Travel. We got up and out by 8,20, but then after ten minutes I realized I didn't see my frined Paige, and she was no where on the bus, so we turned around to wake her up... THEN we were really on the road. We took the bus to The Hill of Crosses which is in Siauliai, which is where Aurelija lives.
Then we finished the bus ride to Riga where we had about half an hour before our train left. We took the night train. It was a stark contrast to my previous night train experience which was from Italy to Paris. That had been really restfull except when a suitcase fell on my head. This time, there was no suitcase fiasco, but it was by no means restful. Yet, the mystery I felt towards being in Russia each time I woke up made me hardly care about how uncomfortable I was!
Anyway,
Day 2.
We got to Moscow around 10am. We checked into the hostel, and went to... Red Square! How beautiful.
I wasn't going to use my own money to do this, but my friend Drew (We call him Andresha in Russia -- I actually call him Drushka -- which means salt in lithuanian) kindly gave me a 5-rouble piece to throw at the spot where Moscow was founded! And with my long-standing basketball prowess, I made it right in the center! Can you believe it? I cannot. Well, I guess Moscow is my lucky city.
We went on a tour of Kremlin. The official tour was kind of boring, but the palace was beautiful. I cannot even believe real people could stand to live in such an exquisite place. It made me grateful to grow up in a house where, if I broke a plate, I wasn't breaking a fortune.
Day 3.
Who knows what it will hold?!
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