First days of the Baltic trip

During past few days I've promised many people that I'll post something new about Vilnius and now this moment has finally come. I'll start by describing our way to Vilnius which started in Ljubljana.

So Ljubljana 25.4., 17 o'clock near Bavarski Dvor. 4 students (Cero, Matej and 2 friends) waited and waited, for the main man to arrive. Of course that main man was me and I was late as always:) When I finally arrived and after I've told them a few not so good excuses we set off to our first stop, small city in East part of Slovenia called - Ptuj. There we left 2 friends, me and Matej went to do some last minute shopping, while Cero packed his bags. When he finally packed he picked us up at their local food store and we set off to a distant location where Pero lives. There we meet Pero's father and mother, exchange few words with them, abducted Pero and started our journey towards Baltic States. We drove throe Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland and then we arrived in Lithuania. Of course as all good turist are, we were as well greeted by the local police who couldn't help themselves and give us a speeding ticket. But as a students, a costumed to constant police interference we weren't bother with the ticket (for information the ticket might have been payed later or not;) and try to enjoy our last few hours of the trip. When we finally came to our first intended destination- Vilnius we were stunned by the beauties and diversity of the city. Lots of churches, old buildings that can hardly stand, new building that are better than most buildings in Ljubljana and so on,... Because we had our trusty navigation system on board (we named it Mrs. Garmin) we arrived exactly in front of Asta's apartment. Of course we wanted to suprise Asta on her doorsteps, but we weren't that lucky since she was still at work. Because of that we've sent few sms to her and we finally agreed to meet in front of the Kathedral (according to Asta it was 20 min walk from her place). As all self-confident man, we didn't bother to look at the map and we just start walking in one direction. After few minutes we've realize that it might be a good idea and ask few people where to go. Cero was the bravest one of the pack and luckily he volunteered. He went to ask two ladies where the Cathedral was and while he was there he asked if we can drink beer inside as well;) Of course, since we didn't know what the Kathedral was (first we though that it was a park) it wasn't that weird off a question for us to begin with. We started to have doubts about our Kathedra=park theory, when the girls told Cero that he can drink there, but the police will come and take us away:) When we finally came to this Kathedral we were a little bit shooked. Iit was really a Cathedral - look at the picture;) We tried to find Asta on this big square near the Cathedral, but with little luck. When we finally saw her in the distance we knew this trip is for real and that we've just "started" our new tradition (tradition = mettings with Baltic tenderness, few times a year:) Since we were driving for around 16 hours we had to eat something, but as a good proverb goes "one can't eat on an empty stomach", we just sat in the first bar we could find and order a beer. Few hours later after we've drank few beers Asta deliquntly suggested we should go to her place and unpack. We knew it was the best think to do, althou we could have easily stayed there for a couple of hours more, just drinking beer and admiring the cars and the ladies that were passing by;) The way to Asta's apartment was of course shorter that the one we took earlier, and if we hadn't had to stop in the store or needn't had to seach for Pero along the way we would have been "home" in few minutes. When we finally arrived to our "home for one day" we unpacked, took a shower and started to prepare for the Slovenian game with Asta and her 2 roommates. I won't tell you the hole story as to how the game went, since it might be somewhat disturbing to my "younger" readers. Let's just say we won (I don't know if there could be the winner in this game, but nevertheless;). After the game some of us went to sleep and some were still chatting with Asta's roommates. That's about it for the first few days of the trip. Next time there's Kaunas and the reunion of the "slovenian gang".