Veni Vidi Vilnius
Friday, October 12th, 2007Sarah and I arrived in Vilnius on Monday. We narrowly caught the 8:00 a.m. bus out of Riga. I had set my watch alarm for 7:00 and, as a back-up, asked one of the very friendly hostel employees to prod us awake at 7:00. Both safeguards failed. I don’t know if my alarm didn’t go off or if it did and I didn’t hear it, but my eyelids didn’t open until 7:35. I woke up Sarah, who was in the bunk below me, and we both threw on our clothes and packs without a moment for ablutions and hurried downstairs to turn in our keys in exchange for our passports. The “reception” area is actually a popular pub, and no one was there, or so it seemed. I peaked behind the bar and, lo and behold, our back-up wake-up person was asleep behind it in a sleeping bag. She leaped into action, apologetic, gave us our passports and sent us on our way. We barely made the bus, and in the process poor Sarah left behind souvenirs from Russia. [read on]
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