Lithuanian music
One of the interresting things in Lithuania was meeting the local people and seeing life not as a tourist. A lot of people living in the flats in Vilnius have a small summr cottage in what they call the garden. It is outside Vilnius and the last part to getting there is a very bad dirt road. One reason you don't want to be going there in
the winter. On there are mostly small houses with a garden for vegetables, fruit and flowers and often a small outside sauna. On the saturday evening we went to meet my friend's mother there. She is a very nice lady, does not speak anything but Lithuanian and Russian so direct communication was impossible. And yet she made me feel so welcome! I was fed homemade cake and tea from leaves in the garden and it was wonderful tea! Prett
y soon the arcordeon came out and I was treated to her playing and singing traditional music. These are the things you just don't get to see when you stay on the tourist track. The generosity and kindness of the local people who are so happy to welcome you into your house. To me it was one of the highlights of a great holiday.
the winter. On there are mostly small houses with a garden for vegetables, fruit and flowers and often a small outside sauna. On the saturday evening we went to meet my friend's mother there. She is a very nice lady, does not speak anything but Lithuanian and Russian so direct communication was impossible. And yet she made me feel so welcome! I was fed homemade cake and tea from leaves in the garden and it was wonderful tea! Prett
y soon the arcordeon came out and I was treated to her playing and singing traditional music. These are the things you just don't get to see when you stay on the tourist track. The generosity and kindness of the local people who are so happy to welcome you into your house. To me it was one of the highlights of a great holiday.
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