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Lithuania

This is the archive for Lithuania.

• Spending money abroad

  This summer I return to Lithuania for the second time in as many years (and will be back again next summer), so part of my trip preparation has been stressing over how to most economically turn my dollars into litai. This research is using a trip to Lithuania as a specific baseline, but I think […]

• Posted on Jul 22.08 to Lithuania, The Real   

• Appositive it’s a genitive

  Vincas sent me a photo he took of a sign in Užupis naming the republic in all five historical languages of the city:

  UŽUPIO RESPUBLIKA (Lithuanian)
  ЗАРАЧАНСКАЯ РЭСПУБЛІКА (Belarusian)
  רעפּובליק פון זאַרעטשע (Yiddish)
  РЕСПУБЛИКА ЗАРЕЧЬЕ (Russian)
  REPUBLIKA ZARZECZA (Polish)

  Here we have four different grammatical ways of expressing “Republic of Užupis.” The Lithuanian and Polish take two nouns and create a […]

• Posted on May 08.08 to Lithuania   

• “If 30 teams think I can’t play, I can’t play.”

  In Mikutavičiaus “Trys Milijonai,” which has been casually referred to (in Lithuanian media) as an alternate national anthem, there’s that great line at the end of the chorus: “tik per klaidą netapom mes čempijonais” (”if not for a mistake, we would have been champions”). The chorus itself is a good bit of ambivalent strength-in-foregone-loss stuff, […]

• Posted on Aug 23.04 to Lithuania   

• Reminiscing and Figuring

  I had half-promised via SMS to call p last night to reminisce about last weekend. But, then, Daiva and I made plans to chit-chat about a bunch of stuff, and I cleared out my social calendar to make room for a woman to whom I five years ago was up until 6am multiple times a […]

• Posted on Jul 08.04 to Lithuania   

• 9th Annual Lemont Bar Crawl: Mini-Review

  I’m back at my apartment, 29 hours after leaving it. In the process, I lost:
  .: my gloves
  .: my hat
  .: my Spurs scarf
  .: my wonderful coat
  .: my keys
  .: some $50
  .: five coins from colonial Africa with a non-negligible amount of sentimental value
  I gained:
  .: someone else’s coat
  .: the experience of seeing Return of the King
  .: weight from […]

• Posted on Feb 09.04 to Lithuania   

• He’s Just a Stereotype; He Drinks his Age in Pints

  This ABC show, Married to the Kellys had an episode that featured Lithuanian folk dancing. All the usual Eastern European stereotypes were in full effect, including the use of a last name that ends in “ski” (and, hence, not one that’s Lithuanian). Like a name like “Bizunas” isn’t funnier than “Mitelski” or whatever they used? […]

• Posted on Nov 07.03 to Lithuania   

• An Afternoon of Theatre

  Yesterday, the second Akademikų išvyka to see When Lithuania Ruled the World, Part IV returned fully intact. I was part of the group, so I can tell everyone a bit about this play, on until the end of the month at the Chicago Cultural Centre. First, it was, of course, completely worth the $10 I […]

• Posted on Sep 15.03 to Lithuania   

• A Call

  For that matter, having spent all day (or what feels like it) putting up pictures at lithchat, why is no one online to chat at 21.00?

• Posted on Aug 22.03 to Lithuania   

• Hit Me

  I am back. Took the red-eye in from LAX, and now I can start being a normal person again. Skaut camp seemed an odd cap to some two months away from the real world (by which I mean Chicago), but it cannot be denied that I had fun. However, the doctor is now in, so […]

• Posted on Aug 19.03 to Lithuania   

• €XTRA! €urope €xpensive!

  I am back in the US and have returned to a life that is rather in shambles, I see. First, my email does not work. In order to contact me via email, most likely email to 1984produkts.com. Zuikis is down for now. Second, my phone is dead. I was half expecting this, but it still […]

• Posted on Aug 01.03 to Lithuania   

• Konstanzig On

  I am in Konstanz right now. I walked to Switzerland yesterday, and I am taking a train to Austria today. The Youth Congress was very stressful, but that was entirely my own stupid fault, so I should not complain too loudly about it. I am down to my literal final €50, and, as such, am […]

• Posted on Jul 29.03 to Lithuania   

• But I Enjoyed My Shower

  Things I did not anticipate doing in Lietuva, a short list:
  1. Sleeping in a piss-soaked stairwell.

• Posted on Jul 09.03 to Lithuania   

• Franzen Knows Things

  Go Sox.
  Last night was the big dance festival inside the stadium. It was great, and there were tons of kids who danced very, very well. However, right beforehand, Jonas, Justinas, and I bought these little paper crowns (for the karūnavimo šventė, of course), and caused a stir. Never in my life have I had a […]

• Posted on Jul 06.03 to Lithuania   

• Berlin gefält mir

  First: HOM RAN. Go Sox. This is how you respond after I left my cap at Delicious Donuts in Berlin, where it was stolen in a probably anti-American-inspired move of hate? I’ll take it.
  Next: Vilnius is completely nuts. I knew this already, of course, but I can’t stop taking photos, and you will all understand […]

• Posted on Jul 05.03 to Lithuania   

• But McDonald’s Picked up the Tab

  I have been a bad blogger, I know. I’ve already been in Vilnius for 24 hours and only now am writing about it. An, I left all my notes at the apartment where I’m staying.
  Berlin is great. I miss it already, though things are a little bit softened because of how fricken great Vilnius is. […]

• Posted on Jul 04.03 to Lithuania