June 24th/25th

June 24th was a lazy day, just waking up a little late in the day and spending time on a patio or two with Kimo and Remigijus. At some point I was to come over to Irena’s, where my father was visiting with his cousin.
Kimo, Remigijus and I met up on Vokeciu Gatve and went [...]

Travel Day to Lithuania

So Geeklawyer and I left for Gatwick at a fairly reasonable hour in the morning, to catch the train to Gatwick. We were suitably scrutinised by security to make sure we weren’t members of Al-Quaida. The flight from Gatwick to Riga was uneventful, but as the flight was with AirBaltic and not Rynair I was [...]

Holidays this Year

I have received permission, huzzah, to take my two weeks of holidays this year in June.
Where to go…hmm where to go. I know! Lithuania.
I’m hoping to entice my ever faithful traveling companion – Tarotcub. I detected a slight wavering towards him joining moi.

“As Kanapi Sejau” by Zalvarinis

I’m on a roll here, being inspired by posts on the Romuva mailing list. I was trolling through the various vids on Youtube and found this. “As Kanapi Sejau” means “I sowed the hemp” which is a song usually sung during the Harvesting Festivals. Zalvarinis is a young band who add modern interpretations to ancient [...]