Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.
Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their maker.
If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.
If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably
worth it.
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
Never buy a car you can't push.
Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you
won't have a leg to stand on.
Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.
The second mouse gets the cheese.
When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.
Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.
We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors,
but they all have to live in the same box.
A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
So, I am still a little congested and now I have a cough. The congestion and cough are controlled easy enough with Dayquil and Nyquil. I had to stop yesterday at Walgreens to pick up some more.
Speaking of Walgreens, they are building a new one just about a mile and a half north of us. There is also one only about ½ mile up the road from us to the East. Then there is the one we use that is about a mile and a ½ west of us. That one is a 24-hour one, so that is why we tend to use that one. Plus it's between us and the major streets of the city so we tend to go past it more then the one that is only ½ a mile away from us! But geez, just how many Walgreens do we need within a 3 mile radius?!
So, back to our vacation. Some things I noticed while on vacation:
In London, the cops cars really do make that sound like you hear on the movies, after they have been running for a while.
The sun rises at around 5am and sets around 10pm in both London and Lithuania. (As Hubby says, makes for drinking beer longer, easier)
You only drink bottled water and the cheaper water is carbonated water or water with gas. Regular water, or still water, or water no gas, is usually one of the more expensive beverages on the menu!
So, on our 2nd day in Lithuania we decided to go down to the castle at Trakai. Trakai was the first capital of Lithuania before it moved to Vilnius. Well, we agreed to take a bus down to the castle. First we had a hard time locating Scott and Eva at our meeting point. Finally we did and we hopped a trolley to the bus station. From there we got on the bus to Trakai. The bus had to have been the first bus ever made. It was so old! It was a very hot day, and the windows didn't open. The only air flow was through the small emergency exit. Needless to say it was pretty hot. Well, Scott and Eva told us it was only about a 20 minute ride to get there. They didn't expect that the bus would be stopping to pick up people all along the way. It ended up being over an hour journey. Here is Scott and Eva on the ancient bus:
We finally got to the town of Trakai. The bus station is about 2km or about a mile from the castle. So, we started walking. We walked all the way to the castle. We walked around the castle, it was very old and kind of cool. I personally think it would have been fun to live there! Of course with some modern conveniences though. Here are some pictures of the castle:
After that we stopped for lunch at an outdoor cafe overlooking the lake and castle. The service was so slow that we were not going to be able to catch the last bus back. So, we ended up calling a taxi to take us back to Vilnius. We ended up waiting a long time for that as well. But we finally got back to town, and Scott and Eva had to rush to the airport to pick up Scott's friend Bob who was also flying in for the wedding. Bob works for the Embassy in Germany.
That night was the bachelor and bachelorette parties. We started the evening by going to a traditional Lithuanian restaurant. They eat a lot of potatoes, meat and vegetables. We did a grill mix thing that Scott, Hubby and I all split. It was pretty darn good.
After dinner the guys headed off one way while the girls headed off another. The girls went to a dance club and we sat at a table and had some drinks. After a few hours we headed off to catch up with the guys. They were at another club/bar just down the street. They were at a 2 level club that had a bar upstairs and a dance floor downstairs. They were upstairs at a table in the bar area. We sat with them for a while and had a drink before Hubby and I headed back to the hotel. That was a late night for us.
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