Namonas

Last meal in Kaunas

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July 4th 2006
After our game on Sunday I had dinner with Sigitas, his sister, and both of their families. They took me to a restaurant away from the city that was on the banks of the Namonas river, the largest river in Lithuania. And when we had our drinks, Birute made a toast. She said (translated by Sigitas) that she brought me to this spot because it was beautiful, and she wanted my last dinner to remind ... read more

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After a brief period of independence between the two World Wars, Latvia was annexed by the USSR in 1940. It reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Although the last Russian troops left in 1994, the status of... ... read more