Dorm with a view

This is the view of the neighborhood from the front of the dorm:





The view from my room overlooking the neighborhood:



Some would say that the neighborhood is sort of rough. Rumor says that a few students have been robbed in this area...which means that it is actually safer than my neighborhood in Jujuy where there have been some shootings. Our first walk to school brought on jokes that our neighborhood is still going through the Cold War. Je je...maybe. You can definitely tell which building were built during Soviet occupation and which were built afterwards. Our location isn't that bad, only about five or six blocks from a main avenue AND a mini-market.

Language Lessson

A teacher from LCC taught us some useful words today. All I have to do is memorize them. I'm not going to brag and say that my accent is perfect...but I feel sorry for some of the people trying to communicate. ;)

Kaip sekasi? How are you?
Neblogai. Ok.
Nieko. Nothing.
Viskas. Good.
Vienas. One.
Du. Two.
Ar jus kalbate angliskai? Do you speak English?
As nekalbu lietuviskai. I can't speak Lithuanian.
Tu turi grazias alkunes. You have beautiful elbows.

Bowling in Vilnius

Sometimes you see some pretty weird things while you are suffering from jet lag...

Welcome to El Castillo

Culture stuff

(in front of old KGB HQs in Vilnius)

Some observations today:

• People are colder here, even than in the United States
• Argentine restaurant on the main stretch
• Mullets (nice ones)
  
• Two people told me that I don't look Lithuanian
• Two people thought I spoke fluent Lithuanian
• I get annoyed when large groups of tourists take pictures in Catholic churches while people are trying to pray
• Catacombs here are very clean and dry
• They have pastries that look like empanadas in supermarkets
• They serve maté in coffee shops