Thank you to Jacob and Florence for an amazing Lithuanian adventure and for keeping me upright in minus 14 temperatures with thick snow, covering sheet-ice underfoot . I have a huge fear of breaking bones .Grandma broke practically every bone in her body and it was always an effort to bounce back , which she did – but never as high . I don’t even want to attempt to bounce , just stay vertical . I am a weedy cautious wimp in those conditions – sorry .
Anyway back to Vilnius – I loved it , loved it ,loved it .
It is small and spotless and cheaper than London , and it has snow and beautiful buildings and huge Negronis for 6 Euros and dumplings and the River Neris and Russian Orthodox churches and Dimitri and Georgian/Russian/Lithuanian food and the best bar I have been to in years ,Spunka ( I jest not ) in the republic of Uzupio , which sells the strongest IPA I have ever drunk and hunks of cheese and garlic bread for 4 Euros and the most beautiful walk through the hilly pine forest from The Tys Kryziai( The Three Crosses ) …
…….and of course ‘Rupert’ where Jacob is doing his residency .Stunningly beautiful , both the studio space and the outlook ( snow, river , pine forest – you get the picture ) what a fabulous space to create in .I am very very happy for him and very very proud of him.
Who the hell is Dimitri ???
Dimitri managed the letting of our apartment – which was huge , spotless ,hot and central
..the apartment,not Dimitri !