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Pat is a B@stard to Mary in the Baltics Moment #8,321: Mary is standing on a spot that marks the end of the human chain formed in 1989 as part of the Baltic Way demonstration I mentioned a few blogs back. Over 2,000,000 people!
Anyway, supposedly you make a wish, close your eyes, spin around three times, and it will come true. As Mary did this, I told her I would take a picture. As soon as I did, I bolted and hid behind a pillar. She opened her eyes to find that she was the only one standing in the square, save for a few people wondering what the hell she was doing.
Independent between the two World Wars, Lithuania was annexed by the USSR in 1940. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation until September of 199... ... read more 
