Hey.  So. Yeah.

I decided rather last minute to come to Lithuania.  I called a friend in Lithuania and said, more or less, “Are you busy this weekend?  Can I come hang out?”  And somehow, the friend agreed.  I left Tartu on Saturday morning, took a four hour long bus ride, and arrived in Riga.  We were to meet at the Freedom Monument.  I was a little concerned, because of course I didn’t bother to get a map or otherwise try to figure out where said monument was, but when I got to the bus station, I saw the top of a big statue in the distance.  I walked toward it, figuring that at least it would be a big statue, and it turned out to be the place I was looking for.

Having found the correct place, I went to a coffee shop to rest and..  get some coffee.  I ran into a guy from my  class there, which would have been weird had we not just been on the same bus from Tartu.  Actually, it was still pretty weird, but it was about a twenty minute walk away and a weird, expensive coffee shop.  (Really expensive.  Coffee and a little sandwichlet cost me almost 4 Lats (Latvian currency, duh…), and Lats are almost 2 bucks apiece.  Crazy.  Anyhow, I met my friend, we walked around Riga, spending most of our time eating and searching for a cat statue, then we drove south to Lithuania, where I am as I type.  I am only gonna post photos from Riga today, maybe tomorrow I’ll get around to the photos of Lithuania, which are awesome but deserve their own post.

For those interested, I’m going to be in Vilnius tomorrow, and Berlin (somehow) on Tuesday.  Keep your eyes peeled.