First Day

To wake up here in Vilnius and find out it’s not snowing is like going swimming and noticing that there’s no more water in the sea! I mean, I lost my reason to live, the only certainty I had in my life. The last thing that I tried to hold on to… You should know I fell in love with the snow yesterday morning (I think the yellow one is nice too, I would taste it) and I could trust her, she’d never betray me. She let me down instead. She went away and left me disappointed with nothing left to believe in. Poor me. But my sorrows are not the point of this article actually. I just thought you would like to know. Forgive me. So I guess we’re back to us: What did we do today? I could just say almost everybody was late for breakfast (after yesterday’s adventures) and it took a lot to go out under this polar sky and have a (very long) walk in the centre of Vilnius. We must thank the Estonian girls because we wouldn’t have rested under a bus stop if they hadn’t gotten lost! We took a coffee and just walked along the streets of this nice cold town. We’ll never forget the iron dog wearing glasses. I saw a little blue-eyed child and wanted to buy him for 10lt, but I was afraid he was not for sale (I should at least have tried anyway). We finally got lost and started walking in circles thanks to our still-drunk Lithuanian leader, and didn’t find the restaurant until 3pm! As if it wasn’t enough, the waitress had a problem forgetting the orders so my group mates were getting mad with starvation. They should just learn to feed their mind and spirit with love and wisdom, as the stomach can wait. Enzo was thinking of becoming a mystic, in fact. I think we should all, try to survive these days! ☺
Valentina