Next to last day, and my computer was acting up. I took a
bus to a place near the train station and “turgus” (outdoor market).
Learned about word pad for typing documents instead of “Word,” which was
annoyingly popping open windows while I was trying to type. Also had a
loose spot on my cover. He charged me $4.
Caught a bus
back to the other end of Freedom Lane, and went to a place I’d never
visited – the Presidents’ Palace. Lithuania had only been “free” or
unoccupied between the two world wars, and inside the palace was also an
art deco masterpiece with furnishings, artifacts, and exhibits from the
20’s and 30’s. I crossed behind the palace heading for the lane and
found an antique store. I didn’t have enough money with me to buy
everything I wanted, but I bought four antique pieces, three trident
lapel pins, two serpents entwining two small pieces of amber. Heading
down the lane to my apt., I only went about 50m when I found a second
hand store. I spent my last bills there on a mirrored/stained glass
candle holder for $10. It was another block to my original destination
of the post office, where I mailed a postal of views of Lithuania to the
Senior Center. It was only three litas to send it, but it took me a
while to find the third lita in the bottom of my bag.
I’d forgotten to bring my spare euros with me, but found an ATM another
block down the lane, and right next to the “best liquor store in Kaunas”
where I purchased three bottles of absinthe for about $25 each. Two
were French (Cherry Rocher – clear & green) and the other was a
“dark” version of one of my favorites, Pere Kermann which is usually a
lovely teal shade.
Nobody believes I’m a “senior”
here, and actually some of the 45 year-old women at the Devil’s Museum
looked older than I. It was another 85+ degree day and most of the
museum ladies were hanging out on the first floor in front of a fan, so I
was easily able to take some photos on the upper floor. The man who
founded the Devil’s Museum was a water colorist, and his paintings have
inspired me to paint landscapes. His house is adjacent to the museum and
they’ve connected the two buildings. His studio is exactly the way he
left it. There was a touching story about how when he turned 80, someone
gave him a beautifully carved walking stick with serpents and frogs and
a smiling devil’s head on top which is on display. One day he was out
walking and dropped the stick, and one of the teeth broke off. His wife
was a dentist, and she made him a gold replacement tooth for it. Now
that’s devotion!
Enjoyed chicken and cheeseburger
sliders at an outdoor restaurant across from the museum. Back to my
place to pack and try to figure out how to take all this loot back to
Vilnius.
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