Day 23 - July 20, 2018; Bloggin’ From Vilnius

On this lovely, hot day in Vilnius, we did not do that much. In the morning, we woke up and had a Lithuanian breakfast, consisting of black bread, white cheese and black currant jam. After breakfast, I wrote my blog and then we went to the park. We played on the new playground and Isabella tried the climbing course there. If you see Sasha, please tell her for me that the fun spin carousel from which we almost fell off is in working order. They actually fixed that thing up!

When we finished playing on the playground, we fed some ducks and waded into a nearby stream. Then, we waited for Grandpa and went to the main square, Cathedral Square, to wait for Oleg and Lena. We stopped by the white Cathedral to wait there. Grandpa pointed out to me that the huge statues on the roof were not at all in proportion to the rest of the chapel. You see, the statues were made to look modern, while the rest of the chapel looked exactly as it would have back when Grandpa was a kid. Dad called and asked whether or not we wanted to have lunch with him. Grandpa told him that we were having lunch with Oleg. We left the Cathedral and went to the front of the square. 

On the way, I had the idea that Dad should pick us up and go to lunch with him. Unfortunately, Grandpa said that we couldn’t get to Dad in time. Then, I called Dad and asked him to come to the place were waiting to pick us up. Then, we went to him and everything was confusing, but it was all sorted out in the end. Dad, Isabella and I went to Kibin Inn. Dad got three kibinais and then we went to a cafeteria for Isabella’s lunch, after which we decided to catch up on our blogs and diaries with Dad. We rushed through the whole city in the heat to get the house keys from Grandpa. Then, we rushed back to our apartment, grabbed the iPads, and rushed to the nearest Caffeine, their Starbucks Coffee. We spent the next three hours writing blogs, talking and playing some games. 

After the work day was through, we walked over to Grandma Lilia’s house to meet up with Grandma. Then, we went to our very distant relative Nina who in turn gave us plums and apples. Then, Dad was called back to work, so Grandma bought us dessert in the city. I had vanilla ice-cream with cherries, while Isabella had plain lemon sorbet. Later, when Dad was done with work, he and I walked around town. When we came back home, Grandma and Grandpa were asleep so they only let us in after ten minutes. And that’s how this day went down in history, July 20, 2018.