| When Will Winter
End
5 March 2004
Since it's been snowing off and on all week, I
have little hope that we will see spring before April 1st. I have
to say it's more then disappointing!
My week has been rough to say the least. I was out of the office
all day on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. After our photo shoot
on Thursday, I had to go back to the office at 7 and didn't get
home until 10! Well, of course I'm not the first to work such long
hours, but it sure is a first for me! I'm not sure which I prefer...
working long hours at Cosmo, or staying up till 4 am to write my
thesis. In the end, I'm sure my work as Cosmo is a lot more successful
than my thesis was!
Anyway I'm pretty happy to be at home on the couch with a blanket,
a tea and my computer this weekend!
This weekend is the Easter Market in the Old Town. Today Jason and
I went. There's all sorts of stuff for sale, nothing really unusual
from what you can normally find, just more of it. It's a lot of
fun though, if you can stand the people! Jason and I made our way
up Piles gatve to the Rotuse, or Town Hall Square with the goal
of a pork leg in mind. Marceliukes Kletis, a traditional Lithuanian
restaurant, had a barn set up and was selling a selection of their
specialties. Yes, that's right, a barn. Not a big one of course,
just a replica. Imagine a wooden tent. They had a split rail fence
around it and huge piles of wood to heat the grills where they were
cooking sashlikas (like shish kebabs but just pork), pork legs and
ribs and heating huge vats of beer. Yes, hot beer. Jason and I ordered
pork ribs, potato salad and a beer. The pork was amazing. We sat
inside the barn to eat. There was a group of maybe 14 people sitting
at one table and they started to sing folk songs. We were both moved
and said there is nothing like this and how lucky are we to be here
at this moment. Later we bought a giant fish cookie and got some
hot kvass. Kvass is like beer but made from bread and has only a
little alcohol. It was not good. Tomorrow we will go back to buy
some special dried flowers it seems you're supposed to get for the
season.
I have a long evening on the couch ahead of me... I just watched
Charlie's Angels in Russian, now I'm watching Merlin in German!
Our photo deadline for April Ieva is quickly approaching, and Cosmo
will close on the 17th of March so I have hope for a free day on
the weekend when my parents are here.
I don't see anymore skiing in my future for this season, so I'm
really really hoping spring will come soon! So that's the news from
Vilnius, where all the women wear spike heels, the men have bad
haircuts and the children watch cartoons Nickelodeon to learn English! |
