Blogs from Kaunas, Lithuania, Europe - page 7

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Day 11 of our journey, and the legs are starting to feel tired. A good thing that the road out of Druskininkai is absolutely perfect: sheltered from the wind, flat, and the sun is not too hot. On our way out of Druskininkai, we get lost once again (as we did on the way out of pretty much every single larger town). Two Lithuanian women, dressed up in their fancy car, offer to not only help us find the way, but drive with us to make sure we find it. Once they made sure we found the right junction, we have a little chat with them and they are quite interested in our journey (they speak perfect English). Once back on the way and well out of the town, we notice that (a) not every small ... read more

During the last weekend i went to Kaunas. Kaunas is a 400.000 inhabitant city in Lithuania, about 100 Km away from Vilnius. After a small tour of the city we went we went to a small restaurant and got some Lithuanian traditional food and beer, the food consists from boiled meat covered in boiled potatoes, and the beer was “alive” beer. The city itself consists from 2 sides, the old city and the new city, both of them very beautiful. The nice part of this trip is that I met the AIESECers there and went to a party, to be honest I kind of missed a good party during the last month, so I really enjoyed this one. Besides party and sightseeing there were 2 days of work and getting to know the reality of AIESEC ... read more

It is clear that we are a battered team at this moment, only two days into the Lithuanian Championship. I strained a muscle in my right shoulder sliding back into first on Saturday; right now I am wearing a brace and the doctor has told me to not play for at least one week. I was at practice, though throwing and running a bit. Marijus Dargus was back at practice even though he is recovering from knee surgery and cannot do anything more than walk. He apparently called Sigitas immediately after he heard about our devastating 22-5 loss saying that he would be ready to pitch the following week. He was out at practice on monday (it was the 13-15 year old practice, not even our team) throwing to hitters. We learned that over the ... read more

I continue to learn more and more about baseball here in Lithuania. Last Sunday at the games in Utena I was playing first base when a ball was hit to the shortstop, who threw a wild throw to first wide to the right. I went to catch the throw and was toppled over by the Utena runner as he ran past first base. I tumbled once and landed on my feet, and impulsively said ‘Aziprasau,’ (sorry). The Utena guy said ‘hey man, sorry ‘bout that, you alright?’ And I said ‘you’re not Lithuanian.’ ‘Nope,’ he said. So how did I go a full season in Lithuania last year, playing in Utena numerous times never having met this other American playing baseball in Lithuania? As he stood on first, we began to chat. I learned a ... read more