Blogs from Lithuania, Europe - page 18

Had a great journey getting to Panavezys. Much easier going and the weather is great (need to get some sunblock!). Large open country with lots of Storks and gentle rolling hills. If you are staying in Ukmerge then I would recommend the Big Stone - great service and lovely food. We are eating in Katpedele and have just had some pizzas - yummy! Off to Siauliai now.... read more

Okay, so we landed at Vilnius International airport at 13:15, 30 minutes later than planned. Not an issue with WizzAir, more a problem with Luton's ground crew. Never mind, such is life. After waiting for ages for our bikes to arrive at luggage reclaim we had almost dispaired of them ever turning up. Then the last three bags came off, our lovely bikes. Dragging our bikes along we staggered out of the airport to be met by Vitas, Gintaras and Vija, our colleagues from Barclays. They had a arranged plenty of transportation and shipped us effortlessly to Green Hall, our starting point. This was where we had our first surprise, a crowd of staff, their families and (it turned out) Rugute families were waiting to great us, together with more Camera and Camcorder wielding folk than ... read more

We arrive into Vilnius about a day after we expected due to being forced onto an 18-hours train expedition, instead of a simple overnight coach. In the process we had picked up a strange guy from Belgium who followed us from the train. He started off by saying “he didn’t know where he was staying”, and then after following us to our accommodation, said ‘oh, this is exactly what I was looking for” hmmm... But we managed to loose him and were happy to be here, in what already looks like a quaint city. We decided to reward ourselves with a nice dinner at one of the prominent restaurants in the old town; enjoying the warm evening air and a lovely bottle one wine (once we found one that they did actually stock!). Feeling like we ... read more

BOO YA! I'd been home seven months people said I'd be straight back on the plane looking for a new adventure dreaming of the ozzie babes, beaches and the care-free lifestyle, I won't lie it crossed my mind, teaching in South Korea for easy money exploring the new cultures of the east Japan, China, wherever,and carrying on the rolling stone lifestyle was a definite pull! But it wasn't real there is only so long you can ignore your head and listen to the crazy heart. Don't get my wrong I'm not done, nowhere near, just setting down some markers for a while. It took me six months a lot of reminiscing, feeling sorry for myself in bed, hours on call of duty but the turn of the new year I finally got to grips with reality. ... read more

"What's screech wobble then?", asked the security clerk at Gatwick Airport as I walked through the metal detector in my "Ich herz screech wobble" t-shirt. "It's a type of music", I responded. "Oh really?", he bemused. "I've never heard of that, what does that sound like?" "It screeches and wobbles" I was on my way out of my homeland after spending a week there, marking the end of my former job and my graduation ceremony from university, and on the way to Lithuania, where I had been invited to play a show. Since there was no flight back to the vicinity of Prague until Sunday morning, it was one of those rare occasions where I would see a new place without choosing to, a place where it was obviously necessary for me to go for some ... read more