| | I'm taking off for Krakow tonight, so I thought I'd write another blog before I leave, so there's less to write when I get back.
Not a terrible lot has been going on. I sprained my foot after spending too much time at the gym, and have spent the past few days lying down with an ice compress. After my friend Ben left, I had another couch surfer, Kris. He's on a challenge to visit all the E.U. capitals (that aren't on islands) without spending any money. You can check out his blog here. I did my best to feed him and keep him entertained, but with a hurt foot, I wasn't too good for going out. The weather took a turn for the worse, so there wasn't much point in going outside anyways. It started snowing on Friday or Saturday, and today (Thursday) is the first clear day. Most of the snow melted, but a couple inches did stick on the ground. It hasn't been like this since the beginning of January. This is why I hate spring: it's a very fickle season. Anyways, Kris ended up staying until Wednesday, and even then it was snowing. I felt bad, but I just couldn't host him any more, and he needed to get a move on to try and finish his travels. After a full week of guests on the couch, I was ready to have it back to myself. And sure enough, I fell asleep on my cozy sofa watching TV last night.
I did manage to make some good use of the time off from classes. I took another look at some of my Lithuanian examples that I'm studying, and came up with a couple ideas. Of course, now that I'm getting back into the swing of things, I'm going out of town. I don't really want to take my computer to the hostel, so I'll just be working by hand. Next week will be pretty busy too, and I'll fall behind a little in my language class. It hasn't been nearly as intense as last semester, so it's not a terribly big deal.
Despite the snow, I did celebrate Easter in a rather idiosyncratic way. My friend Catherine, an artist and curator, had people over to paint eggs on Sunday morning. She'd given up chocolate for Lent, and was wired on cocoa that morning. We painted a few 10s of egg (they don't do dozens here), and took them to a hill for rolling. This was a tradition I'd never heard of, but it was pretty fun. We couldn't break our eggs as they rolled, since the ground was so soft from the rain. So we had to just throw them as hard as we could into the ground, or at a tree. I really do throw like a girl, so it was a bit of a challenge. In the evening, my friend Tony had a little dinner party. It all started as a joke: let's make really ironic foods for easter. I thought of making an egg salad with eggs dyed all variety of colors, like easter eggs. Surely there would be lamb (ok, this is traditional in a lot of cultures, but it's still ironic!)... When I got there, it was clear that this had gotten bigger. I had made some carrots and deviled eggs, but some of the guests included two excellent local restaurateurs from my favorite places in town. What a treat to have them cooking! It turned out to be a really fun night.
The only other extra-curricular activity going on lately is the knitting circle, also known as the Vilnius Stitch 'n' Bitch. I finished my last sweater, and currently it's drying. It was a bit boxy, so I'm trying to block it into a longer, slimmer article. So now I'm making a hat. I have lots of yarn from old projects, so I'll have to start some more projects soon.
Anyway, please check out the pictures I posted recently! More soon from Krakow! (I really hope I can remember some Polish...)
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