Monday, April 24, 2006
Lithuania.Okay the next few posts (including the last one!) are supposed to be dated back at the start of the month, but for some reason, the stoopid blogger.com doesn't allow me to do that! Anyways, we eventually GOT to Lithuania, Vilnius!! *clap clap* We did face some problems at the immigration, and the immigration officers didn't want to let us thru' because we didn't have the appropriate health insurance as per required by the country. I think what pissed us off more (or rather, pissed Jon off!) was the fact that we specifically bought insurance that same morning which stated that it applied to Lithuania at all.
So we thought that they were trying to cheat us. Hmmm, perhaps a few of us STILL think that it was part of their dirty money making scam! But anyways, the Ambassador of Lithuania came to pick us up (He's a really really nice guy) and got us out of the situation. We did have to pay like 3 quid over the insurance but oh wells, Jon still insisted that it was a matter of principle!
Agne, Amb Dainius' daughter took us round for the later part of the evening. We strolled thru' the Old Town. Very quaint and beautiful.
To be fair, the Old Town was actually quite developed. Looking at the picture, you probably couldn't tell if you were in Rome or Paris or any major city for that matter. We took a nice climb up the Vilnius Tower (not too sure if it was a castle. The place was closed when we got there, so couldn't get in!)
Getting up there was quite fun. Firstly, we didn't have the appropriate shoes. The girls were a little smarter, Xuan wore SUPER POWER boots and Suz had her Dr Martins. I had my not-too-bad Hush Puppies and Jon had his really lousy Levis. Yes, the road up was tedious. It was a mixture of snow, melting snow and streaming water PLUS it was steep!
We spent some time up there admiring the paranomic view of the country. It's these things that make you think and stay amazed at the wonders of God!
St John's Church was just up the road. It's this HUGE church that is in the middle of some sort of parade square. Very very grand in a modern way. =)
Xuan and I at the parade square. The weather was fantastic, unlike the hurling winds and foggy skies the day before. Today the sun shone brightly and we had a nice 15 degrees.
We ended the day relatively early. Got up early to visit Trakai ........
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