was filled with people eating sushi. That’s a comforting thought considering our daring request for sashimi. We sat next to the school and ate watching families passing by for their evening stroll. 
Isabella is growing fast. She is trying to say more complicated words and strings two words together pretty often. She has funny way of going to sleep. She sleeps on a mattress next to our bed. When we come in to check on her in the evening we find her sleeping next to the closet, near the door,… one time on our bed even. At night she occasionally wakes us up by knocking her head against the wall, closet doors. I get up and carry her back to bed.
On Thursday Georgia did a beautiful comic picture story about what happened to her this week at Irina’s house. Very very nice. She is proud of it. 
But on Friday she decided to call it a week on studying and we went for a walk around the city center. Finally went inside St. James on Lukiskis. It is not very pretty inside. Separate elements are nice, but overall impression is that of some kind of heaviness. It must have gotten knocked up pretty bad on the past. 
Priceless photos, especially the one of Isabella with her face all dirty! Her hair is so long! I am excited for her stringing words together and growing up so beautifully! I like Danka is dark colored shirt by the way, they look good on him.
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