Blogs from Lithuania, Europe - page 40

Hello again I am already in Lithuania and as the first time i am so impressed by this Country. I am in Vilnius and i am preparing a new entry for this BLOG. BUT before that entry i want to introduce to you 1 person that is very important for me, 1 person that wes always there when i had a problem and from my perspective the image of Exchange :). SN of AIESEC Pitesti, Drrrruuummmmssssss pleaseee forrrrr MONA SERBAN. Mona after 1 year in Colombia and 1 in Turkey is now in Great Britain. For me this girl is probably the prove that Exchange really works. Mona wrote about her experience, you can find out more about her using the next link http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/pink-mona/ The Blogs is great !!!!! i hope one day we will ... 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

This past week was ‘Kaunas Days’ in Kaunas, a whole week to celebrate the greatness of Kaunas. It started off with a bang last weekend with two full days of music, artisans and vendors from all over Lithuania coming to Kaunas to sell their art, foodstuffs, to show off their trade. There were three music stages, and a big carnival with carnival rides, cotton candy (the literal translation from Lithuanian was ‘Sugar Cotton’), and bumper cars. Of note is that all of the ride names, the signs and words on the sides of this portable carnival show were French or English. Also of note was the thousands and thousands of people who flocked to the city for the event. Just a few pics from kaunos dienos. As usual, the photos fail to capture the event ... read more

First, let me explain the title of this entry. 'Krepsinis' is the Lithuanian word for basketball. In Lithuanian, baseball is 'beisbolas', soccer is 'footbolas' (like english 'football), table tennis translates directly as do most other sports.....but basketball is 'krepsinis,' pronounced 'Crap-Sheen-is.' Back in March Donatas and I made a deal that I would buy him a pair of new Easton batting gloves in exchange for tickets to the Lithuanian Basketball Championship between Lietuvos Rytas of Vilnius and Kaunas Zalgiris. I came through on my end of the bargain, and so did Donatas….he got tickets for game five of the series in Kaunas. The tickets for the game cost 45 Litas, which is less than 20 dollars. Can you imagine? Twenty bucks for tickets to the NBA finals?? And needless to say this was just as ... read more