the last week

The last week included a visit from my brother who lives in Seattle! Last Friday I went to pick my brother up in Vilnius, and we walked around the city on Saturday. We came back to Klaipeda on Saturday night, and he spent the next week here at LCC with me. He took a few day trips to nearby cities on days when I was working, but we also got to do a lot of fun things together.

We enjoyed wandering around Vilnius our first day together, and found an "art alley" which had different art pieces on the walls.

This is St. Anne's church - one of the few Gothic-style churches in Vilnius.

And a monument to Gediminas, one of the first rulers of Lithuania, in Cathedral Square in Vilnius.

We ate "apple cheese" as it is called here - it was kind of like fruit leather, which we remember from our childhood.

Once in Klaipeda, we visited Old Town, and found the famous (very small) mouse statue. If you whisper your wish in his ear, it will come true.

This is another slightly more unique statue in Old Town.

We also ate kepta duona (fried bread), a traditional Lithuanian appetizer.

And of course, went to the sea. We visited a sauna on the Baltic Sea, and so after getting really sweaty in the sauna, we ran out and jumped in the water, which was probably around 35 degrees Farenheit. COLD!!!

This week also included a big Enns event that my RAs and I have been planning for most of this semester. It was called Casino Night, and very similar to the event we had last year. We had games, food, fancy drinks, and costumes. This girl won the "best costume" award, and the guy in the background in the green shirt won the grand prize for having the most poker chips at the end of the evening.

We also had a photographer who took pictures of students. These are four roommates, two of whom will graduate in May.

I also like this picture of my two guy RAs - Kirill and Dima. I don't usually see them being this nice to each other! :)