Prague Journal

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Wednesday, May 18, 2005.We were on the first bus to the airport at 5am, to board a 7:05 flight to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. We took the long way, flying west to Frankfurt and then east to Vilnius. We were accompanied on the flight to Frankfurt by about 30 students from Morningside College who were returning to Iowa from a 10-day tour of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague. We arrived early in the afternoon at the small Vilnius airport where a driver named Alfonsas was waiting for us with a taxi to Kaunas, about 100 km from Vilnius. The drive was lovely, along a straight highway lined with trees and small farms. In Kaunas, Vicki met us in the parking lot of the building where her company is located, and showed us the new company facility and introduced us to some of the employees. I had previously met Inga in Denver, and it was nice to see her again and to meet some of the other people.Vicki escorted us to her apartment and then went back to work for the afternoon. A true friend, she had provided tea for Rick, and coffee and chocolate truffles for me! In the evening, we went to the center of town for dinner at a brew pub. This brew pub was part micro-brewery and part elegant restaurant. We made sure to order mushrooms and seafood, local specialties. Rick tried both the honey beer and the regular ale. He even tried the beer soup. Everything was delicious, especially the cream-based beer soup.

posted by JWinn @ 10:26 PM