Another day, another roadtrip. skidspoppe and I were up and out of the house by 8 AM, heading south toward a resort town called Druskininkai (say "drush-kin-in-kay") where, on the outskirts, lies a park that I had just had to see ( Read more... )

skidspoppe and I were up and out early on Saturday morning. We'd rented a car to head west northwest to the coast, specifically to the Curonian Spit, and wanted to get an early start. We were going to meet his friend Lina, to whom we were giving a lift back to her hometown for the weekend, so with high spirits, we were off to Rotuses Aikste (the main town ( Read more... )

I'm behind on my travel blogging--not too much, but just enough that I notice I'm lagging. I'll get back to it in a minute, but I want to take a moment to note a couple of things ( Read more... )

We reserved Friday for a sort of overview tour of Kaunas, where skidspoppe lives. Our first order of business, after taking some time at Coffee Inn to do a little blogging (well, I did; Skids had work to do) was to find a post office though, because Elizabeth and I had been unable to make a postal connection in Paris. Yes, that means that what postcards I ( Read more... )

skidspoppe and I rose early on Thursday to catch an 8:08 AM train back to Vilnius. Did I mention how good it was to see him after such a long time? Five years is a long time not to see a friend. But I digress. We were joined on the trek by his good friend Monika, a tall, slim, blond woman of about 25 who works in tourism. Skids had a class to teach in the ( Read more... )

On the road againWednesday was a travel day. Bags packed, Elizabeth and I left the apartment early in the day to get to the airport. I had a flight out at 8 AM going to Vilnius, Lithuania with a connection Frankfurt; hers to Seattle was later, but it was easier on us both to travel to the airport together ( Read more... )