Current mood:	impressed
Entry tags:	lithuania travel

Wonderful Lithuania

I am now to complete one of the biggest adventures in my life so far - I decided to travel alone for the first time, to the country I was dreaming of for a long time. Alone means that I had no one to travel with - crazy I know, but I was so obsessed by my ideas and dreams that I had to make this trip. I chose one of the most interesting ways of travel, which is either the hospitalityclub or couchsurfing website and a big bunch of free travel spirit.
I was going to Warsaw by train and from there by bus to Kaunas. The uncertainty and kind of nervousness that I felt in the train disappeared when I got on the bus to Kaunas/Vilnius. Instead of it I felt a quite fizzy feeling, similar to those that children feel before they enter the big room with the decorated Christmas tree and presents. Although it was a night bus I couldn't sleep on it - I just counted the kilometres, to Bialystok, then to Suwalki, "are we already at the border?" and you can imagine the further... At the end when we crossed Polish-Lithuanian border and the sun started to lighten the horizons I saw the Lithuanian signs and texts everywhere and felt the wonder - a joy with no boundaries and also a big bunch of excitedness.
When I arrived to Kaunas everything was new yet already known... my love for Lithuania got its new meaning. These were wondrous moments, even though I was pretty confused at first as my bus didn't take us off at the bus station but the railway station and I had to find my way there as my host was waiting for me at the bus station... early in the morning. But I still had about one hour to do that as the bus was quicker than we expected. While walking, I looked at people's faces and found a new existence. I really arrived to Lithuania.
The amount of hospitality and kindness I got from my first host and her parents just can't be explained by words. I didn't only see Kaunas, had wonderful dark bread and white cheese for breakfast, went to Kaunas sea, supermarket and jazz concert with either Gintė or her whole family, but together with her we also met Viktorija, my friend from Lapės village and parish, who is a truly wonderful girl... It was amazing to cook a meal for them and then just go, go somewhere... But also when I was lying in the grass in Gintė's garden and felt the smell of the ground that was soo different than that of my homeland and heard the millions of lives making sound in the ground. Or pick up some fruits, similar to blueberries, that grew there. So these were my first impressions after arriving to Lithuania and maybe these things helped me to love with this country even more than I did before. I can't continue the story now, although I have so many things to tell you further on. I probably will. But sometimes I can't find the true voice to give you back all the feelings I had there. I still have to do it, I must write it down to make it remain not only for me but those who happen to read my journal as well. I will soon depart back home, with one-day stops in either Bialystok and Warsaw. Then back to Budapest. So see you next time, maybe already from home, to continue my writings and reveal my true impressions.